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Old 11-20-2009, 11:21 PM   #111 (permalink)
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Mine is the sandpaper texture kind, not the rhino-liner kind. I don't know if that'd help with the 'dimpling' effect or not?


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Old 11-20-2009, 11:35 PM   #112 (permalink)
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what if...

you took a heavy sanding disk and sanded away the rocky bumps on the rhino lining...


revealing tiny divots or air pockets

ah ha...



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