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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2010 22:37:13 GMT
Lets say you soak your mat for the required time, something comes up and you don't have time to cut them or you have longer pieces left over after a session. Will they dry out reasonably well, to be resoaked for use at a later time or are they going to get nasty?
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Post by ecovolo on Jan 3, 2010 0:33:26 GMT
From experience, my advice is this:
1) Unroll the wet mat, let it dry out in the sun. You may have to cut the twine holding the roll in its shape. 2) Once it's dry, re-roll it using the necessary materials (I use a dowel rod and twine-- If you don't have twine, ordinary string should work). 3 You can re-soak them again.
Personally, I had no problems cutting re-soaked mats.
--Edward
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2010 0:58:12 GMT
Thank you for the response. The cost of shipping Tatami to Canada is obscene and not getting to cut prepared mats is a real possibility. Wasting even a couple would be very,...irritating.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2010 15:30:43 GMT
yeah always make sure that you dry them out thoroughly if you don't get a chance to cut them, especially if you want to be able to resoak them, it is important unroll them and leave them out in the sunshine unrolled or if you have no sunshine try a hair dryer
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2010 17:21:00 GMT
I agree with the others, however, I would add one other piece of advise. When you unroll the mats to let them dry in the sun, they have to be laid out individually, dont stack them up in one pile or they will probably mold. The other thing is, it is best to lay them out in nice grass if you have it. This will allow for air flow on both sides of the mat for more even drying. Avoid laying them out on concrete or near sand. If you have to lay them out on concrete put something under each mat like cardboard to keep the sand and debris transfer to a minimum.
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