Open cell foam sluice mat

[jsurddy]

Has anyone ever tried using 10 ppi (pores per inch) open cell foam as a sluice mat? It seems like it would work similarly to miner's moss. The benefit i can see right away would be that it's light-weight. Might be a way to shave a small amount of weight from a back packer. I just wonder if it catches gold as well as other mats.


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[jsurddy]

You can also choose the thickness of it.


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[Goldwasher]

Thats the stuff they use for aquarium filters. I was checking it out at the fish store a few weeks ago. its pretty rigid....it had my wheels turning.

Too thick would not be good

 

[Capt Nemo]

I use that in combination with Scotchbrite to calm down the spraybar on my miller tables.

 

[arizau]

I think it would be a b i itch to clean with out destroying it.

 

[N-Lionberger]

Yeah the general feeling I have is that it will either get destroyed in the sluice and if it doesn't you'll have to destroy it to get everything out. Miners moss I have found isn't really that great in the first place. In my opinion it works best in stream sluices or gravity powered highbankers where the flow of water will not stop until you are ready to clean out. In a situation with a motor where the flow may cut out and restart over the course of the working day I have found material in the miners moss will quit dancing after a restart, and new material will slick off. Seems like carpet is actually the way to go. It also seems that if your riffles are set up properly you only need somthing like a rubber mat under to seal the bottom of the riffles to prevent scouring.

 

[jsurddy]

I think it would be a b i itch to clean with out destroying it.

The stuff i have seems tough and flexible enough to be washed. I guess the type of material it's made of would make a difference.


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[jsurddy]

Yeah the general feeling I have is that it will either get destroyed in the sluice and if it doesn't you'll have to destroy it to get everything out. Miners moss I have found isn't really that great in the first place. In my opinion it works best in stream sluices or gravity powered highbankers where the flow of water will not stop until you are ready to clean out. In a situation with a motor where the flow may cut out and restart over the course of the working day I have found material in the miners moss will quit dancing after a restart, and new material will slick off. Seems like carpet is actually the way to go. It also seems that if your riffles are set up properly you only need somthing like a rubber mat under to seal the bottom of the riffles to prevent scouring.

I dont think it would get damaged while cleaning it out, assuming the flexible stuff is used. The pores are big enough to allow stuff to fall out of it easily, especially if it's only 1/2"-3/4" thick.


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