[mura_gadi (Steve)]

You'll hear about ebony star etc, now long gone. Get the code for ebony star and talk to your local laminators, they can tell from the code the surface finish/textures etc and let you know what's closest match on the market now.

The size of the Telfon pads makes a huge difference to the static and fluid friction no matter the material used. The best matching material are those with the lowest difference between static and fluid friction.

I have read the guts from an old 8" floppy disk work very, depending on your base size. (yes you can still get non-working 8 inch floppy disks!).