Hi I don't know how it happened but when I was about to do a Chop tonight I noticed the pen felt like it was scratching the surface of the tablet, as usual for me I totally ignored this and carried on for a while, anyway I have now totally messed up the overlay sheet on the tablet.

I have ordered a new one and was just wondering if any one has had to replace theres, is it just a case of pulling the old one of and sticking a new one on? also wondering if its ok to take it of now and use it without the overlay its a intuos if thats any help

is it that little flip layover sheet you're talking about?

If you've ordered a new one, I don't see any reason why you cannot remove the old one and see what happens. these things work with magnets anyway. that little sheet does nothing, unless you put a pretty picture underneath for tracing purposes

that happened to my previous tablet. But I simply got used to it (once I couldn´t order a replacement for it).

But I don´t think it´s a good idea to use without it... it´s like when you get a chick home and run out of condoms, and decided to do it without them only until you get more in the drugstore...

hmmm... maybe that wasn´t a good comparison... but ya got the point...

riiiight... they DO NOT protect the surface from scratches like the ones that leaded Serps to replace the cover... of course they have a purpose... otherwise they wouldn´t be there... if he scratch the surface, there will be no way he´ll be able to replace it...

ok ok yeah protects the hard plastic from more scratches.
try putting something else on top of it then. so long as the magnet in the pen can get to the tablet.

just trying to help arcachoke

I got rid of my little pad... I now have the larger one that has a hard plastic top. so I dun forgot. I wasn't trying to sabotage you Serps I swear

Yes Serps! I had the same problem. It's a small problem, usually it doesn't make any difference about your work. It's good to change the pen's white plastic part. Sometimes it can be lightly damage. Anyway I changed the sheet few times just because I dont like the feeling with scatched sheet. Very easy to replace, just taking it off & putting a new one. There's a sticky band on the top of the sheet.

No. The hard plastic was replaced. It protects the tablet from scratches. That´s why he better wait till the new one arrives, or keep using the scratched one, but not use the tablet without it, under the possibility of scratching the tablet.

the hard plastic? or the layover sheet?!?! which is like a piece of used negative material w/o the silver in it... what are we talking about now?

say that may work... do you have any access to negative material? you could lay that over the top of your tablet for the time being.

but you should def replace the pen too the tips prob completely gone like mine was.

Thanks all, I think I will leave it until the new one arrives just replaced the nib as well. I think I will take this opportunity to spend some more time down the pub refreshing the creative juices

I am using a wacom since september. Sometimes, I put a piece of paper on the surface when I chop. The relatively raw structure of the paper makes the tip of the pen smooth again.