Using coasters for putting glasses of water

I dont place the glasses n the table. Instead i use a glass holder.I have my utensils holder just above my sink so that if there is any water in the utensils after they are cleaned, the water just drips in the sink. When we have guests we place the glasses on the able and it is ok for me because they stay there only for a brief period of time. I too stopped using the coasters.

I use stone coasters, they work pretty good. They absorb the water but it doesn't pass through to the furniture. I have usually seen them in gift shops when visiting someplace else.

I always use a coaster. I use the sand type. They work great. If I am at someone's home, and they don't have anything. I will place my glass on a napkin, as not to ruin any of their furniture. If it is on a glass table, no problem. You can just clean it. But, wood, you really need to protect it with something.

You've tried so many coasters..what do you mean hey don't work well? :) I recently bought plastic coasters for my glass table and they are so convenient. Now I don't have to worry about water or coffee marks on my table..lol

Yes I do in all honesty use coasters for putting my drinks on. I've had to many bad experiences without using a coaster to put my drinks on. And I find it extremely difficult to get rid of the water stains later on because someone had decided to put there drink down on the furniture without putting it on the coaster instead. I know that my other half & me had just purchased a new computer desk. So each time we bring a drink in the room I tend to always make sure that we have a coaster underneath our drinks. I know that wood tends to stain very easily due to my personal experience. And I've heard the only way to get a stain out of ones furniture is to get it sanded down but also refinished as well. I wouldn't want to have to go through all that trouble to just get a stain out of my furniture I know that for sure. So I try my best to prevent these things from happening. The only thing I do dislike about coasters.. Is how the bottom of your drink will stick to the coaster it self. I know that your drink sweats so it's bound to happen.. But it can be rather annoying each time you pick up your drink & this tends to happen.. I know that personally we've have had instances such as this where we would go to pick up our drinks.. And the coaster would fall from beneath the coaster. Once it ended up tipping our drink over actually. It was rather irritating. I find that to be one thing that I dislike about coasters quite honestly. I think there are some pros & cons about using coasters quite honestly. But I know that I would much rather have a coaster underneath my drink nonetheless. As I wouldn't want the furniture that I do have to have water stains all over it.. Even though my other half & me don't have fancy furniture I'd still like to protect the furniture that we do have. I know I've gone to relatives places & they didn't have a coaster. So I will usually find something to put underneath my drink so that I won't damage there furniture either. As I know what it is like to have this happen. I usually will use a napkin or sometimes I will even use the plastic lids from yogurt containers, etc.. In conclusion.. I do use coasters for my drinks so that they won't damage my furniture. Though there are a few things that can be rather annoying about them.. I find them to be rather convenient & put to good use around our household. I'd much rather protect my furniture any way that I can instead of just allowing it to get stained! . . Thanks for allowing me to share! xx

I don't bother anymore but if I had a good piece of wooden furniture I would as I would not want to see the ring that is left.

I love using coasters since it says me the work of getting coffee rings off my end tables since my husband sometimes misses it and uses the table. They keep tables cleaner and ring free. I make mine though I crochet them and everyone loves them so I have had to crochet about 20 sets for the family and friends to use as well. They absorb water well and dry fast and easy. I don't like the other types of coasters for various reasons and I can make them in a jiffy. Well I hope you solve your dilemma and I know you said you hate to get the coasters wet but it's a choice of them or the table..

I have some coasters that work pretty well. They don't absorb water like others do, and glasses don't stick to them when you go to lift the glass. They're plastic and the area that the glass sits on is made of a mesh and hangs about 1/4 inch over the bottom of the coaster. The water that drips off the glass drops down through the mesh and into the 'well' under it. They're only as deep as a regular coaster and work really well. I never set glasses down on my tables without a coaster, I have a lot of antique furniture and I wouldn't want to ruin them.

Good morning Lordwarwizard, Just in case you're still on the prowl for a really good coaster, I'll share this: soapstone coasters are fabulous. They really absorb the sweat from the glass, and don't stick to the bottom, where they then fall to the table with a big crash. They are a carved, slim slab of soapstone, usually imprinted with some kind of nice image. We have two sets, both with animal images. They're available at most department stores. They're not expensive. And, they're the only kind of coaster we use. I'll also add that we always use coasters. It saves us the tedium of having to sand and refinish our tables every few years. So, if the coaster issue is still high up there on your list of curiosities -- you have another option.

I have wooden coasters with cork tops. But the ones we use on a regular basis are made of fabric that came with matching placemats. They are pretty thick, quilted, so they absorb well and don't get wet and soak through to the wood below. However, most of the tables in my house are pretty roughed up so putting a glass on top is really no big deal. Besides, we don't entertain that often. :p

I use the ones that have a spongey surface to absorb any liquids that spill from the glass. I dont want to get out the mayonnaise to polish off the water rings every time I have guests.

Have you considered cork coasters. I seem to remember using them, and they worked very well.

I don't use coasters, never have really. I have always just placed a napkin under my glass to soak up the water as it slides down the glass. Then I just throw it away when I am done. This way I am not left with a wet coaster or a water spot on my table.

I pretty much always use coasters; it's a rule my parents embedded in my brain since they so greatly treasured the smooth surfaces of our tables in my childhood. I usually use rubber coasters (they match the dark gray walls of my room), but nowadays I've been using decorative bamboo coasters my best friend got me from Hong Kong.

I use use rubber coasters that have grooves in them that the liquid can go into from when the glass "sweats" (when it's used for an iced drink in warm weather). They seem to work pretty well for me.

I don't tend to use coaster for my glasses. I have them in a cabinet somewhere but have yet to actually use them.

im not using any coaster at all its useless anyway..my guest wont used it..they first but later...they ignore it or just dont care..

I dont usually use coasters except if the item is hot (say a mug) or really cold (say a soda from fast food). Then I use towels for the soda, and try to place it on a cold plated coaster just cause a messy wet spot isnt fun for anyone later on! But I agree, especially on glass, sometimes coasters really do leave a mark! ah!

Yes, we have some cork coasters and matching table mats, my mum gave me then actually as they are her old ones and she got new (different) ones. They work very well, they stop our wooden table from getting damaged by the heat of hot mugs of tea or hot plates. They stop those horrible rings marks you get from putting mugs on the table, or cold glasses of water on he table.

It depends on if the glass is sweating or not and what's in it. Some things end up straight on the table, others end up with the nearest magazine, puzzle book, or piece of junk mail as the acting coaster. LOL