Thirstystone coasters are also known as absorbent stone coasters. They are made out of a special type of ceramic that soaks up moisture. This helps to protect your tables from damage and in particular those white milky stains that can end up damaging your wooden tables or bars. The only way to get rid of this type of damage is to actually refinish the wood which can be a time consuming and expensive process.

This was invented because of the tendency that coasters had to stick to the bottom of the glass if they got wet enough. When this happens the coaster can drop to the floor. If the coaster is made of ceramic, glass or tile it can drop to the ground and smash into many pieces which can be very dangerous. Not only could floors and furniture be damaged but flying pieces of broken drink coasters could also hurt or cut someone.

These thirstystone coasters absorb all the drips from normal condensation of any kind of glass so it is impossible for the coaster to stick to the bottom of the glass. The irony is that thirstystone has always been around in the form of natural sandstone which is a natural form of thirstystone. Sandstone coasters have been around for over a century and are sold as novelties in the American Southwest and other parts of the U.S.

Usually these sandstone coasters are nicely embellished with paintings done by hand of desert scenes, Indian symbols, or wild animals for example. In its thirstystone incarnation sandstone coasters can be handpainted with almost any kind of image. The only drawback to thirstystone is that you do not want to scrub them or wash them with harsh detergents. This can damage the coaster and make it look dull and uninteresting.

If it is painted, the image can also be washed right off so you can never soak this kind of coaster to get it clean. You also can’t scrub it with any kind of pad. The thirstystone custom coasters come in all kinds of different patterns and image styles. This includes everything from leopard skin prints and decorative leafy prints to dragons and prints of ivy plants and vines.

Being made of stone they look very nice painted with vintage scenes from pioneer days, western scenes, and also of objects like old American flags and vintage stoves or houses. Any type of scene will suit this type of coaster as the thirstystone itself makes such an ideal blank canvas. Thirstystone coasters also look great if painted with storybook characters or illustrations from children’s classic books.

There is something about the slightly shiny color of the stone and its natural sepia tone that lends it nicely to this type of illustration. A good example is the collectible thirstystone coasters that depict the famous cat known as Frederick the Illiterate who is always depicted in some kind of pose in a library. The simplest treatment given to thirstystone coasters is that of the monogram. The monogram can be highly decorated with filigree work and other motifs and can be a single letter or symbol.