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Offline tonypep

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Re: Platten Adhesive
« Reply #30 on: July 17, 2014, 09:23:15 AM »
All of these products are derivatives of the liquid adhesives used on belt printers from days of yore. The washing system underneath would remove excess ink and re-wet the adhesive and then squeegeeing off at the end. Belt would come up clean and tacky with each index. At any rate when applied properly and maintained correctly most can go for many weeks without having to change platen paper.


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Re: Platten Adhesive
« Reply #31 on: July 17, 2014, 09:27:02 AM »
All of these products are derivatives of the liquid adhesives used on belt printers from days of yore. The washing system underneath would remove excess ink and re-wet the adhesive and then squeegeeing off at the end. Belt would come up clean and tacky with each index. At any rate when applied properly and maintained correctly most can go for many weeks without having to change platen paper.

Tony just touched on an important point.
Most of us don't use these directly on the boards, but rather also use a piece of pallet tape (or medium tack vinyl appplication  tape) to make eventual cleaning/removal easier.
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Re: Platten Adhesive
« Reply #32 on: July 17, 2014, 09:32:52 AM »
the Tekbond stuff is great, cut it about 50 / 50 with water and throw in some food coloring so you can see where it goes when applying with a foam roller.
Taking it off is even easier as detailed above. If you find you get toooooooooo much down and you can trap rats cuz it is so thick just throw some baby powder on it and dust it off with a towel or brush.
You can renew the stuff 10000000 times before you have to add another application.
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Re: Platten Adhesive
« Reply #33 on: July 17, 2014, 10:12:54 AM »
better than food coloring are the Elmo Bath tabs...much stronger and cheaper than food coloring.

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Re: Platten Adhesive
« Reply #34 on: July 17, 2014, 10:16:33 AM »
better than food coloring are the Elmo Bath tabs...much stronger and cheaper than food coloring.

And you get to watch your boards fizz  ;D
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Re: Platten Adhesive
« Reply #35 on: July 17, 2014, 10:17:19 AM »
haha, it will bubble a little in the glue, i mix it with water first to make it dissolve better

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Re: Platten Adhesive
« Reply #36 on: July 19, 2014, 11:09:48 AM »
Tekmar recommend a spray system for automatic carousel printing.
Do any of you have experience with this?
Is it cleaner than cans?
Does it require a lot of cleaning?
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Re: Platten Adhesive
« Reply #37 on: July 19, 2014, 11:23:40 AM »
Tekmar TB-10 is the mutts nutts, I would never go back to spray cans!
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Re: Platten Adhesive
« Reply #38 on: July 19, 2014, 11:47:42 AM »
Tekmar recommend a spray system for automatic carousel printing.
Do any of you have experience with this?
Is it cleaner than cans?
Does it require a lot of cleaning?


Our friend Johnny at Killergraphics has been touting an inexpensive touch-up paint sprayer for the application of this stuff.
Here's a post from some years back.

http://www.theshirtboard.com/index.php/topic,483.msg4015.html#msg4015

Actually, you may find the whole thread informative
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Re: Platten Adhesive
« Reply #39 on: July 21, 2014, 04:24:11 PM »
it works, but it makes a mess, just like spray cans...imagine that.

tried it, went back to brushing

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Re: Platten Adhesive
« Reply #40 on: July 21, 2014, 04:38:32 PM »
it works, but it makes a mess, just like spray cans...imagine that.

tried it, went back to brushing


Perhaps using a simple cardboard or Masonite mask like I have always suggested with spray cans would solve that.


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Re: Platten Adhesive
« Reply #41 on: July 21, 2014, 05:00:51 PM »
honestly, i have tried brushes, rollers, carding, etc with my textac, and I always go back to just using a 32oz clear squirt bottle and a paper towel.  Its super fast and leaves no excess glue on the platen.

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Re: Platten Adhesive
« Reply #42 on: July 21, 2014, 08:19:10 PM »
honestly, i have tried brushes, rollers, carding, etc with my textac, and I always go back to just using a 32oz clear squirt bottle and a paper towel.  Its super fast and leaves no excess glue on the platen.

Recycled Mustard container here and I feel exactly the same as you.
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Re: Platten Adhesive
« Reply #43 on: July 22, 2014, 07:25:10 AM »
it's the mist.  with a nice sprayer you can adjust most of it out, but you will still get some atomization.  It tends to float onto press arms and the carousel too much for my taste.

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Re: Platten Adhesive
« Reply #44 on: July 22, 2014, 07:36:09 AM »
Mustard container here too.. the 'French's Spicy Brown' ones with the snap cap work great, doesn't clog, doesn't get nasty.