Author Topic: Non screen printing tip - weeding vinyl  (Read 1956 times)

Offline Frog

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Non screen printing tip - weeding vinyl
« on: March 14, 2012, 02:55:30 PM »
To help clean my weeding tool of the tiny bits it can collect when doing detail work, I use a loop of tape.

And yes, that is a homemade weeder made from a cheap pick tool and the housing of a highlighter pen.  ;D
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Re: Non screen printing tip - weeding vinyl
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2012, 02:59:36 PM »
Nice I use a piece of the backing

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Re: Non screen printing tip - weeding vinyl
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2012, 03:21:01 PM »
Yep, as a habit, I used to just use some of the carrier sheet away from the image, but this gets the crap away and isolates it from the actual usable pieces.

Only really a problem with this tiny stuff.
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Re: Non screen printing tip - weeding vinyl
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2012, 05:00:28 PM »
I just finished weeding 125 names, whew! I use an Xacto #11 blade, and scotch tape as well.

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Re: Non screen printing tip - weeding vinyl
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2012, 10:07:08 PM »
Couldn't live without my weeder. I use a piece of backing tape. Another trick is to heat up the vinyl a bit before weeding, it makes it come away easier.
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Re: Non screen printing tip - weeding vinyl
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2012, 10:30:34 AM »
you can also toss it in the freezer