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I have a little delima. When applying the premask we are still getting a few wrinkles every once in awhile. (Getting much better than before).
My question: Do you squeege down the mask with a wide squeege, or do you use a smaller one? We are ordering the Weber tomorrow to help with this delima. I believe we have been holding the mask too darn high on the roll end.
Sheeeesh.... I just re-read what I wrote, hope you can make more sense from it than I can! haha!
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I assume your talking about pulling of a roll of transfer tape on a holder... I usually use my hands to lay it down smooth then go back with the squeegee
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Ive found the easiest way is to use one of the old tubes from a used roll of premask. Get the tape started then roll off a few feet and push the fresh roll off with the used roll. Never used a weber but from what I gather from the folks round here they are the the easiest way to get the stuff down. David
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I use "the other Dave's" method too. It was shown to me at a meet at Bruce Bower's by Jakk from Australia. (Must be an Ozzie thing!) It is called "steamrollering" and it works fine. Just have to be careful about picking up the fine pointy serifs on some lettering.
Aside from that method, the weber unit is the way to go!
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Try this, it really works. Aside from getting a Webermade, cover one edge of your squeegee with the fuzzy part of a strip of velcro. stick it right to the edge and fold it over on each side evenly.
Now when you lay the mask, use your hand a little bit to push out most of the big air pockets. Then, squeegee with the velcro edge from the middle out to the edges. Almost like a painting motion. Work you way out to the edges as you slowly move from the center to the left or right edge. Then go back to the middle and go the other direction. Some reason the soft velcro cause the transfer tape to not bunch up and crease. Once we do that we use the hard edge of the squeegee to kinda seal the deal.
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I've got my tape mounted about 2" above the edge of the table. I lay the weeded graphic on the table and get it squared up. Pull the tape evenly the length of the graphic and let it float down to the graphic. Then starting with the far end using my hand I quickly sweep the tape down from the middle out. Then I have a big roller (came with the speedpress) using it roll the tape down with a fair amount of pressure. Hardly ever have wrinkles this way unless I didn't get every thing square or static pulls the two together before I'm ready.
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We welded up this device that's bolted to the end of the table. I saw something very similar in Arizona at the shop of Mr.Burns. We added pvc pipe over the steel to give additional slip, and it works fine.
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Wrinkles with 24" premask will happen no matter what (occasionally). You might try when pulling off roll, to grasp at outside edges & keep pulled (add tension) away from each side as you pull out from roll. I use the MaskRite applicator from SummaDirect & as far As I'm concerned, has paid for itself with first use. What you could try is using a 24" ruler, Attach it to beginning of app. tape. This will keep leading edge smooth, as that's where most wrinkles begin. I use a regular-size small squeegee. Begin in center of leading edge, squeegee down about a foot or so then work out to the edges. Whichever hand you're using, with free hand keep tension on roll enough to keep it off vinyl until ready. Your Weber unit may do that for you. (but not sure)
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Bill - I bought that MaskRite applicator about 2 years ago and never could get it to work well. Do you use it to pull the tape off from or use the "steamroller" method with it? I use the Weber with no problems and the Maskrite sits behind my Gerber Envision as an expensive roll holder.
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I use first method mentioned. I found it works well if first you use c-clamps to attach to table-top or counter. Clamp down as close to rubber feet as possible on back side. & yes it does make a nice expensive vinyl roll holder if you need it to do so. A multi-porpoise tool.
------------------ Bill Cosharek Bill Cosharek Signs 1031 Whitehead Lane N.Huntingdon,Pa 15642 bcosharek@juno.com
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