Full Version: Help With AccuArt2
From: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#16]
19 Mar 2005
To: precisionlaser [#15] 19 Mar 2005
Am I understanding that there is a "wet" method to applying rapid mask?
From: precisionlaser [#17]
19 Mar 2005
To: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#16] 19 Mar 2005
Yes...basically:
1. Remove slip sheet.
2. Lightly mist exposed mask with water.
3. Apply to glass, move around as needed
4. Squeegee water out from under mask
5. Remove carrier and blast.
PhotoBrasive has a better description on this here:
http://www.photobrasive.com/pbacr/RMHDIIinstr.pdf
Read down to "Alternative Application Method".
Don't do as I did the first time I tried this and mist the glass...that doesn't work. Mist the exposed adhesive side of the mask after removing the slip sheet.
Mark
From: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#18]
19 Mar 2005
To: precisionlaser [#17] 19 Mar 2005
Thank you Mark. I'll try it..
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#19]
21 Mar 2005
To: precisionlaser [#15] 21 Mar 2005
You might try the vinyl application style.
Make your hinge down the center. Peel from one end and squeegee. Remove the tape and peel off the rest of the basking and then squeegee from the center.
This allows a good placement from the center with 1/2 the possible alignment error.
From: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#20]
21 Mar 2005
To: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#19] 21 Mar 2005
Harvey, are saying to squegee the mask AFTER the carrier sheet has been removed? I have tried this and it tends to tear the mask.....any ideas?
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#21]
21 Mar 2005
To: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#20] 21 Mar 2005
No. Do it as you are doing it now, but make the hinge in the center. That way it is more accurate and instead of working from one end, you have only one half or the mask to worry about at a time. It tends to help eliminate wrinkles also in the vinyl application. (I do some vinyl, not sandblasting.)
From: JHayes55 [#22]
24 Mar 2005
To: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#20] 24 Mar 2005
Try one of the firm "felt" squeegees - normally advertised through
sign suppliers as pin-stripe applicator. It is very good at removing
air bubbles and very, very gentle.
From: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#23]
24 Mar 2005
To: JHayes55 [#22] 25 Mar 2005
I'll see if I can find on. For now I have been using a rubber spatula.... typically used for icing cakes.......
Thanks.
When are you and Toni coming to visit?
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