Guest georgehine Posted October 4, 2012 so I am new to all of this and what I have read led me to buy 100yards of RTape Clear Choice AT60. I cut a sign out of oracal 651 WHITE with a bunch of text letters about 1.5 inches tall. I apply the clear tape and squeegee it onto the vinyl, then try to remove the letters from the backing, I have to fight almost every letter to make it stick to the transfer tape. Is there something I am not doing or do I need different transfer tape. I also ordered some green star medium tack paper tape and don't seem to have the problem. Thanks in advance! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mb20music 760 Posted October 4, 2012 This is probably a silly question but are you weeding before you apply the transfer tape? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest georgehine Posted October 4, 2012 This is probably a silly question but are you weeding before you apply the transfer tape? Lol of course I am weeding first! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PointOfExpression 53 Posted October 4, 2012 try pealing the backing off the tape.. Another reason why I hate clear transfer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountaindr3wz 0 Posted October 4, 2012 Also try to reduce the cutting pressure and see if that works a little better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mb20music 760 Posted October 4, 2012 I use the RTape Clear Choice AT60 Medium tack on a regular basis on Oracal 651 and 751 and I have never had problems with it except on matte Oracal 751 and 951, those you need a high tack tape (AT70). I prefer using the clear vs. the paper tape, the only drawback is the clear does cost a little more than the paper tape but to me it is worth it. I have found that 751 does stick to it with a little less effort than 651 but it works fine for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mb20music 760 Posted October 4, 2012 Lol of course I am weeding first! No offense, some people (noobs) have been known to not weed - didn't know they had to... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HybridThread 14 Posted October 4, 2012 Try cleaning the vinyl with a cloth and rubbing alcohol, sounds like something is on the vinyl. I use the same stuff and it sticks to 651 extremely well for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VinylDave 11 Posted October 5, 2012 Me and others have had the same issue with AT60. I think its a bad batch or horrible new formula. http://www.vinylforum.org/smf/vinyl/application-tape/msg81446/#msg81446 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geminis076 1 Posted October 10, 2012 Me and others have had the same issue with AT60. I think its a bad batch or horrible new formula. http://www.vinylforu...81446/#msg81446 Thank you for posting this link, and to the original poster I totally agree with this quote and believe it's defective! I've recently been having a terrible time getting the tape to stick to the vinyl, just as you have described. I bought my roll about 3 months ago and just noticed the issue this week, usually I just cut the decal, run it over with a squeegee, package and ship it to the customer. I had to correct something by needed to lift the decal from the liner and that's when I noticed the problem. After several experiments with my machine's settings and other tests to try and resolve this nothing worked. I then tried a left over roll that I've had sitting around for about a year and a half, the old roll worked flawlessly! I tested older decals I've had lying around that did not use my current roll of AT60, again flawless, lifted every bit effortlessly! I've only worked with Oracal 651 and RTape AT60, have been purchasing from USCutter for over 2 years and this is my first material issue. Thanks to that link I too will contact customer service to complain, it's caused a lot of stress and frustration and this is bad for my customers. In the past AT60 has been great, I would continue to use it and buy from USCutter if this can be resolved. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geminis076 1 Posted October 10, 2012 So I contacted USCutter to complain and try to learn more information, they replied within a few hours and apparently the formula for the AT60 has been changed, which I believe since I tested old left over used AT60 tape that I still have and they work perfectly! Here's the reply I received: Hello - Thank you for your detailed description of the problem and commitment to our products - we certainly value good customers. This goes both ways with our vendors and this AT60 has caused a few feathers to be ruffled, believe you me. From what I understand, Oracal decided to change the adhesiveness of their transfer tape materials and didn't tell us! All of a sudden in August, right around the time you ordered, we had a explosion of orders with the same complaint as yours. It took a few days to get a handle on the situation and we found out later what had happened. We have since added another line of application tape to our website and there are now more options for application tape. To the customers that were used to AT60 I have been suggesting the GreenStar clear choice high tack application tape - it has been doing well for everyone thus far. If you want to return the roll, shoot me a quick call or let me know via email and we can get all the paperwork started. Sorry again, thank you for your patience in this matter. But I'm hesitant to try a new brand as I've only worked with AT60 / medium tack adhesive. I can't continue to use the roll that I have, I need a replacement right away as I have pending orders waiting to be worked on. I'll try to update once I figure something out and have tested a new brand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
