Command 97 Posted May 28, 2015 Good day folks, I make a lot of decals and then hold on to them to sell at shows later in the future. I've had very mixed experiances with transfer tapes holding on to decals 3+ months. With some transfer tapes, Ive gotten tunneling (new AT-60 and AT-75), others leave a gummy residue (Maintape GFX preview plus), and the most dissapointing R-tape 4076 RLA, which for some reason after time the vinyl tears up the backing upon trying to apply. In the case of R-tape 4076 RLA, I tried to set the blade depth as shallow as possible to the point it was hard to weed and it still has that problem long term. OLD R-tape AT-60 used to hold up very well, with decals over a year old still being good enough to apply. The new AT-60, not so much (it has very weak adhesive IMO). Does anyone else produce decals and hold on to them for a while? Please let me know your experiance and preferences. Thank you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mb20music 760 Posted May 28, 2015 I believe the AT-65 medium tack is very much like the old AT-60 so you might want to give it a try. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCMoney 91 Posted May 28, 2015 I believe the AT-65 medium tack is very much like the old AT-60 so you might want to give it a try. I really like AT-65 as well, I keep paper tapes around for wet applications but that's about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Command 97 Posted May 28, 2015 Thanks for the feedback guys. I will order a roll of AT-65 next time i need a round of vinyl. Hopefully I get some more opinions on long term storage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted May 29, 2015 IMO, sounds like your creation/sales rate is askew if you need to store decals for over a year. What's the purpose for making them so deep into the future? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Command 97 Posted May 29, 2015 Hi there Skarecrow, nfortunately I'm forced to do this, as I attend large anime / video game conventions. For example, I'm attending an upcoming event called Otakon, which is in late July at Baltimore. I'm dropping $2k on the booth, hotel, and food alone for one weekend. There are 35,000 attendees. In order to make enough stock, I have to produce decals a month or two ahead of time. I think I sold 2,500 decals to 700 people or so last time? I have lots of leftover decals that need to last till the next show, or the show after that. I do my best to run light, and produce what I've run out of in the hotels I stay at. (with my graphtec craft robo) Unfortunately, I could run all night like an insomniac and still run well short. Take a look at what I sell. No way I can make these on the fly . 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites