noosh 5 Posted June 29, 2011 Hi everyone!! I have spent a while looking through the forums looking for the answer to my question but I have been unable to find anything. I am having an issue with applying application tape to my decals. The smaller decals are not so bad but the larger ones can be a nightmare. I have lost money on my last job having already wasted 7foot of white vinyl trying to apply tape to a branch decal. The problem is that the tape wrinkles and tunnels and then gets worse once I roll up the decal to post in a cylinder. Quite honestly most of my decals will tunnel and wrinkle once I roll them up then if I unroll them they can look hideous and I then chuck them in the bin!!!I know the vinyl is not harmed by the wrinkles etc ( I roll the decal with the tape side on the outside) and have advised my customers that this can happen and not to worry but I just hate the look and wonder where I am going wrong. I used 24" transfer rite app tape and Avery 700 vinyl. Anyone help!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr300s 1,272 Posted June 29, 2011 Hi everyone!! I have spent a while looking through the forums looking for the answer to my question but I have been unable to find anything. I am having an issue with applying application tape to my decals. The smaller decals are not so bad but the larger ones can be a nightmare. I have lost money on my last job having already wasted 7foot of white vinyl trying to apply tape to a branch decal. The problem is that the tape wrinkles and tunnels and then gets worse once I roll up the decal to post in a cylinder. Quite honestly most of my decals will tunnel and wrinkle once I roll them up then if I unroll them they can look hideous and I then chuck them in the bin!!!I know the vinyl is not harmed by the wrinkles etc ( I roll the decal with the tape side on the outside) and have advised my customers that this can happen and not to worry but I just hate the look and wonder where I am going wrong. I used 24" transfer rite app tape and Avery 700 vinyl. Anyone help!! Vinyl comes rolled up when you buy it so that shouldn't be a problem for the larger vinyl projects I use this from US Cutters. Others have made their own and you can also look into a big squeegee..... http://www.uscutter.com/APPRoller-Tape-Application-Roller_p_79.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thebuttontaylor 1 Posted June 29, 2011 R-tape has paper tape with what they call "release liner adhesive". It's supposed to prevent that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
