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Banner Tape Recommendation
- Thread starter gplough
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bob
It's better to have two hands than one glove.
Did you bother to remove the backing tape? I've been using whatever Oracal calls their banner tap for lo these many years. It's never, as in ever, failed. Ergo it functions just as well as anything else on the market.
Perhaps there's something about your technique that could use improvement. Here's how it's done in this shop...
First mark the back of the banner 2" in for the edge all the way around. We use a 2" wide 4', 6', or 8' aluminum rule.
Do each edge in this order: bottom, sides, top.
For each edge apply the tape to the edge of the banner.
Before you remove the backing tape run down the tape with a squeegee; hard. You want to see an impression of the banner material in the backing tape.
Remove the backing tape and, assuming you're right handed, starting at the right end on the edge you're doing, fold the edge in to the mark you made. Using a brayer, start folding a rolling the edge. Roll along the hem and just slightly up yielding a bit of air egress. You can't apply too much pressure. The trick is you hold the edge sort of like you're rolling a huge cigarette. Get rid of any perturbations in the way the banner lies such that you can hold that U shape that neatly folds over all the way to the end.
Once the hem is folded, the run over it with a squeegee paying particular attention to the edge [i.e. the fold].
klingsdesigns
New Member
We always use orabond 1397PP and have had 2 rolls that were bad in the past.
The orabond 1395 is junk in my opinion.
The orabond 1395 is junk in my opinion.
SlightlyChilled
New Member
with some of the answers here is the exact reason why I am never on any more.
To answer the question I use power tape
To answer the question I use power tape
bigben
New Member
I use it on 13oz banner all the time. But I would never use it to make pole pockets.
Solventinkjet
DIY Printer Fixing Guide
We used Bron banner tape on one of our two pole pocket banners in front of our building and one was sewn. They were both up for 8 years and neither failed.
J Hill Designs
New Member
was it the top pocket or bottom pocket that used the tape?
Solventinkjet
DIY Printer Fixing Guide
There were two banners. One had tape on the top and bottom and one was sewn on the top and bottom. It was a 1" pocket with a 2" hem. Total banner size about 7' x 2'.