Launching a new build plate

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andornot
Having problems with my website so i am unable to upload pictures to the beds, 8 inch £7.50 + vat and 12" £14.50 + vat and delivery. PM me if you want to order them and i will sort it out.

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AndorNot
@ jinx, maybe you could print your own personalised surface with paper or another material and stick it to the back of my print bed material and then stick a 3m double sided adhesive to this, also available from my website in 8 inch and 12 inch.

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AndorNot
@ jinx, maybe you could print your own personalised surface with paper or another material and stick it to the back of my print bed material and then stick a 3m double sided adhesive to this, also available from my website in 8 inch and 12 inch.

that aint how I imagined it work a paper print attached to glue side would/possible look crap and distorted and loose the transparency as a whole, am googling how T shirt graphics applied ! my thinking is/was that you take the blank surface then apply the graphics then the glue backing that leave clean sharpish image,, the killer downside to it is if the ink cook and bubble creating an uneven surface.

IS THERE ANY T-shirt makers in the house!

this vinyl looks interesting but damn intensive on details.

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Origamib
Preferably you would want to put it directly to the plastic and then apply adhesive. Have you considered water transfers? I use them for printed stuff all the time.

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AndorNot
Jinx thanks for the review of the printer build plate.

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Origamib
Preferably you would want to put it directly to the plastic and then apply adhesive. Have you considered water transfers? I use them for printed stuff all the time.

thats sounds like a belting plan " like the old airfix graphs or those temporary tats." googling right now thou am faced with a wall of hydro dipping at the mo. If you got a link too an how to make custom graphics I really appreciate it thanks.
No fan of hydro dipping its an ecological disaster in the waiting if it ever takes off "we be drinking petroleum as clowns throw the waste in the sinks... needs more cofffeee


"How do you clean this surface? Can you use acetone?"
unless Andrew say differently , using ABS be handy to have some form of acetone or the likes around with a flat palette knife... PLA fine come away clean thou cheap heavy filled pigment filament can leave stain.

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Roberts_Clif
All build plates surfaces are much too expensive, and over glamorized. I purchased a similar surface for my 3D Printers and it is difficult to get anything to stick to it.
I cover my expensive build surface with Vinyl Transfer Paper Tape, similar to blue painters tape comes in 300yard rolls. With widths that will cover any build plate in one pass.
And it comes with different adhesion low, medium and high tack, have a Vinyl Transfer Tape with a plastic covering of different styles and lengths.
The Sample tape set come with a mere 10 yards of tape for your testing without having 300 yards of tape you may not use.

videos showing how easy it is to use
At a cost of .10cents per covering, which last for dozens of prints.

Installing Vinyl Transfer Paper (video shows old aluminum build plate)

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Will Vinyl transfer paper Hold my Part

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andornot
Nice idea, but is the maximum temperature the tape can handle?

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origamib
I use water transfer sheets from Amazon. You just print on them from your normal inkjet printer and then spray them with clear lacquer to stop the ink running. Cut it out, pop it in water and then slip away from the backing on to your desired surface. seal again with lacquer to keep it in place. 3-5 coats of lacquer makes a really strong surface. If this was your print surface I would try to do this to the back of the print surface and then apply the adhesive instead of the final coats of lacquer. Then stick it to desired print bed material (aluminium, glass etc).

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jinx

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AndorNot
@ jinx, maybe you could print your own personalised surface with paper or another material and stick it to the back of my print bed material and then stick a 3m double sided adhesive to this, also available from my website in 8 inch and 12 inch.

that aint how I imagined it work a paper print attached to glue side would/possible look crap and distorted and loose the transparency as a whole, am googling how T shirt graphics applied ! my thinking is/was that you take the blank surface then apply the graphics then the glue backing that leave clean sharpish image,, the killer downside to it is if the ink cook and bubble creating an uneven surface.

IS THERE ANY T-shirt makers in the house!

this vinyl looks interesting but damn intensive on details.