banner hemming tape

[Robert Lambie]

I use a 3M double sided tape for light use banners…
Heavy banners ill use our liester banner hemming welder.

Grafityp do banner tape, but i havent tried it… I dont know/heard of many tapes but they are out there. Europoint do a tape called corribind, again i have never used it and as i type this i actually think its for bonding Correx together, (name gives me that idea :oops:) if calling please ask this first. im not to blame 😉 :lol1: :lol1:

[Lorraine Clinch]

Corribind I have used on banners, but it is a really thick adhesive strip, and creates alot of depth to the banner hem, so not ideal. I think it would be much more suited to Corex.

[Robert Lambie]

thanks for clearing that up lorraine… i was considering just binning that last part when you posted 😳 :lol1: :lol1:

[Dave Bruce]

I used Corribond on some flags (small) to create the sleeve for the plastic pole, but it didn’t last long 😳

Dave

[Paul Hodges]

Thanks everyone,

The hemming tape I’m thinking of is the stuff I’ve
seen on the back of banners from trade suppliers, I don’t think
it’s the correx tape, it’s more like a self adhesive webbing type of tape.

[Lorraine Clinch]

Sounds a bit like Duck tape?

BTW, Geoff uses a white tape, (looks like silver Duck tape) really adhesive with threads through it to give strength, BUT it deteriorates outside really quickly, and would be worse than useless.

[Stephen Morriss]

Doro tape do a banner backing tape that’s just for reinforcing the edges. Is that what you mean?

Steve

[Fred McLean]

Seam Tack tape from spandex but for short term outdoor use

[Paul Hodges]

quote Stephen Morriss:

Doro tape do a banner backing tape that’s just for reinforcing the edges. Is that what you mean?

Steve

That does sound more like it…what i failed to mention is that it needs to be used for hemming mesh banners, which due to the nature of that particular material, leaves the tape partially exposed. I think there is a more suitable tape for this application than standard banner tape

[Chris Dowd]

quote Robert Lambie:

Heavy banners ill use our liester banner hemming welder.

Hey Rob, as you know we bought a Leister welder recently, really pleased with the finish…….. you ever tried mesh on it?

Chris.

[Robert Lambie]

i havent tried mesh welding but have used it for printing.
you do get a great finish with the welder but there is allot to learn with it…
i think unless you have a permanant setup for it, and guys that know what they are doing with it, things can wrong pretty easily at a fair old cost too with its large digital banners.

my biggest gripe was the support, or lack of it i should say. but that was a couple of years ago now maybe thats changed?

[Chris Dowd]

Know what you mean Rob.

We threw ourselves in at the deep end, and had 150 8′ x 2′ 6" full colour double sided banners to finish, learnt quick I tell you!

And the think is, they don’t even tell you how to do double sided!

It’s one of those things now though that we wouldn’t be without!

[Paul Hodges]

Chris, is your welder one of the hand held type? If so, what kind of money are they?

[Chris Dowd]

Hi Paul,

This is the one we have, not exactly "hand held" but not a bad size and "self propelled", like I say, another one of those things we couldn’t be without now!

http://www.cwesolutions.co.uk/finishing … niplan.htm

Chris.

[Robert Lambie]

yeh i agree i wouldnt be without it chris, great bit of kit for strong joins.. however, i think some things could be made much easier if the manufacturers put a bit more thought into how the machine should/could be handled…. ive adapted mine in a couple of ways to improve handling it and i have been told others have done too… how the hell have they got round health and safety, there has to be tons of burnt digits out there! 😕

paul they cost about £1600 and that excludes finishing kit.

[Chris Dowd]

quote Robert Lambie:

how the hell have they got round health and safety, there has to be tons of burnt digits out there! 😕

Asbestos gloves!! lol

We said exactly the same thing, all that heat and no guard!

Instructions… what instructions? Saying that, we put 45 8′ x 2′ 6" double sided banners out with it today (just one man)!

Chris.

[Paul Hodges]

Thanks guys,

is the welder quicker to use than the normal banner tape hemming method?

[Chris Dowd]

I would say so yes, plus when you roll a banner up that has welded hems it doesn’t wrinkle the hems like tape does (and it looks better too).

Chris.

[Paul Hodges]

cheers chris, this sounds like the way to go

[Chris Dowd]

Where abouts are you Paul?

[Paul Hodges]

isle of wight