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  • coburn 5yr polished silver (chrome) vinyl tips on using it?

    Posted by Hugh Potter on 15 May 2006 at 18:52

    Hey all,

    i’ve got a job to do with this stuff this week, it’s almost like aluminium foil to the touch !!! have any of you used this stuff before, and do you have any tips on using / cutting it ?

    thanks in advance.
    Hugh

    Chris Parsons replied 19 years, 4 months ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Robert Lambie

    Member
    15 May 2006 at 19:15

    i have used it in the past, normally good stuff mate.
    trying doing some test cuts before proceeding. make sure your blade is nice and sharp too… blunt blades will cause dog earing on the corners of letters etc
    never cut loads before weeding. weed while the previous cut stuff is being weeded.. this is not just with theirs, i mean any foils.

  • Hugh Potter

    Member
    15 May 2006 at 21:03

    thank you Robert, i’ll have a bit of a tinker tomorrow, though it looks like rain may stop play on thursday when its booked in !!

  • Kenny Ramsey

    Member
    15 May 2006 at 21:34

    I find you need to raise the blade a couple of clicks. And it is a nightmare to remove after a while

  • Hugh Potter

    Member
    16 May 2006 at 09:08

    you mean cut deeper ? (as you need to with reflective ?)

    it’s going on a black backing, so no worries about removal !

  • Kenny Ramsey

    Member
    16 May 2006 at 10:28

    Cut a lot less deep I’ve found

  • Chris Parsons

    Member
    16 May 2006 at 11:59

    Just wondering on Rob’s comment about weeding…do you do this part way through the cutting process?

    If so, can you just pause the cutter? I use a PC600 myself and could pause it by lifting up the cover…is this ok to do?

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