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whats the best method used with banner edges please?
Hi all,
I need some input for banner edges! We have used glue, and tape, both with which we were happy with the finish, but a client has bought in 2 lonas/Banners which have been used for a while and then rolled round an old vinyl core, and the edges that have either been folded and glued or supported with banner tape, have wrinkled really badly. Has anyone found a way of curing this problem with either technique or a product??cheers
Dan
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Dan
I don’y think you can mate. I think the only way to resolve is to weld the hems. I seem to remember this being discussed previously.Cheers
Gary
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cheers gary, will start saving for a welder??
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I agree with the welding machine………….
…..i bought one at Sign UK a couple of years ago and its been a great buy.
Hemming takes a fraction of the time that it used to with the tape, i can also weld banner sections together. We can produce bigger banners this way by welding sections together. Do it in no time at all with a solid weld.
Mines a uniplan. -
How much is one of these machines Pryam?
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quote Phill:How much is one of these machines Pryam?when paid about £1600.00 for ours and it didn’t come with finishing kit, that was another £300.
thing is, these are excellent machines but unless your doing allot of banners its an expensive luxury.
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do welders damage the printing say you printed a black background ?
chris
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You need to get the right work surface for them, we use a large kitchen worktop at 488cm in length.
This way we can keep the surface clean as the ink does occasionally press onto the work surface leaving the banner with slightly less colour on the hem. This happens we print and hem on the same day when we are rushing to get the jobs out quick.
Its a brilliant bit of kit, i wouldn’t want to be without it now. Saves a lot of time.
Like Rob says you need to be doing a few banners. -
We used the hot air welders in the past, a lot of smoke and noxious fumes and a few ruined banners, good bit of kit but you have to practice a lot to be able to get it right. We also found that unless the PVC has a high plasticizer content welding can be a problem. We now have a HF welder, its 30 years old and you really cant go wrong with it. Welds all PVC and only needs 10 mins to train up on. They are more expensive we got our for £3500.00 but compared to the hot air welder and hemming tape there is no comparison.
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Does anyone use one of the hand held welders. Are they any good just for small quantity banners.
Also a few days ago I posted a question about the banner welders on Ebay
but the post was deleted.
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