Double sided tape?

[cwsmith]

Thanks Sailor,

I'll check that out on the next visit to Home Depot.

Nice thing about the Adhesive Transfer tape is that you only have to deal with the thickness of the "adhesive" and not the backing or liner too.

I've found it adequate for layering pieces for the bandsaw and it works great for sticking labels to magnets for the steel cabinet, machine, etc. Over the years, it's been a real plus to have available for several projects, including fixing a few seams where wallpaper is loosening. Because there's no liner, there's no buldge.

3M also use to make a photomount material which was very much like the AT tape (Brand name was Scotch PMA [Positionable Mounting Adhesive]). It was much more expensive, as it came in 18-inch wide rolls. I like it because if was a thinner adhesive and was "self-cutting" (You could stick a object to the middle of a sheet and when you peeled it away, the adhesive would stick to the object and peel away only that portion, leaving the bordering adhesive still on the backing sheet. That saved having to use a Xacto blade to cut out the shape.

If the larger roll stuff is still available, you local art and fram shop could probably tell you.

CWS

[chopnhack]

Back at BORG today for unrelated stuff and did find the Rhino brand? double stick carpet tape. Will have to see how that works out.

[sailor55330]

I did find the box and it was the Rhino brand I purchased. I think it said "double liner adhesive roll" or something like that.

I hope it works for you

[BrazosJake]

It cleans up easily with a little mineral spirits.

Ditto, though I did oncce use it to stick some 1/6" veneers I had sawn to an mdf panel for planing. The mdf was pretty welll veneered after running thru the planer. It took hours of cautious prying to get them off.

[toolguy1000]

Back at BORG today for unrelated stuff and did find the Rhino brand? double stick carpet tape. Will have to see how that works out.

whem i tried the rhino stoff, i found it unnacceptable. didn't stick all that well and left behind a residue when removed from the work piece. i went to walmart for the "duck" brand fiberglass double sided tape.

[chopnhack]

Ditto, though I did oncce use it to stick some 1/6" veneers I had sawn to an mdf panel for planing. The mdf was pretty welll veneered after running thru the planer. It took hours of cautious prying to get them off.

I would think the cause of the adhesion is the nature of mdf to want to "drink" up anything that comes in contact with it. Mineral spirits in this case? I don't know if that would work or just drive the glue in deeper. Interesting experiment.

How did the mineral spirits work for you?

[jnesmith]

Well.... several years ago I made new drawer fronts for our kitchen and just recently got around to making the new drawers. The fronts were attached to the old drawers with double sided tape that looks like it has a fiberglass mat at the core and lots of stickem and the screws for the drawer pull. I don't know the brand name and hope to never use it again for that purpose as I nearly ruined the drawer fronts getting them off of the old drawers. In the end I drove a putty knife between them clear across the drawer and then a pry bar to get them apart. So if the idea is a really good holding tape look for the kind with the fiberglass core. I plan on using the cheapo paper tape in the future for temporary stuff. I am now wondering what else I stuck together with the tape that I may have to take apart in the future.

Bill
on the left coast, the rain has started....

That is actually the kind I have settled on. I had no confidence in any of the others I tried, particularly for applications like sticking a piece to a pattern or template for routing. Yes, the fiberglassy kind does stick very well. You have to use it very judiciously.

[3thumbs]

That is actually the kind I have settled on. I had no confidence in any of the others I tried, particularly for applications like sticking a piece to a pattern or template for routing. Yes, the fiberglassy kind does stick very well. You have to use it very judiciously.

I use this stuff as well, but you have to be careful that you don't use more than necessary, or you will take a chance of ruining your piece.
DM