DECALING __________________________________________________________________________________
Seal recommends its comprehensive line of Print Mount
pressure-sensitive mounting adhesives, Print Shield
pressure-sensitive over-laminating and Print Guard
low-temperature heat-activated over-laminating films for
your different applications.
SET-UP
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Load and center the films onto the top and bottom supply shafts with the adhesive side facing out. Select films
slightly wider than the image to allow for trimming.
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If using a heat-activated laminate on top, set the roller temperature for the type of film being used.
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Raise the top rollers and remove the front table for webbing ease.
WEBBING
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Bottom
film:
Pull the mounting adhesive up, in front of the bottom roller and drape evenly over the top roller.
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Top
film
(heat
-
activated):
Pull the film down, under the top idler and lay evenly over the mounting adhesive to
adhere.
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Top
film
(pressure-sensitive):
First mount a core on the top, front wind-up tube and adhere a strip of the
pressure-sensitive adhesive across its width.
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Pull the film down, under the top idler and up to the wind-up tube.
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Adhere the release liner smoothly to the wind-up tube. Separate the film from the release liner and lay squarely
over the mounting adhesive to adhere.
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Lower the top roller and use a leader board to feed the films into the nip. Use the footswitch to feed the films
through the rollers.
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From the rear of the laminator, use the footswitch to feed the film over the chill idlers and through the pull rollers.
Keeping film taut hold the leader board up against the top pull roller with one hand and lower the top pull roller.
Cut off the piece of leader board.
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Return to the front and run the laminator applying light brake tension gradually on both supply shafts until there
are no wrinkles in the film as it goes into the nip. If wrinkles do not work out within 5 feet or (1.5 m) cut the film
and repeat the webbing process.
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Once the laminates are tracking correctly, feed the image into the nip through the print guide table. Apply back
tension to the image by holding back on the outer edges.
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Once laminated, the image can be mounted to a board or other substrate.
