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adhesive like is on stickers or tape?
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Max Midnight
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Wouldn't it be easier to use self adhesive vinyl roll?
Whist there are probably adhesives out there that will do the job I suspect the issue you will have is getting the glue thin and even.
I have used spray mount in the past but even that tended to go on quite thick.
Whist there are probably adhesives out there that will do the job I suspect the issue you will have is getting the glue thin and even.
I have used spray mount in the past but even that tended to go on quite thick.
That would be my take also, controlling the thickness of the adhesive will be the "sticking point" 
The thin vinyl will telegraph every ridge, bump, and lump. The spray glues tend to be designed for thicker apliques.
The thin vinyl will telegraph every ridge, bump, and lump. The spray glues tend to be designed for thicker apliques.
Max and gggary, your avatars are almost identical. Really threw me off and I though gggary was replying to himself......
Max Midnight
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Not sure if it is great minds thinking alike or silly sods who should get out more....?
If you want a very even coating on flat material then use a "bar coater". It is a smooth piece of metal bar with wire wrapped around so it looks like a coil:
Easy to make one your self. You need a nice smooth surface to to work on e.g. piece of glass. The adhesives are called pressure sensitive i.e. the more pressure they are applied with the harder they stick (non-linear relationship). Not sure where you will get the glue but perhaps the glue for floor vinyl could work. Alternative would be to put double sided tape on the label, or buy those labels for computer printers.
Easy to make one your self. You need a nice smooth surface to to work on e.g. piece of glass. The adhesives are called pressure sensitive i.e. the more pressure they are applied with the harder they stick (non-linear relationship). Not sure where you will get the glue but perhaps the glue for floor vinyl could work. Alternative would be to put double sided tape on the label, or buy those labels for computer printers.
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"Pressure sensitive" is a good term to have. I need this kind of glue every now and then. Most recently to replace the adhesive that somehow went away on a piece of foam inside headphones. It was like a little piece of that self adhesive weather stripping but the sticky part wasn't sticky anymore. I ended up using double sided scotch tape, but sometimes I wouldn't want the extra thickness.
I've had good luck with 3M emblem adhesives and their super strength molding tapes...
TwoMany, nice stuff that 3M emblem adhesive. Good tutorials on YouTube also:
