Tape pulling slivers

[Mick Walker]

Mike, I believe they use exterior, waterproof glue on the Finnish BB. Don't know how that would affect the quality of the wood though.

[Minnesota scroller]

I understand the only difference between BB and Finnish is that the BB is near perfect 1 side and both sides are good on the Finnish.

What I'm doing for my ornaments now, to alleviate the pulling problem, is putting a piece of heavy card stock paper on top and taping over the top of that and around the edges of the layers of BB. I then spray the pattern and stick that to the heavy paper. When I'm done, I remove the tape from the sides and the pattern falls off. Works great.

[earlinjax]

I had a lot of problems with a project I was working on and thought it might be just a bad piece of 1/8 BB. I asked in another thread about Finnish Birch and didn't get the responses I was hoping for.
Mick, you said you have less problem with Finnish. Anyone else out there have experience with the Finnish Ply? Guess what I am looking for is what is the best available.

EarlinJax

[Mick Walker]

I found the purple tape at Wal-Mart. I use Finnish BB plywood and have never had a problem with splinters.

[owler]

Clear contact paper has been working for me and is cheaper.

I have looked for the purple tape in Lowes and Home Depot and can't find it.

[BobD]

As far as stinky solvents...I've started using Goo Gone; it's relatively inexpensive, comes in a spray bottle (which makes application simple) and smells of oranges.

I also use clear packaging tape on my Baltic birch...with a blast of Goo Gone, it's gone!

Bob

[ozarkhillbilly]

Those slivers and tearout where one of the main reasons I quit using the tape and went with spraying my pattern with adhesive then applying directly to the wood. Like its been mentioned a little bit of mineral spirits and up it comes. There are many different thoughts of school on this subject too.

Here is a link to a previous thread........http://www.scrollsawer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7520

[Rolf]

I know this subject pops up periodicaly I gave up blue tape for the clear contact brand contact paper. Cheap, just enough sticky, doesnt damage the wood, no stinky solvents. Bonus you can cover a large are with one piece.
Did I mention cheap.

[Daryl185]

my 2 cents I quit using tape on my wood as it seemed kinda redundant I just spray the backs of my patterns with glue wait 15 sec and apply when its time to remove it I just spray or brush on some mineral spirits and off comes the paper with very little glue residue left on the wood

[CanadianScroller]

You might try zapping the wood and tape in the microwave for 10 seconds or so to soften up the glue.

[Minnesota scroller]

Great. I've still got 2 new rolls of 2" blue on hand. I've never been real happy with the blue. Even with the 1/4" BB I've had to lightly sand after pulling the tape off. I'll definitely remember this different color. Thanks guys.

BTW, this was some tough tape to find online. I did find a couple sources and they refer to it as low tack faux tape, not painter's tape.

[Paul S WI]

Bill is right. I have started using the Purple with very good results. Once Blue is gone I will be sticking with the Purple. ~Paul

[William Young (SE BC)]

Mike;
Use the 2" wide purple (mauve) tape . It has the least adhesion of all the masking tapes and will not cause that problem yet it still sticks enough to hold through out the cutting.
I have used it for years and just picked up a couple more rolls when I made a trip to USA yesterday. It costs a little more but is well worth the difference.
W.Y.

[Paul S WI]

Mike - when I start to notice that problem I dab just a little mineral spirits on and after a 15 seconds or so tape comes off with no problem. ~Paul

[Minnesota scroller]

Thanks Tony, I'll try your ideas. Luckily, I was only stack cutting some fairly simple ornaments so not much was wasted.

BTW, with your knowledge, you should come out of hiding more often.