Adding adhesives backing to acrylic? Tips and tricks?

[jbv]

I made this post a while back about applying transfer tape to vinyl decals. a tape dispenser and a good squeegee are the tricks:

Stickers, Anyone make custom ones?

If you are going to do a lot of masking, consider making a dispenser system. You can spend a lot on a fancy one, some of which are made with a CNC and might be able to serve as inspiration for what you could make with a glowforge (and clamps) or you can make a simple one for cheap. I used products from the plumbing aisle at Home Depot for mine. My initial design had the bars going through the round holes, but I spaced them poorly, and the bars were difficult to remove for swapping rolls. The…

Now, with vinyl, since it is so thin, any bubbles or creases in the tape can mean bubbles or creases in the vinyl when it is installed. But with acrylic I would think you could get away with some bubbles and creases… if you are using the tape in the way I am imagining; holding elements together as you move them from a workspace to the installation point, after which the tape is removed.

if you are using it as laser-masking, bubbles and crease lines can trap smoke and soot and lead to little bits of staining, a lot like when paint seeps under the edges of masking tape