How To: Weed a Puzzle Like A Boss

[eflyguy]

Ungroup/break apart.

Select all horizontal lines, set a different color.

Done.

[deirdrebeth]

@eflyguy

set a different color.

Re-group/combine.

Done.

[alrakym]

Hey dan! what spray adhesive do you use for this. I’ve tried Elmers and loctite, follow the instructions for spraying and you can see the “texture” of the spray. How can I get such a clear look? thanks!
Karla

[jbmanning5]

I believe that was an acrylic print that Dan had printed from a company and then cut into a puzzle. If I remember right, they face mount the print to the back of a piece of acrylic and then glue something to the back of the print similar to DryTac (but I think all DryTac is PVC-based so don’t use this). Somewhere on here is a thread about it.

Here ya go!

Jigsaw puzzle generator

I got the print from bumblejax.com, specifically I got their “acrylic proof” product: https://www.bumblejax.com/prices/ Obligatory warning: Speaking only for myself. Glowforge can’t speak for this supplier. Relevant anecdote: I bought the print and asked about the plastics used to see if it was laser compatible. They told me that the backing was plastic X, which was not laser compatible. I was suspicious because it didn’t look like plastic X, and asked them to verify. Turns out they’d just …

[alrakym]

Thanks.

[ssuharjoto]

Any link on where to buy the masking paper?

[deirdrebeth]

Welcome to the forum!

There’s a great thread on it:

Cheapest 12" wide masking tape

Like @jbmanning5, I get perfectear plus from signwarehouse.com for $40 for a 300 foot roll, shipped. I’ve used both perfectear and transferrite, I prefer perfectear, but they aren’t that different. I was also tipped off to this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085635HFN

and others if you search for “masking”

but to save you some reading:

EnduraMASK® Perfect Tear® Transfer Tape

and
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DF7TDSF/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Sign Warehouse is cheaper overall, Amazon is cheaper up-front

[ssuharjoto]

Thank you very much! Still learning the ins and outs of everything