Thank you everyone for all the tips. I am done with them! Yeah! !Nail saver answer -

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teh smaller the bits, the better gorilla tape is for getting them off cleanly.

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Thank you!!!

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I found it works best on them,
Also Purell hand sanitizer will dissolve the adhesive nicely, but will also dissolve any MDF not so nicely.
I also use the scrap edges of any acrylic I have cut.

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Thanks! I will give the acrylic edges a try. I tried the water, it helped a lot, but I still had to scrape a little, so maybe the acrylic pieces will work for now until I get gorilla tape. So excited about getting it!!! :grin: :grin: :grin:

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It has a light side and a dark side and holds the Universe together, Also the adhesive is stronger than most any other.

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Duct tape rules! :sunglasses:

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Didn’t work for me, but thanks anyway. I did try!

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THANK YOU!!! You guys are awesome and so is Gorilla tape!!!

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What @eflyguy said… plastic razor blades are a must have.

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… except they come in packs of 100. I’m still using the same one (individual blade) since I got the machine three years ago!

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i’m not as gentle with them as you, i guess. i’ve mangled my fair share of plastic blades.

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lifetime supply

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Great stuff but as always, some cautions.
Try not to press into large engraved areas, since it pulls off the engraving also.
Do not use on small, intricate cut designs. It will pull off the small segments instead of just the tape.
Razor blade, sharp probe, picks, and other options may be used then.

Sadly, no one size fits all with any of this.

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my process to avoid that is to lay the tape gently, then use the brayer to just press to the original surface. it works fine as long as you don’t have large contiguous areas engraved blocks.

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The tape is too expensive to waste over areas that don’t need weeding! :smiley:

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tape is not more expensive than my time… :wink:

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I hope to get there one day :laughing:

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gotta learn to love yourself more than $0.05 for a few minutes of your time.

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I’m glad you got it figured out because that’s a lot of weeding! Just in case it hasn’t been said yet, you can probably get away without masking at all. You sometimes might get something called “flashback” where the tray scorches the back and you can leave masking on the back if that happens, but it’s really not needed when engraving.

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You can also prevent/reduce flashback by placing your material on a sheet of paper. YMMV…

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