Beargrip Adhesive Coater 24.5" w/ Repositionable Adhesive

Table-top, 110 volt adhesive coater with RP adhesive. Each unit is tested before leaving the factory - small amount of glue in machine.

What substrates is the RP designed to adhere to & does it dry permanent?

 RP adhesive is a contact adhesive. After coating your media you have 2 minutes to mount the media to the substrate. (This adhesive cures out over time). RP provides a permanent bond to just about all surfaces.

Differences between RP & PERMANENT:

 •             After coating media, RP cures out over time, while the PERMANENT never loses its tack

 •             When positioning your media on the substrate, RP is more forgiving than PERMANENT so it is easier to position the media on the substrate.

 •             When adhering two flexible items back to back, RP provides a stiffer bond.

 •             Due to the fact RP cures, when trimming, RP adhesive will not transfer to the cutting blade, while the PERMANENT will since it is a PSA.

 •             For doing bookcovers, you should use PERMANENT, not RP, since PERMANENT is more aggressive when turning the cover material over the edge of the chip board.

1. In order to run material through, it must be flexible. Cannot be rigid.  Can run heavy cover stock as long as it is flexible. (up to 24 pt would not be an issue)

2. Speed: 5 seconds per ft.  (RP is more viscous than the high tack Beargrip adhesive so requires more torque).

3. When switching glue, just need to clean out tray, not the roller. The RP adhesive is to almost any substrate - the only reason you would normally switch to the high tack Beargrip adhesive would be when you do book covers as the wrap around has too much pull for the RP.

4. You do not lose any glue when turn machine off then on.

5. To clean when switching from one glue to another, etc. on outside covers, use WD40 / laquer thinner (GVD accepts no responsibility whatsoever from any effect using either of these products has under any circumstance).

6. Average lifetime for this machine is from 10 to 15 years.

7. Warm up time is 55 minutes