Easymount hot and cold laminator

[Ginocol]

I've brought a used easymount laminator and thought it was mint. Now I've got it, on closer inspection there are slight chips in certain sections of the heated rubber roller along with glue marks in certain sections too.
Can anyone tell me I am I going to have problems with lamination due to the chips in the roller?
Is there a way to repair the chips on the rubber?
What's the best way to remove the glue and not damage the roller itself?

Many thanks in advance

 

[victor bogdanov]

Try Laminating and see if there is a problem

 

[Steenland]

Try softening the old adhesive with 99% isopropyl, then removing it with a rubber cement pickup.

 

[vondegroot]

I bought a used one as well - no one around here uses them, so I took a chance on one that was for sale. Turns out they're pretty great machines, I would even say they are far better than any RS
Clean 'em up and you'll likely be golden. Also: I tried using the hot function, and maybe it's me just being so used to cold application, but the heat just made things more complicated by stretching the film, so I never use it anymore!

What are people using heat for anyway?

 

[somcalmetim]

I bought a used one as well - no one around here uses them, so I took a chance on one that was for sale. Turns out they're pretty great machines, I would even say they are far better than any RS
Clean 'em up and you'll likely be golden. Also: I tried using the hot function, and maybe it's me just being so used to cold application, but the heat just made things more complicated by stretching the film, so I never use it anymore!

What are people using heat for anyway?

We don't use heat for normal laminating anymore...it can reduce silvering of the laminate but also causes problems applying a stretched heated laminate that wants to shrink back to normal size which causes peel up the edges.
Unless its an actual "encapsulating laminate" like old drivers licenses that is melted on front and back we never use the heat anymore for wraps/signs etc.

 

[Jeppe.Nielsen]

You can have the rollers refurbished by a roller supplier, for example those who supply rubber rollers to offset printing machines, like Böttcher. That means taking the entire shaft out of your laminator and sending it away in a proper crate. If you don't want to spend all that money on it you can probably try a form of compressible material like Tek-7 or some other sort of "silicone-like" material, but be sure to "spackle" it so it just fills in the gap. If that does not stick to your roller, then you are probably out of luck.

 

[Ginocol]

You can have the rollers refurbished by a roller supplier, for example those who supply rubber rollers to offset printing machines, like Böttcher. That means taking the entire shaft out of your laminator and sending it away in a proper crate. If you don't want to spend all that money on it you can probably try a form of compressible material like Tek-7 or some other sort of "silicone-like" material, but be sure to "spackle" it so it just fills in the gap. If that does not stick to your roller, then you are probably out of luck.

Thanks very much

 

[Stacey K]

Those rollers look very familiar. I have a chip in one of my rollers left of center. It creates a small bubble that I press out with my finger - and then it's 100% gone - yes, when I have an 8' section there's like 4 spots to press out - not a big deal.

The glue part, I would try and remove it with alcohol or something like that. Maybe do a test on the bottom roller to make sure it doesn't eat the rubber.

Can you switch the top and bottom roller?

Laminate a scrap piece, take a photo of the areas where the chip is and the glue, circle with a sharpie. Wait until the next day and see if those spots are gone. I have to believe the glue spots will disappear, the chip you may have to press with your finger. Going forward, press the chip bubble out immediately after laminating, I never wait until the next day.

It's just me doing the laminating and it's not every day I laminate so to press the bubble down is not a big deal.

 

[Humble PM]

Wait until the next day and see if those spots are gone. I have to believe the glue spots will disappear, the chip you may have to press with your finger. Going forward, press the chip bubble out immediately after laminating, I never wait until the next day.

Warm fingers for the touch down. Nitrile gloves helf prevent grease spots.

 

[Stacey K]

Warm fingers for the touch down. Nitrile gloves helf prevent grease spots.

The OP has dried glue spots on his rollers, it didn't appear to be grease.

 

[Humble PM]

The grease spots I thought I was referring to, come from paw prints on the laminate, from down pushing flat bubbles

 

[Stacey K]

The grease spots I thought I was referring to, come from paw prints on the laminate, from down pushing flat bubbles

OK - that makes sense! LOL That's probably a good point, wearing gloves would be a good idea.

 

[Proofread People]

Try softening the old adhesive with 99% isopropyl, then removing it with a rubber cement pickup.

lol, rubber cement pickup, I remember those.