Is it the Reflective or the Lam?

[Kernersville Vinyl]

Oralite 5600 and 3M 8518, I couldn't get the matching Oralite Lam in the same width.

It's in the same spot all the way down.

 

[Boudica]

The cloudyness? It's in the Lam. I see that a lot when I get towards the end of the Roll with 8518.

 

[tim99]

looks like the lam to me as well. we use the 290 paired with 5650 and still get that occasionally

 

[Kernersville Vinyl]

The cloudyness? It's in the Lam. I see that a lot when I get towards the end of the Roll with 8518.

Sadly it's not the end, it's the whole roll... in fact not just one but two rolls

 

[The Sign Goddess]

Little heat has always cleared that up for me

 

[Gino]

Did/do you lam with heat or heat assisted method machine ??

 

[Kernersville Vinyl]

Little heat has always cleared that up for me

I'm going to have to try that, I can't give it to my customer like this and the job costs to much to reprint... so over 3M at this point.

 

[Kernersville Vinyl]

Did/do you lam with heat or heat assisted method machine ??

My laminator isn't heated, I used to have one that was and I really miss it. You think heated would have prevented it?

 

[Gino]

It looks like a version of a term they call silvering.
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Why is my lamination cloudy?

Cloudy lamination is usually the result of insufficient heat. If the machine has a control to adjust the heat, try increasing the temperature. You can also reduce the speed of the laminator, this will create longer dwell time on the heat shoes or rollers increasing the heat being transferred to the film.

 

[Kernersville Vinyl]

It looks like a version of a term they call silvering.
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Why is my lamination cloudy?

Cloudy lamination is usually the result of insufficient heat. If the machine has a control to adjust the heat, try increasing the temperature. You can also reduce the speed of the laminator, this will create longer dwell time on the heat shoes or rollers increasing the heat being transferred to the film.

now I have a reason to upgrade... thanks

 

[Gino]

Honestly, I don't have any heat whatsoever in my laminator. We just go slow enough and I don't think more than once or twice in the last about 20 years, ever getting any silvering.

 

[BluetailGFX]

Thats just surface rub from the manufacturing process. Usually a little bit of propane torching of those areas, Once the Film is Applied to a Surface, does the trick. The heat and flame is basically just mimicking the sun however..... Once outdoors it typically disappears in most climates after a few weeks of sunlight.

 

[Jay Grooms]

My laminator isn't heated, I used to have one that was and I really miss it. You think heated would have prevented it?

99% of the time.

 

[JBurton]

I've seen this a number of times, it seems that just the act of pulling the backing and applying it shuffles the cloudiness out. I hate 8518!

 

[mim]

We use 8518 with a cold lam. Make sure there's nothing stuck in there that would make the pressure slightly off in that one area. I had that happen once and I fixed it by just messing around with the pressure bar, no idea what *exactly* I did, but hopefully that helps lol