Removing film off ACM

[Johnny Best]

Just picked up about #20 sheets of different sizes, mostly 4x8 of 3mm ACM for $10 at a shop auction. Most of it still has the thin plastic cover on one side and breaks apart if you try to tear it off. Does someone have a trick to share on removing it. It is just on one side, other side is in great shape since it was in a material rack.

 

[Gino]

A six-pak or your neighbor's kid for $5. an hour.

 

[Dan360]

Don't do it while wearing headphones or you'll get a static shock right in your ear.

 

[bannertime]

Have you tried to the broom stick trick that gets mentioned here every now and then?

 

[Jay Grooms]

Don't do it while wearing headphones or you'll get a static shock right in your ear.

I get static shocks in my pant/shorts zipper all the time..... Wish I would get one in the ear once in a while.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

I get static shocks in my pant/shorts zipper all the time..... Wish I would get one in the ear once in a while.

Sometimes I get them through my shoes! Damn I hate that stuff in the winter..

 

[Gino]

Evidently, none of you are grounded very well...... or have inadequate insulation.

 

[Bly]

Cold dry air here now. Pulling the liner off PVC sheets we get shocks through the feet to the floor.

I supposed you've tried rolling the liner up onto a core like bannertime suggested.

 

[pjfmeister]

Could try masking it....sometimes that works if its not to far gone

 

[Jay Grooms]

Could try masking it....sometimes that works if its not to far gone

Good Idea

 

[Evan Gillette]

We use a core as others have mentioned...

 

[Modern Ink Signs]

Try warming the surface a bit. It might help.