Hello, i'm in the process of building my first rod and was wondering if anyone has ever used one of the Brother P-touch label makers?

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Thanks,
Chad Huderle

Huderle Custom Rods
Prior Lake, MN

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Bill - willierods.com

Thank you.

Yes I have used one, but found that it has several limitations for rodbuilding. One of these is that white is the only color lettering that can be printed on the clear substrate. The main problem is that the multilayered label tape is very thick compared with water slide, or even other sticky back labels of the type supplied with blanks. I found, quite by accident, that after the label is applied to the blank, that the thick outer layer can be softened by alcohol and removed leaving a thin layer containing the lettering adhered to the blank. However, it contains a coating of sticky adhesive. Sometime I plan to experiment with color preserver over it to see if a level coat of epoxy can be applied over it.

Check out decal connection they will make one for you

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Bill - willierods.com



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/19/2011 10:01AM by bill boettcher.

Mark:
I have used the Brother P touch, I just finished a rod for a retirement gift, it required three lines of text. This caused ne to use a one inch wide clear lable TZ tape. I cleaned the blank with alcohol let it dry 24 hours. I applied the lable then applied a thin coat of epoxy. When I came back the next day to check I found the edges of the lable had lifted in some areas. Several more coats of epoxy took care of the problem but it was a lot of work.