I am currently working on a job that involves using the laser to engrave and cut 500 (250 red/white and 250 yellow/black) keychains/tags from engravers plastic. The keychains are approx 1" x 2". If this job goes well then I may have another 1000+ of these to do.
Problem is after the laser cuts the plastic, especially on the yellow ones with the black, the residue left on the top layer requires a lot of work to clean each individual unit with a cloth using a solvent (I am using Goo-Gone). Can anyone suggest a quick method of cleaning many of these at one time? I am thinking put some fine sand in a small 1 gallon size bucket along with a solvent such as varasol and the plastic pieces, then place a sealed lid on the top. Then using some method, I'm not sure how yet, rotate the container on it's side for a period of time to "scrub" the plastic clean. Then after this separate the plastic and rinse using clean varasol and let dry. Not sure if this would work but I am willing to try anything to cut down on the endless hours of cleaning these pieces.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
PAT