Looking for ideas as to how to clean plastic key tags quickly

[Barbara Buhse]

I have been cleaning small (plastic) peieces by the handful by throwing them in a basin with warm water and dishwashing liquid. (The kind used at the sink, not in the dishwasher) The only thing that takes a minute is drying them off. I don't let them soak, just wash them lightly with a soft sponge.

[Darren Pinkoski]

Thank God for the search function. We've had an Epilog 45 for a year and have been trying to figure out a way to clean the plastic tags we engrave. We found that GooGone did a good job cleaning the edges but smeared the surfaces residue back into the white lettering so we soaked the tags in a basin with warm water and a cleaner to get rid of the surface residue and then GooGone'd the edges after drying them off. I'll be sure to try the DNA and Magic Erasers. This has been our biggest headache. I'll be sure to give it a try.

[Anthony Welch]

We are currently doing a raster image with a vector cut on some LazerMax no bigger than 1.25"/ea. I've found that soaking 10 or so in a cup of isopropyl (70% alcohol) and rubbing each one with my fingers will lift the residue out of the rastered image, take the flame marks off the back and get rid of the sticky edges. All this with very little effort (no scrubbing). Then immediatly rinse in tap water.

Don't use a rag or towel, as these get dirty from what it takes off, fills back in the raster and you have to do it again with a cleaner part of the towel. No cracking or ill effects have been noticed as far as I can see.

Anthony

[Martin Boekers]

One thing you might want to watch is on the plates like red with white type.

Sometime the red dust created from the burn is on the top of the plate and its easy for it to get into the white burn area and slightly tint it.

So keep your erasers clean!


Marty

[Scott Erwin]

I do exactly as Scott S has said. On small runs/small sized area I just put the tape on in the machine as I missed the line up the first time (Raster) then removed the sheet put it back and low and behold had a nice way of how NOT to do it....