Some time ago Simon Clifford, president of Tekmar Technical Marketing of Santa Barbara, told a story about aerosol adhesive residue on the floor around a press in a textile print shop that he was visiting. It was so bad that the shop’s resident Golden Lab lay down to rest under the press and then could not get up because he was stuck to the floor.
We don’t know if Simon developed Tekmar’s TEKBOND line of water-based, non-aerosol pallet adhesives because of the dog-sticks-to-floor experience, but we do know that it is a cost-effective, non-messy, “greener” alternative to aerosol pallet adhesives. And we say that in spite of the fact that, as a supplier, we can make much more money from aerosol adhesives because they cost more and more is needed to do the same job.
Tekmar’s water-based pallet adhesives line has some big fans. For instance, Derry Williams of Best Cap in Calgary says that the Tekmar TB-HV adhesive lasts and lasts on the pallet and makes no mess. That probably has something to do with why Best Cap has one of the cleanest shops that we have ever seen.
Doug of Applied Graphics in Edmonton is just as enthusiastic. He says that he likes the fact that Tekmar’s water-based pallet adhesive is much more economical than aerosol. He also feels that because it is non-hazardous and non-flammable it is healthier to use. Furthermore, he doesn’t care for the airborne particles of aerosol sprays. Doug likes the way that TEKBOND cleans up off the pallet with water and he doesn’t miss the sticky overspray on the floor that always happens with aerosol adhesives. He is adamant that he will never return to using aerosol adhesives.
Tekmar’s TEKBOND TB-HV is applied sparingly to the pallet with a small supplied squeegee. Derry says that Best Cap recently printed 1200 tee-shirts without re-applying the adhesive once. That is why Tekmar is able to claim that a 1-quart container of TEKBOND TB-HV replaces at least 3 dozen cans of aerosol adhesive. The cost saving in product price alone is significant (85% to 90% saving) but it gets even better when you factor in clean-up time of the pallets, press and floor.
TEKBOND TB 10 works on the same principle but is applied by use of a Target spray system. The difference between that and aerosol spray though is that the Target spray system can be controlled to spray sparingly on the pallet without over-spraying all over the equipment and floor.
So do something good for your shop, your budget and for the environment and call Screenflex about trying Tekmar’s water-based pallet adhesives. The toll-free number is 1-800-661-7766 or email info@screenflex.ca