Betalab
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I would like to get opinions and ideas and techniques for a reliable sports mouthguard lamination.these days kids and players like the graphics to support teams or their fetish or whatever. Likewise in more competitive circles the need for A grade protection is warranted.
Sometimes when I try to laminate a mouthguard it just doesn't want to play. It's like some has smeared lube between the two layers and there is no bond at all.
These are some of the things we have narrowed down
1 fresh mouthguard blanks.
2 same manufacturer for base and laminate.
3 heating to the point of nearly being lava.
4 increased forming pressure.
5 heating the base form as well as the laminate.
6 using degreasing agent.
7 using heat gun on model and guard to be laminated.
Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated or if anyone knows the recipe for 100% success in sticking two bits of mouthguard material together I would greatly appreciate your answer. Oh and while we are at it any tips on reducing those pesky little bubbles that always manage to make it to the labial obvious area grrrr!
Australia has a lot to catch up on with wild graphic mouthguard designs and look forward to the replies..... Thanks in advance
Patrick
Sometimes when I try to laminate a mouthguard it just doesn't want to play. It's like some has smeared lube between the two layers and there is no bond at all.
These are some of the things we have narrowed down
1 fresh mouthguard blanks.
2 same manufacturer for base and laminate.
3 heating to the point of nearly being lava.
4 increased forming pressure.
5 heating the base form as well as the laminate.
6 using degreasing agent.
7 using heat gun on model and guard to be laminated.
Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated or if anyone knows the recipe for 100% success in sticking two bits of mouthguard material together I would greatly appreciate your answer. Oh and while we are at it any tips on reducing those pesky little bubbles that always manage to make it to the labial obvious area grrrr!
Australia has a lot to catch up on with wild graphic mouthguard designs and look forward to the replies..... Thanks in advance
Patrick