Tacking iron

breery · Post by **breery** » Sun 12 May, 2013 7:46 am

Hi, my tacking iron no longer works and I have a lot of mounting to do and cannot wait for the replacement. I was going to use Pritt Stick as an interm method of tacking but I notice on the Lion website that it says not to do this if using foamboard. I was going to tack posters to foamboard so does anybody know why I shouldn't use Pritt and if I cannot dies anybody know another interm alternative to tacking ?

Grateful of any suggestions, regards Brian.

Basil · Post by **Basil** » Sun 12 May, 2013 9:26 am

Just a thought....how about using the corner of your domestic clothes iron??

breery · Post by **breery** » Sun 12 May, 2013 9:35 am

Why didn't I think of that ? Thanks very much

GeoSpectrum · Post by **GeoSpectrum** » Sun 12 May, 2013 10:46 am

A little bit of double sided adhesive film?

The Crofter · Post by **The Crofter** » Sun 12 May, 2013 9:08 pm

If you are using a hot press & vacuum the pritt adhesive may be visible after processing. I used to use this method when mounting pics onto compositem A soldering iron can be used or even the back of a spoon heated on the stove. Iron sound like the best bet.

Post by **prospero** » Sun 12 May, 2013 10:14 pm

If you go along to B&Q or somesuch and get a cheap soldering iron, you might find you can just swap the bits.

breery · Post by **breery** » Sun 12 May, 2013 10:39 pm

Thanks everybody, just finished. Used our domestic iron and it worked a treat.
Regards, Brian

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