To make getting patterns off easier I use Duck brand clear shelf paper. It is cheap to buy, last a long time, easy to use, and you can get it at Walmart as well as other places. To get started I lay down the shelf paper which has a sticky back on the wood. I then spray on my adhesive and install the pattern. The shelf paper doesn't leave any residue on your wood. It also lubes your blade so it doesn't get hot. Also, the shelf paper and pattern come off easier. 

 

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Duck-Peel-Stick-12-In-x-36-Ft-Adhesive-Laminate-Shelf-Liner-Clear/16224481

Great tip, Don. Thanks.

I wonder if you could print directly on the liner. Probably ink jet, though. Since its plastic. 

 

Edited August 31, 20187 yr by Gene Howe

13 hours ago, hawkeye10 said:

To make getting patterns off easier I use Duck brand clear shelf paper

excellent...

slick too...

Edited August 31, 20187 yr by Stick486

32 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Great tip, Don. Thanks.

I wonder if you could print directly on the liner. Probably ink jet, though. Since its plastic. 

 

I have not tried that Gene. Besides, I don't have an inkjet printer. If that would work it would help a lot.

48 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Great tip, Don. Thanks.

I wonder if you could print directly on the liner. Probably ink jet, though. Since its plastic. 

 

how would you get the sticky side through the printer unless it was peel and stick..

and what about the ink drying heater and it effect on the contact paper...

hit some contact paper w/ a hair dryer.. guess that would be the show and tell...

1 hour ago, Stick486 said:

how would you get the sticky side through the printer unless it was peel and stick..

and what about the ink drying heater and it effect on the contact paper...

hit some contact paper w/ a hair dryer.. guess that would be the show and tell...

Don's link says it's peel and stick. 

Here's a link to printing on plastic with an ink jet. Gotta be an ink jet. A laser printer will melt the plastic.  Link

I use the peel and stick shelf liner myself, works great.

  As for printing directly on the shelf liner, not so much, it's very curly and won't feed through a printer. It's the backer that's curly, once the backer is peeled off it loses the curliness. I've tried everything I could think of to remove or reduce the curl, vacuum press, reverse rolling, sandwiched between layers of poster board with weight on top (100 lbs+). Nothing helped.

 

For me the Duck brand tape leaves more residue on the wood than any other brand of tape. Thats why I use a clear tape to get away from having to clean the wood afterwards with lacquer thinner...The duck brand I bought at Walmart tears too many times while trying to remove the tape making it a frustrating adventure.

 The only place I might have any residue is where the saw blade paused and got the wood and the tape hot enough to leave a smidgen of glue on the wood but any tape I find will leave some sticky on the wood beside where the blade was running.

I guess I'm "old school".  I just sand the piece of blank wood with 220 paper, leaving the dust on the wood, use light coat of 3M 77 on the pattern, let the glue dry about 10 seconds and stick on the wood.  The sawdust places a small "barrier" between the paper and the wood.  Easy peezy to pull pattern off.  (My 2 cents worth)