3m slick material bags

[jonbearman]

Maybe this was asked but here goes,do you still need stock tape with this newer material?

 

[Alex Wheeler]

No, it works best on the clear coat.

 

[snakepit]

Maybe this was asked but here goes,do you still need stock tape with this newer material?

That is a good question and I do not know if it makes a difference but I still have the teflon tape on my 3 inch wide front stock from before I started using the 3M front bag and it does not seem to cause any problems and the stock on the bag seems plenty slick to me. If it ever comes off or is removed I probably will not replace it. I have not used the teflon tape on the rear of the stock.

 

[butchlambert]

I have used the 3M cloth for many years. Frank Wilson got a lot of it with adhesive on the back. It was a multitude of oval shaped pieces. They were designed as reflectors on tennis shoes. A few years later I called 3M. I could not even think about their minimum order. The lady was gracious and gave me a pretty nice roll of the material gratis.
Have to go and help load my Monarch 10EE lathe and bring it home.

 

[Alex Wheeler]

I have used the 3M cloth for many years. Frank Wilson got a lot of it with adhesive on the back. It was a multitude of oval shaped pieces. They were designed as reflectors on tennis shoes. A few years later I called 3M. I could not even think about their minimum order. The lady was gracious and gave me a pretty nice roll of the material gratis.
Have to go and help load my Monarch 10EE lathe and bring it home.

Very nice Butch.

 

[artbosco]

Maybe this was asked but here goes, do you still need stock tape with this newer material?

I continue to use Stock Tape fore and aft. With imbedded glass beads, the 3M material might respond favorably even without its use. The raw stock finish, I'm sure, will be a factor.

 

[snakepit]

I am not sure but I think the 3M reflective material uses a form of glass powder or microscopic beads that is somehow bonded to the backing material, The first 3M material I got was from a shooting friend who obtained it from a shop at his airline that repaired the reflective material on vests and other reflective covers.

 

[johara1]

Alex, I used it for last year on the front bag and use just leather in the rear bag……. i did ok……. but nothing tracks as good as leather…. jim

Jim, I've never used straight leather, but now you've got me curious. What makes it track better? Does it need to "break in" at all or does it work well right out the gate?

The leather takes a set and forms creases that guide the stock it will come back in the box every time man made material will not do that. I use armor all and Sinclair bag wax and it slicker than snot on a door knob……… jim

 

[butchlambert]

Got my lathe in the shop. I use Protector leather bags. I wax the devil out of them. I use Mothers Carnuba wax. If I have a sticky day or weather, I lay a piece of 3M cloth on both front and rear bags.