This stuff is the bomb! I used it tonight for the first time on a tag (like a gift tag). Pretty simple, printed out the name for the tag, applied the cardstock cut in a rectangle (cut with my guillotine trimmer - no machine this time), cut my matboard in the same rectangle (and boy the mat board is very good at this - provides nice stability and thickness - and is a dynamite way to use scraps too small for the cutter), then applied a backing piece of cardstock for further stability, and applied the UTEE. The result is astounding! This stuff is going to be a favorite for me. As a finisher, another piece of cardstock was applied to cover the run off to the back, and was copic inked to match the front. I could have airbrushed the back, but gee just for a back of a tag I thought was overkill. So I didn't airbrush.
My question has to do with working area protection while working with this stuff. I was too afraid to work with it on my desk, so I leaned over and did it on the floor/carpet. I did not realize that as this stuff cooks from the heat, it can dribble, and some of the plastic hardening got on the carpet. I'm not concerned - it is right by my chair and no one will see it but me. Then I tried putting a protective cloth, and of course the heat from the gun can cook the cloth too (it was scrap).
So what is the best way to work with this stuff, provide protection for a work surface, but won't cook as well? The heat has to be applied pretty steady, and often I would work with small pieces that I just cannot hold in my hand.
Thanks.
Pat