Hi guys, one more ? About Rubber Roller / Brayer (s)??

[toys4tj]

One other thing that is messing us up is that we can't find a Rubber roller to use on the aluminum after it's glued down... we HAD one, but can't locate it anwhere... can't even remember where we got the thing! LOL!
Any ideas where to buy another one?
We asked @ HD & Lowe's & had no luck... thinking Hobby Lobby of something like that... any suggestions? Oh, & is there a prefered size? I think the one we had was about 4-5".

Thanks Again,
TJ

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[AmyH]

It sounds like a roller that is used for doing print work (art stuff). I would try a craft store in the printing section. You can probably find one near the linoleum carving blocks.

Amy

[rainjer]

Try one of these. You will love it. It is used for installing flooring or formica countertops.

http://www.tools4flooring.com/crain-333-extension-wall-roller-p-774.html

[AmyH]

This is what I was thinking you might be referring to, it is called an inking roller or brayer: click here. I think it would work really well for pressing the aluminum to the sides, particularly since it is a nice soft rubber material.

Amy

[DestinDave]

HD and Lowes both carry a "J" roller - in the kitchen depts where the formica countertop ends, adhesives, and etc are stocked. They're usually only 3-4 inches wide but will work well. You can put a lot of pressure on them.

[Guest]

I bought one from a photo shop several years back...
It was about 8-10" wide... Used it for mounting cibachromes.
Hmmm... Now where the heck could that damned thing be?

Oh Yaa... I used it for more things than just prints... It probably spent more time out in the shop.

[madjack]

HD and Lowes both carry a "J" roller - in the kitchen depts where the formica countertop ends, adhesives, and etc are stocked. They're usually only 3-4 inches wide but will work well. You can put a lot of pressure on them.

...that is what we use around the shop and that is where ya can get 'em.........................

[critter]

hey madjack,
did ya here that.dean musta caught himself on of them thar chibacritters you is always talkin bout and hes already got it mounted ..maybee he'll send some pics!!!

[Guest]

Critter,
Different type of critter than the ones MJ is after.
Here's the kind of critter I was talking about...

I was heavily involved with sports phgotography before I said "I do"...
I used a rubber brayer to mount my shots and used it to laminate multiple layers of trick mat work that took the patience of a priest to cut out.

[Ira]

Used it for mounting cibachromes.

Wow. I haven't heard that word in YEARS.

[Guest]

Used it for mounting cibachromes.

Wow. I haven't heard that word in YEARS.

Those were the days, eh Ira?

Kodachrome slides and Cibachrome prints...

"When I think back to all the crap I learned in high shool..."

[critter]

hey dean,
i knew what type of critter you was after ,just trying to crack a smile on somebodys face

[s4son]

Dean,
Is that one of your shots. Great pic! That's what I want to do when I grow up. If I have to photograph another wedding I'm gonna scream! Cibachrome, my gosh, are you as old as Ira?

Scott F.

[Chris C]

Scott,

I was shooting weddings when B&W was the standard of the day. Sepia was saved for the formal wedding shots! We never thought of shooting color weddings. Of course, I've shot a lot since!

[Guest]

Scott,
I know your pain...
Weddings wern't my cup of tea either...
Only did a few and that was too many.
Just say no, or lie and say you have other obligations.
Yaa... That's a shot of Ernie Irvan, a prototype of a collector series I ended up doing over a span of about three years.
Had to drop the Nascar logo because of licensing agreements.
I couldn't even come close to doing the quantities to pay for the licensing with the various teams, but I was allowed to wholesale these to licensed galleries at various tracks.
As it turned out, one gallery I sold to wasn't properly licensed and I got a call from Rousch Racing about 5:30AM one morning...
Someone on Jack's team bought a few of them from that gallery...
I doubt the man that called me was one of Guy's buddies 'cause he had no sense of humor whatsoever.
I had to fax Rousch's PR man a list of every single one that was sold and to which galleries. No action was taken against me, because I kept very good records of all my sales and I was able to show that I approached Nascar about the licensing issues. Mike Helton was the PR man for Nascar at the time and it was he that clued me into dealing with these galleries. I was informed that the gallery that duped me and Nascar was shut down.
Later... A man by the name of Hank Jones approached me about what it would take to get automated and produce these in the vast numbers that those types of cats were after... (He was Dale Sr's PR man at the time... Sports Imaging)
He offered to get me set up, but he wanted to keep me "hidden" out here on the West Coast and only deal through him. He didn't know this, but I had a cousin by marriage on #3's pit crew, Robby Cuningham... Robby's dad advised me to think twice about getting involved with Mr. Jones...
Shortly thereafter, Dale bought him out and sent him on his way...
By this time, I had just about my fill of dealing with people at this level and it just took all the fun out of it.
It took me years to work my way up to that level and once I got there... It became too friggin' serious for my wants.

Shoot want makes you happy!