User Guide

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Building a great label means choosing the right top-quality components to precisely match your application, environment, appearance requirements, and print technology.
That’s why 3M offers such a wide variety of adhesives, facestocks, and liners to choose from. This selection guide is designed to help you quickly find the components
that have the performance characteristics you need for your next label job.
But we also offer something you won’t find listed here—expertise. Our sales, customer service, and technical label team have years of practical experience working with
label materials in almost any environment imaginable. We can help you in designing a solution that meets your requirements and exceeds your expectations.
Our goal is your complete satisfaction with our products and services. Period. Give us a call if you have any questions about samples, testing, ordering, or shipping.
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ADHESIVE SELECTION
Adhesive
Type Description
Temperature °F
High Low Minimum
Service Service Application
REMOVABLE
R3500 Ideal for ultra-removable on smooth surfaces, such 155 –20 40 n/a Good Good • • Fair Good Fair
Removable Acrylic as glass, metal, and plastic. Excellent alternative to
static cling.
R3800 Specially formulated ultra-removable designed to be 155 20 50 n/a Fair Good • • Poor Good Poor
Removable Acrylic easily removable from specific types of surfaces. Adhesive
offers lower peel and tack than R3500.
500 Offers good removability from most surfaces up to one 175 –40 50 n/a Good Fair • Good Excellent Excellent
Removable Acrylic year. For vinyl label stocks only.
550 Offers good removability from HSE surfaces. 175 –40 50 n/a Good Good • Good Fair Good
Removable Acrylic For polyester label stocks only.
R3201 Offers good removability from most surfaces except 130 –20 20 n/a Good Good • Fair Good Fair
Removable Acrylic polystyrene. Excellent for shelf-marking applications.
RMR10 Designed for removable applications from polyethylene 250 –40 35 n/a Good Good • Fair Good Fair
Removable Acrylic and polypropylene surfaces only. FDA.
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Adhesive Properties
Initial Ultimate
Peel Peel Convertibility
Substrate
LSE HSE
Environmental Properties
Chemical UV Moisture
Resistance Resistance Resistance
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Dry ingredients are listed as indirect food contact additives when used in food packaging with minimal opportunity for exposure. See 21 CFR 175.105.
Note: The chart above is a general guide. Facestocks and adhesives should be tested with actual components to ensure acceptable performance.
This technical information and data should be considered representative or typical only and should not be used for specification purposes.