Impression Left On Heat Platen

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Hi

The previous owner of my heat press did'nt use any teflon or greaseproof paper hence their is quite a big impression left on the heat platen, does anyone know if or how I can get rid of it

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meth spirits can help clean it off pal..
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thanks for the info, I'll give it a try
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we just press with plain paper in until it shows clean. Doesnt take long normally.
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or use cheap greaseproof paper all the time
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Cheers for all the info
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smitch6;24739 wrote:or use cheap greaseproof paper all the time
Don't be tempted to use it more than once though. I did and got a ghost image.
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many department stores carry an iron cleaning solution/kit along with the irons, I used a cleaning kit from Rowenta(?) and it cleaned up the platen beautifully!
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