Blacks not sublimating completely

[daniboy0812]

Hi guys

Thanks to martin At BMS & Julia at The Transfer Press i'm off to a flyer

Encountered a problem with my sublimating.

My technique is as follows:
Prepare mug wrap in teflon sheet & insert into press closing nice & tight.
Press is cold & set at 180c, 60 seconds
I wait until press is at 180c then 60 secs start.
Mug is cooled completely in water after countdown has finished

My problem:
Blacks are'nt sublimating fully & coming out hazy instead of pure black

All my other mugs are sublimating awesome with good colour tone & detail.

Any solutions? Am i using correct sub technique & timings? Any feedback would be appreciated

Regards joel

[Justin]

Hi Joel, which mug press are you using?

[accdave]

Mine go for 3 minutes, I don't think you are cooking them long enough

[Justin]

This is why I asked about the press. I know some folk do it this way, personally it's always up to temp, 180c and then cook 180 secs.

[Kaz]

I do the same as Justin, re time/temps

Have you tried doing one with blacks for longer than 60 secs?

[NASH]

i also cook for 180 seconds

[Ian M]

I'm another one who uses 180c for 180 seconds too.

Ian

[Paul]

200 sec but english old tams so...

[Kaz]

I'm loving the tams mugs I got on ebay, they're fabby

Wish we could still get those on an every day basis

[daniboy0812]

Thanks guys

So the ticket is go get press to 180 temp then 3mins cooking time?

All other colours come out ok though. Will it over cook if i'm printing images with different colour inclusing black in image

Thanks to everyone for taking timeout to comment

my mug press has a name 'shuzail' just a 2nd hand bargain off ebay. Thinkin of getting one thats of a 'name' so to get consistant results
Anyone got any ideas of good performer presses under 150 bucks

cheers joel