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Re: pneumatic mug press
Posted: 27 Jan 2016, 20:41
by anniecov
We've bought one of these to trial. I really want to find something that will give us full coverage mugs painlessly.
We have pre-heated bases but they give us soft top corners. Constantly.
I do really like these mug presses for text / white background jobs.
Re: pneumatic mug press
Posted: 27 Jan 2016, 21:15
by Justin
I've heard they don't press well top to bottom but hopefully you can confirm differently! Contacted one of the suppliers to discuss testing and reviewing but they ignored the request.
Re: pneumatic mug press
Posted: 27 Jan 2016, 23:53
by pisquee
Ours is back in its box in the warehouse, tried to get it working good enough for a day and gave up. Was too busy to organise sending it back - probably should get that done though, as it's either faulty or not fit for purpose.
Re: pneumatic mug press
Posted: 28 Jan 2016, 11:52
by MCB12
pisquee;108530 wrote:Ours is back in its box in the warehouse, tried to get it working good enough for a day and gave up. Was too busy to organise sending it back - probably should get that done though, as it's either faulty or not fit for purpose.
Mine arrived yesterday and was not working had to send it back, hope this isn't the start of something.....
Re: pneumatic mug press
Posted: 28 Jan 2016, 15:26
by anniecov
Ours works great for white background designs.
I pre-heated the base of the mug for 30 seconds before applying a full coverage design. The bottom came out perfectly but the top corners were still soft. I tried lots of different temperatures, right up to 190C for 220 seconds. The corner was still soft and there was browning on the front of the mug. I couldn't produce anything salable with a full coverage design.
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Re: pneumatic mug press
Posted: 28 Jan 2016, 15:32
by anniecov
Oh and it's a BestSub ST-110.
Re: pneumatic mug press
Posted: 28 Jan 2016, 15:35
by MCB12
anniecov;108554 wrote:Ours works great for white background designs.
I pre-heated the base of the mug for 30 seconds before applying a full coverage design. The bottom came out perfectly but the top corners were still soft. I tried lots of different temperatures, right up to 190C for 220 seconds. The corner was still soft and there was browning on the front of the mug. I couldn't produce anything salable with a full coverage design.
Is that where I am going wrong - I should be pre-heating before?
Mu mug press seems very temperamental - how are you doing this?
Morele
Re: pneumatic mug press
Posted: 28 Jan 2016, 15:52
by pisquee
We preheated the whole mug in an oven for 20 mins, and then pressed in the press for another 20 minutes at the full temp and it STILL couldn't print a full bleed mug successfully, so useless for us, as all our designs are full bleed, and bright, deep and saturated colours - with this press the colours were all washed out.
Re: pneumatic mug press
Posted: 28 Jan 2016, 15:55
by anniecov
MCB12;108556 wrote:anniecov;108554 wrote:Ours works great for white background designs.
I pre-heated the base of the mug for 30 seconds before applying a full coverage design. The bottom came out perfectly but the top corners were still soft. I tried lots of different temperatures, right up to 190C for 220 seconds. The corner was still soft and there was browning on the front of the mug. I couldn't produce anything salable with a full coverage design.
Is that where I am going wrong - I should be pre-heating before?
Mu mug press seems very temperamental - how are you doing this?
Morele
To preheat the base you just put the bottom inch of the mug in the press for about 30 seconds, then take it out and apply your transfer.
The base is thicker so takes longer to heat up. This just gives it a head start so it should be the same temperature as the rest of the mug by the time it's fully heated.
Re: pneumatic mug press
Posted: 28 Jan 2016, 15:56
by anniecov
pisquee;108557 wrote:We preheated the whole mug in an oven for 20 mins, and then pressed in the press for another 20 minutes at the full temp and it STILL couldn't print a full bleed mug successfully, so useless for us, as all our designs are full bleed, and bright, deep and saturated colours - with this press the colours were all washed out.
Was this a BestSub ST-110?