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Paul
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Hi all,
I just ventured to pressing hats. and biggest issue i found is darker colour hats leave that shine on the fabric of the hat.
I use piece of fabric as a protector between hat and the heat element but this shine is still there. has anybody got any tips, tricks to avoid it pease?
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Do you mean hats or caps? Are these sublimation?
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Hi Paul. Try putting a small piece of silicon mat between the element and the transfer/cap. I use a thin silicon that I bought in a craft shop.
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I had this at first but since using Siser and a much lower temp I do not get it anymore.

Try reducing your temp down to the lowest you can "get away with".

If not I would say grab some Siser and press for 5 seconds ;-)
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I am using DTF guys. 150C for 10 seconds
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