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Has anyone tried the puff flex from MDP?

I tried some last year (only got a metre of 1 colour to try) but it peeled off after the first wash.

Now, the thing is that I also had a few other problems with vinyl at that time and it turned out the garment was at fault and the vinyl was ok on other items - but I had no more puff flex to try after that so didn't bother.

It does look great stuff and is available in a few colours - has anyone used it and have feedback please?

Particularly interested in the wash tests.

Many thanks

Adam

I have used it and also found it peeling off.

i have white from MDP, white and red from Yolo. great stuff. but not for small elements. great effect if you use your imagination Nothing pealing off at this stage. 2 washes done only tho...

P4UL;36715 wrote:I have used it and also found it peeling off.

Was it peeling after a wash P4AUL?

Paul;36716 wrote:i have white from MDP, white and red from Yolo. great stuff. but not for small elements. great effect if you use your imagination Nothing pealing off at this stage. 2 washes done only tho...

Do yolo do the puff flex vinyl then Paul?

yes. just started. I had some for test and it was great. also have new screen printed effect
love it!
hard to peal as it has heavy sticky backing but strech lovely and fantastic for small pieces job. sort of one you did for the band lol

I got some samples from a trade vinyl company = graphtex i think - I pressed them onto the inside of some of my workwear, and they have had many wash cycles and seem good s0 far, but I suspect that after many washes, and with fine detail it will not last as well as good regular flex vinyl.

AdamB;36717 wrote:Was it peeling after a wash P4AUL?

No, I don't think I even washed the item. It was printed on a slightly coarse cotton material on the edge of a cotton hand towel, which may have effected the result. I decided to abandon the idea, so didn't try to find out how to get the right result.

I have used the 3D effect from Grafytip, the effect created varies quite substantially with just a few seconds difference in pressing times. After several wash tests we felt confident to go with it However we produced about 200 for a launch show last July and one was reurned by a young man several months later . ( Unfortunately you could see that it had been ironed which our label says "do not iron") Which we re[laced.

We are now several months on and that is the only problem we've had.

AJLA;37015 wrote:I have used the 3D effect from Grafytip, the effect created varies quite substantially with just a few seconds difference in pressing times. After several wash tests we felt confident to go with it However we produced about 200 for a launch show last July and one was reurned by a young man several months later . ( Unfortunately you could see that it had been ironed which our label says "do not iron") Which we re[laced.

We are now several months on and that is the only problem we've had.

Thanks for this - I think I may need to give this another test

Hi Alja,
Do you know who the origional manufacturer of the Grafytip puff is? A clue will be in how many colours are available. Ive got a job to do and need to buy some and it would be good to know which puff works ok. As I live in Germany I need to track down a supplier over here.
Earl