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I have some green heat resistant tape that depending on its mood, sometimes leaves a green stain on mugs or garments or sometimes its absolutely fine, this element of uncertainty and risk was quite novel at first but its costing me now, can anybody recommend a heat resistant tape/supplier that doesn't leave any marks on clothing or other sublimation blanks.

Cheers

Jason

I used to get this sometimes so I switched to the bronze coloured tape from Coralgraph. I believe this is rated for higher temps and works perfectly.

sam here. i always used brown tape and never had one problem.

Makes a note not to use the grren tape.....

I think there was a discussion about this before. Green tape (and blue, etc) are polyester tapes which will withstand a maximum temperature of 204°C. That's on the edge of sublimation temperature - so if you press for a long time, or your temperature gauge isn't entirely accurate, or you're pressing at a slightly higher temperature, then you're going to get problems at some point. The brown/bronze tape is a polyamide tape which will withstand temperatures up to 400°C.

You should not be using a green, blue, someothercolour tape if you want the best results.

i havnt had any probs with the green tape...so far.
but after reading this - i,ll just be getting the brown stuff lol

keep the green for a back up, in case i run out of other stuff

bigj2552;48775 wrote:i havnt had any probs with the green tape...so far.
but after reading this - i,ll just be getting the brown stuff lol

keep the green for a back up, in case i run out of other stuff

The coloured tapes can be useful (if they work out cheaper) for use on items for which it doesn't matter - like coasters, or mousemats, or anything in which the tape isn't in direct contact with the item (as it would be for a mug). Trouble is that they often don't work out any cheaper, sometimes they're more expensive, than the polyamide tape.

If you're pressing at 180°C (or lower as may be the case with a Ricoh), then the coloured tape probably won't be an issue 99% of the time. But if you find yourself on the edge of the temperature, then you'll be glad of the wider margin afforded by the polyamide tape. I tend to get mine off ebay (4 rolls for £10, or 6 for £13 - browse around and seek out the best price).

JSR;48778 wrote:The coloured tapes can be useful (if they work out cheaper) for use on items for which it doesn't matter - like coasters, or mousemats, or anything in which the tape isn't in direct contact with the item (as it would be for a mug). Trouble is that they often don't work out any cheaper, sometimes they're more expensive, than the polyamide tape.

If you're pressing at 180°C (or lower as may be the case with a Ricoh), then the coloured tape probably won't be an issue 99% of the time. But if you find yourself on the edge of the temperature, then you'll be glad of the wider margin afforded by the polyamide tape. I tend to get mine off ebay (4 rolls for £10, or 6 for £13 - browse around and seek out the best price).

From memory isn't the brown tape 33m (green tape is 66m in length)? We've sold green tape for years now and as an example, one customer of ours who prints mugs with Epson printers buys this 20 rolls at a time and prints 10s of thousands of mugs without an issue.

Yes they are longer. But if you ruind one or two Tees this cost you like £8. So they more expensive.

Thats a very very good point there Paul, and note taken ...