Re: Various problems, my samples are no where near perfect - Please Help!
Posted: 20 May 2014, 17:09
I don't seem to be having much luck trying to sublimate little teddy t-shirts!
Brown stuff was appearing from somewhere on the tops which I have put down to the teflon sheets. I even tried a new sheet top and bottom. I removed all teflon and used a piece of paper top and bottom and no brown marks. I bought them off ebay and they look much better quality compared to the other sheet off ebay which seemed thin and you could see the weave of the material and didn't seem to be glossy.
I also used some 3M Remount spray adhesive to hold the transfer in place and did use too much on one half and this caused the ink to not come through as much so was lighter on one half of the design. So i tried heat tape and when you remove it you can see where it was as it makes the top all fluffy.
I also used a lint roller on the tops but they were covered in fluff after heat pressing them so don't know where that come from, unless fluff sticks to the teflon sheet.
The heat press seems to crush the fabric and makes it really flat. I have pressure set to zero and is better if the top is lying flat but you get creases. I was using mouse mats inside to raise it up a little
but then the pressure seems to be too much and crushes the fabric even more. They were really nice tops until you heat press them and now they look awful.
Any suggestions? Now starting to think maybe I should have got a smaller heat press where the bottom platen fits inside but doubt you can get one for the mini t-shirts as the print area is only about 8 by
5cm.
I'm using a second hand Insta press 15 x 15" and you can adjust the pressure from 0 to 10.
I've pre-pressed the tops for about 10 seconds on 190 degrees and then a full press for 45 seconds. The colours come out fine, it's just the tops come out so flat and look scorched and the fabric is now shiney.
I don't quite understand how you can heat press thicker items as the top platten comes down until it closes which it is hard to do when I had the one or two mouse mats inside the top and can't see how you would do plaques etc
Thanks
Lianne
Brown stuff was appearing from somewhere on the tops which I have put down to the teflon sheets. I even tried a new sheet top and bottom. I removed all teflon and used a piece of paper top and bottom and no brown marks. I bought them off ebay and they look much better quality compared to the other sheet off ebay which seemed thin and you could see the weave of the material and didn't seem to be glossy.
I also used some 3M Remount spray adhesive to hold the transfer in place and did use too much on one half and this caused the ink to not come through as much so was lighter on one half of the design. So i tried heat tape and when you remove it you can see where it was as it makes the top all fluffy.
I also used a lint roller on the tops but they were covered in fluff after heat pressing them so don't know where that come from, unless fluff sticks to the teflon sheet.
The heat press seems to crush the fabric and makes it really flat. I have pressure set to zero and is better if the top is lying flat but you get creases. I was using mouse mats inside to raise it up a little
but then the pressure seems to be too much and crushes the fabric even more. They were really nice tops until you heat press them and now they look awful.
Any suggestions? Now starting to think maybe I should have got a smaller heat press where the bottom platen fits inside but doubt you can get one for the mini t-shirts as the print area is only about 8 by
5cm.
I'm using a second hand Insta press 15 x 15" and you can adjust the pressure from 0 to 10.
I've pre-pressed the tops for about 10 seconds on 190 degrees and then a full press for 45 seconds. The colours come out fine, it's just the tops come out so flat and look scorched and the fabric is now shiney.
I don't quite understand how you can heat press thicker items as the top platten comes down until it closes which it is hard to do when I had the one or two mouse mats inside the top and can't see how you would do plaques etc
Thanks
Lianne
