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Hi guys hope you are all having a good bank holiday. I have been asked to do a couple of pairs of flip flops for a local artist with her artwork on them.
The first pair were perfect but all the edges of the material lifted on the second pair. I know I should speak to my supplier but being a bank holiday I thought I would just ask if this was a known issues with these items and if there is a solution. I pressed them at 190 for 55 sec with baking parchment placed over them whilst pressing. They were purchased from a supplier on here but I will not name them as I have not spoken to them yet.
They may even offer a solution on here for me.

I've heard of this with mousemats occasionally and it generally came down to the paper sticking to the outer edge of the material when it was removed. As the flip flops are container within their outer parts then this shouldn't be the case as the paper remains flat over the whole surface. Might be worth re-pressing to see if you can re-attach the material at the edge - just cover with silicon paper and press for 30 seconds.

I took the flip flops out of the larger area. This may have been my problem then.

Had same problem bostik cured it for 1 pair had same problem since then i find that its whilst theyre hot the problem occurs once pressed press down on the edges whilst they cool or even use a heavy weight

Thanks guys. I will keep an eye on them and have a couple of encyclopedias handy for next time.

This is good to know as i have a sample pair ready to test so i will bear this in mind, im not sure whether they are from the same supplier that i ordered from, feel free to PM me Quinsfan and let me know how you get on

Printcess Jen;88693 wrote:This is good to know as i have a sample pair ready to test so i will bear this in mind, im not sure whether they are from the same supplier that i ordered from, feel free to PM me Quinsfan and let me know how you get on

I used a spray glue this time once they had cooled down, just remember to protect the rest of the flip flop and the edges as the spray goes everywhere.

cheers for the heads up! they seem like good quality flip flops, i'll have to test them out for the comfort factor after lol