Quality hot-peel transfers can be simply accomplished from a home printer using the correct paper, and can match the quality of direct printing methods such as screen printing. It is downright fun to design your own one of a kind artwork, then print it out on your printer to produce your own custom t-shirt within minutes! There are other things that you can print other than shirts. Another article that you can apply heat press transfers to is baseball hats. The same techniques apply as when you're doing t-shirt, but you would need a cap press. We'll focus proper technique for them below:
(1) For the best outcome you should use 100% cotton or a cotton-polyester blend t-shirt. I've found that Haynes or Fruit of the Loom 100% cotton or blends work best for a wide variety of heat transfers.
(2) For the best results, start by setting your transfer machine to 375-400? F (190-204? C).
(3) Next, you will place the t-shirt over the pad of the heat press and level out any wrinkles. To help smooth out the wrinkles, try pre-heating the shirt.
(4) Set the heat transfer paper about three inches from the shirt neck with the printed side down (so you can read it through the paper).
(5) Fasten the heating element into place and compress with both hands - this requires a decent amount of pressure - this is the most common beginner's error in not applying enough pressure. Failure to use the correct amount of pressure can result in the design not completely being printed on the t-shirt.
(6) Release the heating element after about 10 seconds, or fourteen seconds for 100% cotton - again a general rule, but generally not more than-- seconds.
(7) Immediately peel the heat transfer paper from the shirt. Make a start at the top right corner and go to the bottom left corner in a rather brisk motion.
(8) In a few minutes the shirts should be cooled and ready.
When laundering the shirt, warn your clients to wash it without bleach and to take it out of the washer imediately. Tumble dry no higher than the medium setting and turn the shirt inside out. And we never suggest ironing the transfer area of course (but believe us people do try this and wonder what happened)!
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