Cork Placemats - Absolute Bargain

SOLD I have a number of cork placemats for sale at bargain price which were left over from a job that never happened last year.

SOLD Lot 1) 160 x (26cm x 20cm) @ £1.25 each = £200
SOLD Lot 2) 24 x (23cm x 19cm) @ £1 each = £24

VAT not applicable.

I don't really want to split the lots at this low price.

Postage £6.50 per lot unless you take both lots and so will make free. Sent via Parcel Force.

These came from Sublimania and both retail for well over £3 each.
https://sublimania.com/collections/p...cm-cork-backed

We found they sublimated better at 170c and 250s and of course placed under heavy weight afterwards for a good 24 hours.

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If you want them please PM or email sales@ukprintedmugs.co.uk

Olly

If I had the cash I would take you up on that but with the slowdown of work I can’t right now :(
if you do split I would take the smaller ones.

I am selling as two different lots. So if you want the 24 small ones that's fine so let me know.

Then yes please :)

pm me payment details and I’ll sort it out.

Can I take the other batch please

Out of interest what is the quality of these like?

I have a marketing promo that I am possibly going to do and ideally I would like to use some corked backed coasters (about 500 ish)

As coasters are not a regular thing for me and knowing the trouble some people have had with adhesion and edge to edge printing etc I thought I would ask before grabbing a few to sample.

They certainly seem cheap enough.


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Although this thread was about placemats, we find the coasters very high quality as well.

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Although this thread was about placemats, we find the coasters very high quality as well.

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Yep, I just presume that bother placemats and coasters would come from the same factory.

Are there any tips/times/settings for this particular product?


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Forgot to say thanks olly.
All arrived safely but been so busy forgot to mention they arrived.

Made my 3yr old a solar system mat to play with as he loves everything about space.
he loves it and the quality is spot on.



I pressed at 190oC for 70 seconds and no issues.

Picking up a very old thread
We still have about 40 of these left, and having problems with them warping (which I don't remeber being a problem previously) - they are all warped before printing and struggling to get them flat again after printing - any tips?!

Aside from giving up (we ditched cork placemats years ago) then you need to press them upside down for a good 30 seconds firstly (cork side up) then turn over to press properly. We then have a couple of book nipping presses where we place them on individual cardboard sheets for 24 hours.
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Picking up a very old thread
We still have about 40 of these left, and having problems with them warping (which I don't remeber being a problem previously) - they are all warped before printing and struggling to get them flat again after printing - any tips?!

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Lol I have only pressed about 6 of mine too.
the first few pressed were great then the warping started and it became a nightmare.

I just havent bothered with them, something I do.
I also bought a load of golf bag tags from someone else here and haven’t touched those either.

Could the warping you are both having be due to the bad weather of late?

No idea what your respective units are like but that is the only link that I can think of

It's certainly cold, and it isn't a problem I remember previously having to solve.
Looking at this thread we bought 160, and have 40 left, so have made/sold around 100 with no complaints previously.
I can repress them flat in the press, but after time of cooling (either leaving them to cool under pressure, or just on a workbench they re-warp back to how they were.
Have tried heating them under pressure in the heat press, no pressure on the teppanyakki grill we use for mug warming, or resting on top of an electric radiator, so the warped sides are in the air, and the mat is being heating in the middle.
Running out of ideas, and have two orders of multiples I'm going to have to refund.

We don't do many placemats, but now have two orders I don't want to have to cancel if I don't have to, and think it may be better to buy in an alternative type of placemat instead of cork backed - what are people using now, what works ell etc?

Faux leather mousepads print nice and flat and would work as a placemat.

Unisub hardback from xpres.

Thanks ... definitely needs to be hard/solid rather than fabric.
Do the unisub have any warping issues, or cab you just print them and they're fine?

Do they have to have cork backs? We're working with a thicker material that should eleviate warping. We can supply cork backing but cost tends to escalate.

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Aside from giving up (we ditched cork placemats years ago) then you need to press them upside down for a good 30 seconds firstly (cork side up) then turn over to press properly. We then have a couple of book nipping presses where we place them on individual cardboard sheets for 24 hours.
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Whilst this a genius idea it saddens me that you should have to resort to using such equipment due to what really is poor quality products.

I use the Unisub placemats and in my experience they do warp slightly. Although I have a solution that seems to be working well for me. I press them at 180c for 120s white face up, then press them white face down for 60s before letting them to cool on a flat surface white side up. Once cool, they're good to go an warp free. May sound a hassle / time consuming, but I am small volume so fine for time.

Hope this helps