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    Heat plate / platen cleaning products. Advice please.

    I have seen the asked on the forum before, but cant find a definitive answer,
    My question is, what is the best thing to clean a heat plate /platen with? as I see that there are several black marks & dots on mine that need cleaning off. I have always wiped it with a general household surface cleaning spray, but wondered if there was an industry standard cleaner that I can use? I see that
    isopropyl Alcohol
    was mentioned, so is that a good product for regular cleaning of the heat plate?

    Also, I can get a nice clean print (sub) on the 1st tee of a run (small runs usually, 3-6 garments) then marks, dots seem to appear. Are the unwanted sub dye marks more likely to be coming from the plate, or the Teflon sheet? I have tried using both Teflon sheet and white paper, and have had it happen either way.

    Any help / advice would be very gratefully received.

    Thanks,

    Chris P.

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    ALWAYS use baking paper below garment to protect silicone and on top to protect top late. Each garment - new paper. There is no other way. For perfection, i mean. Its aprox. 5 cents per press.

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    I clean my with window cleaner. it does the job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris-P-Midlands View Post
    I see that
    isopropyl Alcohol
    was mentioned, so is that a good product for regular cleaning of the heat plate?
    I use this for all sorts of things and yes it's great for cleaning platens :-) Part of every sign maker/printers toolkit ;-)
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