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    Thermoshrink on bulk

    Just a quick FYI on using thermoshrinkable film on a bulk run...

    Had an order for 200 cereal bowls come in which required a full print around the entire bowl. Tried the thermoshrink and it worked a treat, image and text are really sharp.

    In terms of extra time taken, I reckon the adding of film to the bowls added an additional hour and a half to the run. You could probably reduce this to zero if your workflow was better than mine, I decided to wrap all of them, add the film and then cook. But as I can only fit 10 in my oven it would have been better to cook and wrap at the same time.




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    Have you found a good bulk/wholesale supply of it, or are you paying sublimation tax?

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    To be honest, not looked.

    The film for this job was only 20p a sheet. When you consider there are very limited options for a full wrap on something this size on such a low print run then I just added it to the bill.


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    How long did it take to unwrap? We find the brittle wrap can takes between 30 seconds to a minute each depending on how fixed they are and how long your finder nails are :-) If you have any tips to speed things up let us know!

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    Ps: Could you share your temp and time with us as this may help others.

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    How long did it take to unwrap? We find the brittle wrap can takes between 30 seconds to a minute each depending on how fixed they are and how long your finder nails are :-) If you have any tips to speed things up let us know!
    I have not come across this problem. I tend to unwrap when the item is still warm (not hot) which probably helps, but those that I do leave don't take that long. I often use a scalpal to tear the film. I appreciate it does make a mess, but that gets cleaned up at the end.

    With regards to time and temp, they take longer than mugs and I found 20 minutes hit the perfect spot. The dial on my oven was between 170-180 degrees which is about as accurate as it gets. With ovens temperature just needs to be there or there "ish" unlike conventional presses
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    When we experimented with using an oven and wraps, I took a temp controller and probe from an old flat bed heat press, and sat the temp controller on top of the oven, and ran the probe inside, so I could get a reading of what the temp in the oven actually was, rather than rely on the knob controller on the oven itself. (only using the controller for the temp sensing/reading, rather than bothering to wire it up properly to control the heating element of the oven, which would be possible)

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    I would probably get some sort of temperature measuring instrument if I used the oven for other things, but afteR having it for a few years and only using it for sublimation there isn’t any point now, the temp is set and works for everything I print so no real need to change it these days.


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