Good morning Guys.
My first ever post so please be gentle.
Just bought the whole jing bang. Cameo Silhouette 3 vinyl cutter, Epson WF-2630 Printer running sublimation ink and 8 in 1 chinese heat press.
Just loving my new hobby. I used to pyrography, scrollsaw and various other things, but the time things used to take to make started to disillusion me.
This new hobby at least gets you results much quicker.
As i said, my first post but i have been reading loads on here. I know it`s one of the most common questions with so many answers but looking for some guidelines to try today as my disasters are now becoming more than my "well i got away with that" mugs.
MY PROBLEM.
I set my mug press to 400o Fahrenheit.I then place my cold mug with printed sub paper taped on into the press and close the handle. The temp then drops down to around 340o f -350o f. This can take a while to come back up 400o f and then i start my countdown timer for 60 seconds.
When the mug comes out the transfer paper can be anything from light fawn to to dark fawn in colour. I take off the paper immediately and sometimes i am am getting fawn on the image of the mug and more annoying tiny specks of ink which aren`t visible on the image before taping on.
Can i have any advice from you guy re, should i warm the mug first?, is my temp too high, do i start the timer once the press comes back up to temp. Just any suggestions at all really.
Fantastic site, only joined yesterday, but loads of great reading. Congrats on a gr8 forum
noddy
Aberdeenshire
Scotland