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    Couple of Newbie questions: sublimation coating, and more

    Hello.

    I was researching many days for sublimation on ceramic planters[https://www.dyesubforum.co.uk/vbforu...r-flower-vase]

    And I finally purchased sawgrass printer, convection oven, sublimation coating liquid, sublimation shrink wrap, and mug presser.

    At first, I poly-coated my ceramic planters, and cured in oven, and attached sublimation paper with a tape and wrap, apply heat by using heat gun, and put it in oven.

    I tested various time and temp in oven.
    And I found that If I put it in oven 400F for 8 mins, it prints good. However shrink wrap attach to planter, and it is not easy to peel off. [plz check attached picture 4519]
    Less than 8mins, it is easy to peel off. However it didn't print good.
    Can you let me know if there is a way that I can avoid the issue?

    Another problem that I found is that high temp tape left a yellow trace on the planter[Please check attached picture 4520]
    I found it is caused from the the poly-coating.
    I purchased the coating from Amazon : https://www.amazon.com/Dyepress-Poly...2990522&sr=8-8

    Can you let me know how can I use the tape without leaving the yellow trace on planter?
    I didn't use other poly coating yet. Does other poly coating make same issue?
    I purchased couple of silicon wrap. However the size of silicon is not good for planters that I have.


    Because I had those issue with silicone wrap/shrink wrap and oven, I purchased mug presser.
    However I found that there is a gap between my planters and the pad like attached picture [4517]
    Can I put some thin fabric or substance in the gap to transfer heat all over the planter?
    Is there a technic or tip that I can use in the case?


    By the way, I found that Sawgrass printer use too much ink.
    Even though I printed just couples pages, the display shows I used already 1/4 or 1/5 of ink already.
    I'm not sure amount of ink which I can check on LCD of the printer is accurate or not.
    I'm thinking to return Sawgrass printer and buy Epson printer if it use too much ink.
    And I can't find merit over Epson printer for now if Epson printer print good.
    Can you let me know what do you think?


    If I can't find good way to sublimate on ceramic planters, then I think I need to go with Vinyl.


    Thank you.
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    Last edited by AslEdla; 10-02-2021 at 09:58 PM.

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