Hello and help :-) ! And apologies as this is not a dye sub issue.
Just wondering what you knowledgable folks would do if you needed to:
- Print a logo that has white in it, onto a colored dolomite ceramic novelty item? A perfect example is located here (the company that made this said the white “A” was a heat transfer onto the red product) http://shop.rolltide.com/catalog/pro...Pepper_Shakers
BACKGROUND:
I am opening an online Ceramic Store where customers can customize things like Christmas Ornaments, novelty salt and pepper shakers etc….
The issue is that a lot of customers want to be able to print white on a colored product.
I came across the Oki white printer but I am having a difficult time understanding the process.
Everything I have read states that you need heat and pressure with the Oki and its heat transfer paper.
Unfortunatley they do not make a heat press in the shapes I need.
Does anyone have any advice on if what I am trying to accomplish is even possible?
Would a Heating Blanket, Vaccum Printer, or Cactus Wrap help me? When I call places that sell this equipment they say they are just for sublimation.
Would the following work?
Step 1 - Print Logo using Oki and heat transfer paper
Step 2 - Put Logo onto t-shirt shaped ceramic salt shaker with heat tape
Step 3 - Wrap a Cactus Wrap around item to get the pressure needed (or use a vacuum 3d printer)
Step 4 - Bake in a kiln or oven
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am really stuck!
unless you can make a custom clamp I don't think you will make progress with cpm and white laser printers!
WHITE is a very difficult colour to print, because the white pigments are quite weak, so you ideally need multiple layers of them to get solid.
moon might be easier!
1 Hour T-shirt printing shop in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Logobear t-shirt print and embroidery. 74 Clayton Street. Newcastle. NE1 5PG. UK
Dont need to dye sub for this issue, i had a similar issues a few years ago when tryin to do custom black ashtrays
this is the product i used:
http://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk...-Paper_256.htm
has a few steps, and its not very quick but it does work and it will do what you want to achieve
Daz
I have another idea. Why not make a stencil of the "A" from sticky backed vinyl and then use a solvent paint and paint the design on?
I have never done this myself but I have customers who do this on their bicycle frames and it works.
Sorry, just seen this post is from April. Youve probably solved it by now.
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