Faint transfer to Crystal Block

[Sublibed]

Hi, I've recently tried making a Large Crystal Block - Square Corners - 9 x 13 cm from SubliBlanks.

Followed their guide settings of 180°C for 160 seconds but the transfer is faint and slighlty blotchy. Someon ein the past told me due to it being a glass product that I can see how much it has transferred and therefore I could put it back in the press to cook more at 30 second increments. Having tried this for up to 300 seconds by the end, there were no signs of improvement. Does anyone have anny tips?

I was pressing the item with the white side facing up with the transfer on top.

The room is cold on the whole although the blocks were out for a good few hours to come to room temperature with the heater on.

Cheers

[Justin]

Are you using a foam pad on the top? TBH we gave up trying to sublimate acrylic blocks years ago as the quality plummeted, we only UV now.

[Sublibed]

Hi Justin! Thanks for getting back to me. No not using a foam pad as someone recommended having the white side of the block facing the heat with the transfer on top.

I don't have a foam pad, would you recommend that?

Also, would you recommend pre-pressing the item to get rid of moisture?

Will have to look into UV although may not be worth it for our volume. Do you have many other uses for UV printing?

Cheers