Printing onto fabric stuff

[picagiftuk]

Martin - Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I tried what you suggested on an apron which I haven't gotten perfect ever, and the picture printed perfectly! So I tried again to make sure it wasn't a fluke - perfect again! I tried again on a different apron, then on a teddy t-shirt and they both came out beautiful! I'm so amazed!
I tried the same method on a towel, but this time the colour sort of fuzzed a bit (I don't know if thats a word, but thats what it looked like), do you have any idea why?

Thanks for your help with this,

Peni

[picagiftuk]

Although to add to my last post, the towel did print better than in the past, the photo is still clear enough to see well,

Peni

[NASH]

180* for 75 seconds does this not scorch the fabric ?

[bms]

The temp will cause a scortch, so for example 210 degrees for 30 seconds may scorch, but a lower temp for slightly longer should be fine. As will all times, they are a guide and not a precise science. Glad the trick worked!

[picagiftuk]

I always cover the material with regular paper before I press down the heat press so as not to burn any fabric, but the truth is I don't really understand the technical part of sublimation, I got into this because I used to love playing around with photoshop and creating pictures and things so I thought why not make something out of it. The problem is that I never know what I should be increasing or decreasing when I get printing problems!

Peni

[NASH]

Thankyou Martin i`ve learn`t something today

[frizbee]

Be very carefull that the transfer does not move as the press opens as this can cause a blurr in the first couple of seconds whilst everything is at print temp.

Even just opening the press and waiting a few seconds before touching the transfer can make all the difference. We had load of trouble and it was all becuase we were swinging the press to the side too fast, a delay of 5 seconds made so much difference.

Let us know how you get on., between all of us we shoudl be able to get your printing perfect products

[picagiftuk]

Hi Frizbee,

What you said about not moving the paper too quickly makes alot of sense. It's happened a few times to me and when I told my husband that I thought the picture was blurred because he moved the paper too quickly he was not convinced, but you've managed to convince him now, so thanks!

Peni