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its a small bit, which just sits inside the mug press, its in my old press which had quite a mucky blanket when i bought it, i think the person who had it before had put paper the wrong way round a few times, i did not want any marks on the mugs - so i just cut a small bit to fit inside the press

Laura (just noticed your tag),

I'm quite keen on this teflon tip, cutting plain paper and taping it around the mug is a bit of the process I wouldn't miss!

Do you just leave it loose inside the blanket, stick it down in some way?

Dave

Subli-Nation used to sell pre-cut paper in packs of 1000 for wrapping round the mug or putting inside the wrap.

An extra cost but quite labour saving.

Not seen them since they folded though (no pun intended)

Mark

The Ricoh printers mustn't put as much ink down as the Epsons as I've never had the need to use paper to protect the mug blanket - it never bleeds through!

Neither does mine John.

Thats strange i have an epson and mine never bleeds through

Ditto...........

as i said, this press was 2nd hand when i had it, and its very dirty, however the teflon inner sleeve works, as did not know how to clean the pad otherwise. Dave it just sits inside, i dont attach it to the mug, it just sits between the press and the mug - tbh i probably dont need it anymore, but its just in there now lol

mrs maggot;24066 wrote:as i said, this press was 2nd hand when i had it, and its very dirty, however the teflon inner sleeve works, as did not know how to clean the pad otherwise. Dave it just sits inside, i dont attach it to the mug, it just sits between the press and the mug - tbh i probably dont need it anymore, but its just in there now lol

Laura,

Many thanks I will give it a try. I use ordinary copy paper at the moment, cut and taped outside the subli paper. This will save me the cutting and taping.

I have noticed a feint image on the copy paper when removing it, so I guess that would have gone onto the blanket otherwise. The teflon will save that, and some time.

Dave

Might be a bit late in this thread to query definitions, but ......

When I said "image bleeding" at the start of this thread, I meant the image that had been transferred onto the mug looked like it had bled (like the ink had run a little) in one or two places on the mug itself. Is this correctly called 'bleeding'?

When the image/ink comes through the subli paper and out towards the blanket, is that called 'blowing' or 'bleeding'?

Well, I am new to this ;o)

Dave