DSF

Stole this baby off Feebay today...........

This will save me a HUGE amount of time curing my screenprinted Plastisol Transfers for T-shirts! I was using a Heat-Gun!

Phil

Can you do pizzas on that phil? might be handy if the t shirts don't work lol

Post some pictures of your screen printing equipment and some of the shirts you do Phil.

Always interested to see what others are using and doing.

How much of a steal was it

John

Market Mik wrote:Can you do pizzas on that phil? might be handy if the t shirts don't work lol

Anything up to 15" Mik. Thin & Crispy or Deep Pan?
Please send your Order to: [email:2u3kslaw]pizzacookedonesideonly@dsf.com[/email:2u3kslaw] or PM me directly

Phil

Stitch Up wrote:Post some pictures of your screen printing equipment and some of the shirts you do Phil.

Always interested to see what others are using and doing.

How much of a steal was it

John

Hi John,
I did have a 4 Colour 4 Station Carousel but found that printing direct onto shirts created a lot of waste if the design wasn't too popular
I now have a LARGE Vacuum Bed Manual Screen-Printing Bench which I use to print Plastisol Transfers. Now if someone comes into the shop and wants one of my shirts I simly press it onto the shirt to order 8)
You really don't want to see the shirts I produce, shall we say they are slightly on the offensive side of the market They sometimes shock me & i'm a fully grown man!
I paid £32 odd for it + A bit of postage (£20.00) That's cheap!
It's really a Thermography Machine used in the printing game for 'posh' raised lettering. But have you seen the price of T-Shirt Tunnel Dryers? This will do the same job 8)

Phil

I have seen them! prices r killer for curring tunel! what tempo you can get with this beauty?? I presume it must be at least 200C...


Paul

Paul wrote:I have seen them! prices r killer for curring tunel! what tempo you can get with this beauty?? I presume it must be at least 200C...


Paul

Hi Paul,
It's going to take a little trial & error to achieve the optimum belt speed and temperature but what I will achieve in the long term is consistancy.
With plastisol transfers you are not looking for a full-cure just a gelling over of the plastisol ink. The final cure is achieved when you are heat pressing the transfer to the garment.
I add a powdered adhesive to my ink to guarantee a good ahesion at the moment but I may be able to do away with this when I am able to get a consistant cure of my transfers.
So far I have found this the most cost effective way to decorate t-shirts but like all methods, it does have it's limitations

Phil

Thatbay would look good next to my Adana Press.
You gonna do trade transfers for the likes of me please Phil?

GoldRapt wrote:Thatbay would look good next to my Adana Press.
You gonna do trade transfers for the likes of me please Phil?

Your right it is an old piece of kit but with a couple of hours and a paint brush I will have it spic & span 8) Fully functional though I am told 8)
I have sent Market Mik a couple of samples of my Plastisol Transfers, let's see how he gets on with them before general release
I must say though, I have been decorating my shirts this way since September and no complaints or returns yet, so I am pleased 8)
I have tried many methods of decorating t-shirts including Direct Screen Printing onto the shirt, inkjet transfer, laser transfer and Cut Vinyl and this method is the most cost effective, durable & has the best 'hand' of all methods.
The one limitation so far is that I am only producing single colour transfers but the cost per transfer in materials is about 5-7 pence 8) So profit is potentially HUGE

Phil

GoldRapt wrote:You gonna do trade transfers for the likes of me please Phil?

I'm sure I have asked on here before if somebody offers this service, but it's been a long day and I'm too tried to search . Count me in if it becomes a go-er