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Another heat press question ?

Posted by sconie on 1 May 2005 at 14:42

Hi again folks, in addition to the vinyl side of things, I am toying with the idea of getting a heat press to do clothing with.

Any tips on size/type and make I should be looking at, I gather from other posts that there is a flock substitute that is more durable, can anyone advise on this material.

So I have the cutter/plotter, I buy the heat press, is it as easy as that ? or do I require any other equipment ? .

Thanks from the Loch.

Sconie

sconie replied 20 years, 5 months ago 4 Members · 8 Replies
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Carrie Brown

Member
2 May 2005 at 08:45

As you said you have the cutter, and if you get a heat press then you just need the garment marking film …. it is as easy as that 😀 Victory Designs do a good range of garment marking films and they weed really well … might be worth a call for some samples??

😀
sconie

Member
2 May 2005 at 09:51

Thanks Carrie, I see a few presses on ebay from £599

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? … eName=WDVW

They have a 15 by 15 plate on them, do you have any thoughts on them as they seem good value for the money.

Thanks

Paul
Alan Nisbet

Member
2 May 2005 at 09:55

Hello Sconie,

Yes all you need is your cutter, heat press and of course garment marking films to be printed on the clothing

If you are going to get a heat press I would recommend getting a good one from the start and one that will last you a lifetime. Go for the ADKINS heat press and go for the deep impact swing-head press as this will open up opportunities for putting thick garments on and also if you wanted to do a bit of sublimation you can subli the plaques etc.

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sconie

Member
2 May 2005 at 10:04

Thanks for the reply Nizzy, do you have any suppliers/prices handy. I will try to call around a few places later.

Thanks

Paul.
Alan Nisbet

Member
2 May 2005 at 10:13

I got mine from Ian at NovaChrome – http://www.novachrome.co.uk and I get my garment films from Victory-Design – http://www.victory-design.co.uk/ also Xpres – http://www.xpres.co.uk/ (They also sell the Adkins heat press)

Hope your looking around pays off for you.
sconie

Member
2 May 2005 at 17:30

Thanks for all that advice, whilst on the subject of clothing, can I ask about sublimation, I take it you need a good inkjet printer, a bulk ink system, the transfer paper/material itself, is applying it done in a similar way using the heat press, any advice on which printer/ink system and transfer paper/material I should consider ?

Thanks again.

Paul
Peter Normington

Member
2 May 2005 at 18:10

Although we no longer do it, we used http://WWW.themagictouch.com for our consumables, and hardware.
Laser, is in general better and cheaper than ink jet, And if you are planning to do more than just a few, laser is probably the road to take.
Peter
sconie

Member
2 May 2005 at 19:21

Thanks Peter, am I right in thinking you can only do this to 100% poly t-shirts and tops and that there is only one main supplier for these in the UK.

Thanks

Paul