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Help required please (heat press), which vinyl for t shirts?
Hi all
Been asked by a few customers can I supply t shirts with logos and stag hen ones. Time has come and I’ve invested in a heat press . I’ve got the plotter software etc from my sign business question is I’ve looked at vinyl for t shirts ..now Is there a special transfer tape I need or does the vinyl come preloaded with a liner tried searching just can’t find anything I’ve seen some using graphics with a clear liner on it
Thanks in advance
Simon
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6 Replies
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it comes with a backing carrier sheet Cut it in reverse weed Place t on heat press Position vinyl with right temp and off you go Some are cold peel i.e you have to wait till it cools to pull off carrier sheet others are hot peel so you can pull it off at once its been pressed Have a look at the siser vinly films
http://www.grafityp.co.uk/# they stock lots of films and have the specs online -
+1 for grafityp’s clothing vinyl
We’ve tried a few brands and found Grafityp’s the best – nice thin material, good sticky backing, easy & quick to weed.
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Hi Simon,
If the logos are just cut out in heat vinyl, then as Tim says, you don’t need tape as the liner is used for that.
You can still mix colours if you layer the vinyls, all the heat vinlys I have used so far have all had clear liners, some quite sticky and others not at all.Should you need to print and contour cut logos, then you would need transfer tape as generally you print and then need to press the liner side onto the shirt.
There is however a clear heat vinyl where you print in mirror on the side where the glue is and press directly using the liner (this vinyle does leave the print slightly lighter though, I have tried this from Digiprint but only on white)
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Hi , Ive been using MDP hot flex for my clothing vinyl , mainly because I use MDP for vinyl anyway so gave it a go . Never had any problems with it and they do a good range of other clothing vinyl so worth a look
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Agreed. MDP Hot Flex is excellent, as is their customer service. To be fair we haven’t tried any other clothing vinyl – we haven’t needed to!
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grafityp sometimes run free 1 day courses Worth going to Last one was very good
Check website or give them a ring
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