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Hi Viz quilted Jacket pressing question
Hello,
I have a one off Hi Viz quilted jacket/coat to heat press with a black garment film, the outer fabric is a yellow 100% Polyurethane coated Polyester.1) which would be the best film to use?
2) can the quilting pose any problems that I should look out for?Thanks for looking, grateful for any help with this.
Cheers
Jeremy -
7 Replies
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i use a pillow to localise the pressure, done several no problems.
chris
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Some jackets have a inner zip at the bottom of the jacket to allow easier heat pressing
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quote Chris Wool:i use a pillow to localise the pressure, done several no problems.chris
With Chris on this, raise the area you will be pressing, as for material I would normally suggest what we call ‘nylon extra’ instead of the normal textile material.
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Thanks for the replies Chris and Neil,
Unfortunately there is no access zip, but having positioned the jacket over the press table it doesn’t seem to bad to press, the only film I have in stock is Poli-Flex supplied by Hexis, will the polyurethane coating cause a problem?Thanks again
Jeremy
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Thanks Nigel,
I’ll be using the DK8 heat press for this and probably press in two hits….Poli-Flex is ok for Polyester, just wondering if the Polyurethane coating would cause adhesion problems.Cheers
Jeremy -
Jeremy I take it that the poli-flex is the standard type of flex used on the majority of cotton, poly, poly-cotton garments. If it is then my advice would be to apply at the usual temp but extend the application time to allow the adhesive to soak into the jacket itself rather than just its coating.
So if 15 secs is the norm I would myself extend the time to 25 secs, if the garment can take the longer time the flex will do easily, on saying that I have never used Hexis material, but I would assume the majority of flex supplied comes from the same manufacturer.
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Hi Nigel,
Many thanks for the very sound advice, I’ll give it a go tomorrow.Cheers
Jeremy
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