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is anyone familiar with textile doming?
Hi everyone… thanks for the warm welcome in the "Say Hello" section.
OK, so here’s my 1st topic.
There’s a company called Mockridge in your neck of the woods.
They have a process they call "fabric doming"
I’ve seen the process done here in the States on attaches, totes, etc. but haven’t seen it done on clothing. Supposedly it can be done on standard fabrics but also leather, fleece, towels, and even waterproof jackets (like golfing jackets.)
Anyone familiar with the process?
Thanks!
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I would imagine you just stick t shirt vinyl or a transfer to the garment then dome as normal, it has to have something with edges to stop the spread if I am right?
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Hey Steve.
It needs an edge to dome but the labels are domed prior to transferring.
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In that case Id guess they are just heated for longer to allow the adhesive to melt, not sure what sort of temp the resin can stand once hardened though
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The temperature scares me.
I believe but am not sure that many of these doming resins melt at about 235 degrees C.
What temp do you think it would take to adhere the domed label to the fabric?
Have you ever seen a shirt or fabric product with a domed decal?
Here’s the link on Mockridge’s site: http://www.mockridge.com/labels_fabric_service.htm
As I said, I’ve seen it on bags, etc. and it looks SHARP!!!
Not to mention the cost is lower than embroidery (esp. setup) and you can do production samples quickly.
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Yep, just as I thought.
Heat pressed onto the garment, you can easily make these now and they would be pressed on at about 160 degrees, as soon as I saw the caps I knew the only way of applying those would be with a press, so if 235 is the ceiling for the resin, 150 to 160 will be fine, just don’t forget to give the heat time to get through the resin so you’ll have to play with timing etc, I would imagine 20 seconds instead of 10 or maybe 30 at a push should do it.
I am now going to look into this myself as the only domed garments I have seen were part of the England strip for 2006 -
saw this a few months ago the forgot about it, i use mockridge resin and have a selection of printable heat flex so will give it a go, but time is not on my side at the moment. it just depends on how well the dome sticks to the flex.
chris
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Thanks guys!
Let us know how your testing goes with the flex, Chris. Perhaps we would need to test materials until the right combination is achieved.
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Is this done using standard doming fluid?
Dave
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not sure i think so
chris
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I have been told that Mockridge are shelving this product at the moment as it’s not 100%.
Peter
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Peter,
so it is a totally different products than the usual stuff then?
Dave
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Dave I’m not to sure as I was talking to an acquaintance about this yesterday and he had been talking to Mockridge about the product and they told him not to push it as there are longevity problems.
Peter
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Thanks Peter maybe ill call them tomorrow for the full lowdown
Dave
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I bought a doming kit a few months ago, and experimented on T-Shirt and
Polo Shirt swatches.
I tried various times, temperatures and pressures.
After about 3-5 machines washes at 30 degrees they all started to come off.
That´s not to say it can´t be done, but for me it wasn´t a success.
And is there enough demand to make it worthwhile?Chris A.
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