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Old 1 Week Ago Nov 6, 2009 6:28:29 PM -   #1 (permalink)
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Default Pressing Foil - Self Adhesive ?

Hello I saw a video on youtube of some guy heat pressing Spectra Gold foil onto a tee after cutting with a Roland GX24 cutter.

I thought that foil needs an adhesive layer underneath it (screen printed) in order to stick?

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Regular foil would need some type of adhesive but Spectra Gold Foil is actually a Heat Pressed Vinyl with a gold foil like finish
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Regular foil would need some type of adhesive but Spectra Gold Foil is actually a Heat Pressed Vinyl with a gold foil like finish
hmmm didnt know that. do you think there is much of a difference appearance wise in actual foil and the foil-coated vinyl like Spectra? Whats your preference
 
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My own personal choice is the vinyl, I either didn t do the adhesive style properly but always found it washing off to some degree. I ve used the foil vinyl and metallic vinyl and never had a problem. Use it on most of my lines now
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