Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
Hello looking to buy a heat press it would be my starter heat press I don't have too much to spend. Under $400 if possible. Prefer to get it wholesale if I can too.
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Chrissy
I know budgets sometimes predicate what we buy, but, and there is always a but.. you may be sorry. If you want to do larger format pressing 15 x 15 you are going to be yelling at your self. if you can find a few hundred dollars more then you will put your self more into the serious pressing opposed to the hobbyist. I am speaking from experence. I did buy the a small press and after doing my first 100 piece order I was yelling at myself for buying it. I was lucky I found a person to buy it. I know coastal will ship at no cost so that will save you money for shipping. And the price is wholesale. I wish you luck. Lou
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No right now I am good with the size I am doing I don't have a printer that will print that large either. I think it will be a good size for me. When I start selling more I may branch into a bigger one.
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Chrissy
I wish I could won't have that much money for a few years... but I sell about 8 shirts a day and I injured my shoulder so I haven't really been able to get the iron to press hard as it needs too.
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Chrissy
That is all I really need right now. I have been using a hand iron for about 2 and a half years now. A shoulder injury is messing that up though.
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Chrissy
Who knows, a small press may even be better with the shoulder injury since it won't be as heavy to manouver if you ever need to move it.
I'm definitely an advocate of buying the biggest press you can afford, and sometimes holding out until you can afford bigger, but Rodney is definitely right that sometimes it's just important to jump in.
You can make the money for your larger press by using your smaller press - Lou is a great example of someone who did just that.
I started my business selling tote bags on Ebay. And my Geo Knight was great for that but when I got a order for tee shirts I had to figure out how to place the shirt on the the small 9 x 12 pad. Everything was in the way. There is a bar going up the back that holds the platen (stainless and scraches easy and can rust) which left me little room. They should have made it adjustable. I bought a large mouse pad and placed it on a board so that made it a little easier but I had to really work at doing them right. The little dinky pressure handle was hard to adjust for right pressure and the temperature reader was a joke. I am sorry I am sticking by my guns and say wait. You are going to invest $350 bucks- $400. and then you will get some one who want a a 10 x 10 transfer with plastisol or you will buy a stock transfers that are adult sizes and your screwed. I guess I was lucky as I could buy the larger press for my second 150 shirts which paid for my second press and I sold my 9 x 12 on ebay for 10 dollars less then I bought it for after 6 months. But I am so happy.. So is my wife as she doesn't hear me yelling down the hall as much.
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