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Old March 5th, 2007 Mar 5, 2007 11:51:32 AM -   #1 (permalink)
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i know this has been answered but y can't you make plastisol transfer, can't you buy the machine somewhere that prints on plastisol paper.
 
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i know this has been answered but y can't you make plastisol transfer, can't you buy the machine somewhere that prints on plastisol paper.
The equipment used to print plastisol transfers is the same equipment (basically) as screenprinting equipment.

It is just done on release paper using a little different ink (I think).
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i know this has been answered but y can't you make plastisol transfer, can't you buy the machine somewhere that prints on plastisol paper.
If you have thousands of dollars yes

But if that was the case, you wouldn't need plastisol transfers printed, you could just use that same machine to print directly onto the t-shirts.
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y can't you make plastisol transfer
You can. Otherwise they wouldn't exist.

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can't you buy the machine somewhere that prints on plastisol paper.
There is no such machine, or such paper. Plastisol is the ink, not the paper. As the other threads explain, it gets on the paper through screenprinting. So if you can screenprint you can create plastisol transfers, if you can't you can't.
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Default Re: plastisol question? can you buy the machine?

...but if you really want to buy. You can.

an auto-press and the rest that goes with it, the production line runs about 40-60 feet long and you would also need an enclosed screen room, plus a reclaiming/wash area etc...

and a mother-monster paper cutter.

...dont ask me the equip. names, du-no.
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Default Re: plastisol question? can you buy the machine?

Hey Lucy Where can I purchase a mother-monster paper cutter ? ( I just love that analagy) ..... Good luck .... Jb
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Hey Lucy Where can I purchase a mother-monster paper cutter ? ( I just love that analagy) ..... Good luck .... Jb
du-no ???

it's Big, old and German... I know that. It's about the size of a Small car...scarry thing.
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Default Re: plastisol question? can you buy the machine?

I enjoy screen printing...can anyone provide some info about what kind of "release paper" you would print on?
 
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Default Re: plastisol question? can you buy the machine?

Bill,

Try these articles:

http://www.t-shirtforums.com/screen-...ng/t14049.html

Printing Plastisol Transfers

http://screenprinters.net/articles/index.php?art=66
 
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Bill,

Try these articles:

http://www.t-shirtforums.com/screen-...ng/t14049.html

Printing Plastisol Transfers

http://screenprinters.net/articles/index.php?art=66
Thanks!

I also stumbled across this article (for anyone else interested)

IMAGES - THE JOURNAL FOR TEXTILE SCREENPRINTING, EMBROIDERY AND GARMENT DECORATION

The only part that sounds a little tricky is making sure the transfers are not over-or-under cured...
 
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Default Re: plastisol question? can you buy the machine?

Here's a look at our cutter:



I saw one earlier on Ebay for abour $6500 - used. And that's the lowest price I've ever seen for one of these. I have a really, really old West German (Universal Hydrolics) paper cutter too.
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