Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
Cannot get used to doing puff heat transfers (Airwaves Inc). All puff transfers I tried turned out flat on t-shirts (100% cotton). Dunno where the problem is.
I warm up my heat press till 385F, peel puff transfer hot
Help, please!!!
P.S. Kinda confused with pressure that should be applied
Temp-375-385
Pressure- med-light
press time- 5-7 seconds
hot peel
had same problems. even had some that didn't transfer completely. started doing it as above and have had less problems. I tend to try to stay away from puffs when possible because of the problems i've had.
How do you know if the transfer is a puff transfer before you buy them.
New to the game.
Was looking through pro world books. Okay lets see if this is right. #11619-P16 is the P for Puff or Process Color or are they the same #P-594 is P = Puff
Last edited by shovel; August 27th, 2008 at 05:45 PM.
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I am having the problem of the transfer not adhering completely. I did buy the transfers from a company where they were on "clearance" Could they be too old? I increased the time to 9 seconds and that has helped but not completely.
Directions say 375-385 and 5 to 7 seconds. This was a nightmare! Please advise!!
Puffs are a nightmare in my book!! I started to increase to temp to 385-400 and press for 7 seconds. Sometimes they work, sometimes I have to repress for a couple of seconds with teflon sheet over them to get them to adhere.
You may have some that are just getting too old. You might contact the company and see what they suggest.
The secret of doing puffs is easy. You open your press quickly and peel hot.. The air puffs the design up. If you linger then it becomes a problem. I did a few and had problem and called the company and they walked me through the process and the only thing that I was not doing was opening my press quickly and letting air hit the design and peeling immediatly. They came out great then. be careful if you buy older stock transfers. Some people buy stock on sale that ususally means they have been sitting someplace for awhile.
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