Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
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has anyone had experience with duracut if so do you like it and how well does it stand up to washing.Can you overlap 2 or more colors and them stick .I'm curious to try it.thanks for any input.
I've used it, and will never use it again. It cracked horribly after a few washings, as you can see in the pic. Of course I could have done something wrong, but I did it exactly according to the directions. And I ordered it from their cut center where they cut it and ship it to me, and all I did was press it on the shirts. I'm pretty sure you cannot overlap colors, but I could be wrong. Instead of DuraCut, I now use SportFilm from TwillUSA. It's a thick durable vinyl.
Oh my gosh that's awful the one i was looking at is from imprintables and it comes in sheets.My local fire department wants me to put there name in big letters on the back of t-shirts and someone suggested i use duracut instead of vinyl,they said the duracut was like ink that would dye into the fabric with no hand, as where the vinyl would set on top of the shirt.Hope I explained that so you understand what they told me.After seeing your picture I would be scared to use it now.Thank you soooo much for the help.You probably just saved me a customer
DuraCut is advertised to have a "look and feel identical to a screen printed design". I'm sorry, but that claim is a load of hogwash. If that were true, everybody would be using it. Yes, this is the DuraCut sold by Imprintables. They sell it in sheets you can cut yourself, or they will cut your names/numbers for you which is how I ordered it.
Concerning what somebody told you, they were mistaken. DuraCut does not dye into the fabric and it does have hand. Even screen printing has some hand. The only thing I know of that dyes into the fabric and has no hand is Dye Sublimation. DuraCut does sit on top of the material similar to vinyl.
Of course, you may have better luck than me. The only way to know for sure is to get a sample and try it out yourself doing some of your own wash tests. Josh is a good guy and would proably send you a sample if you asked him. I believe there are some people on here who had better luck than I did. You really should do that with any product before selling it to a customer. I used the DuraCut on our softball jerseys, and I've had to remake all of them, and asked the guys not to wear the bad ones in public...
Oh my gosh that's awful the one i was looking at is from imprintables and it comes in sheets.My local fire department wants me to put there name in big letters on the back of t-shirts and someone suggested i use duracut instead of vinyl,they said the duracut was like ink that would dye into the fabric with no hand, as where the vinyl would set on top of the shirt.Hope I explained that so you understand what they told me.After seeing your picture I would be scared to use it now.Thank you soooo much for the help.You probably just saved me a customer
The duracut does work. We have a lot of customers who use it very successfully. I am not sure what happened in this instance, but had mentioned before that I thought it was due to the laundering of the garment.
LEISURE, I would not go by just one persons opinion(if any). Do a search for enduracut and go from there. I'm not saying RUSTY is lying, just saying that there could be a lot of factors to focus on. My suggestion . . . . do the search.
The duracut does work. We have a lot of customers who use it very successfully. I am not sure what happened in this instance, but had mentioned before that I thought it was due to the laundering of the garment.
Hey Josh,
would this hold up as good or better then the vinyl if applied correctly.This is my local fire department so I would like to stay on there good side.
I agree, which is why I suggested to try it out for herself. Don't just take my word as gospel. It might work great for her. She was asking for opinions and I'm the only one that has shared one so far.
Hey Josh,
would this hold up as good or better then the vinyl if applied correctly.This is my local fire department so I would like to stay on there good side.
Josh mentioned that he thought the problem was due to laundering. That's another reason I won't use it. I don't want a product that the customer has to be very gentle with when washing. If a product is called "DuraCut", you should be able to throw it in with your regular laundry without it falling apart. If you have to baby it in the wash, then it's not very "durable", which is what I was expecting when I bought it for softball uniforms.
LEISURE, I would not go by just one persons opinion(if any). Do a search for enduracut and go from there. I'm not saying RUSTY is lying, just saying that there could be a lot of factors to focus on. My suggestion . . . . do the search.
True nothing like research.Thanks for all the help, the fire department doesn't have a big budget so i'm tring to help out by donating my time and t's and they would pay for the product(duracut,vinyl etc.)
Josh mentioned that he thought the problem was due to laundering. That's another reason I won't use it. I don't want a product that the customer has to be very gentle with when washing. If a product is called "DuraCut", you should be able to throw it in with your regular laundry without it falling apart. If you have to baby it in the wash, then it's not very "durable", which is what I was expecting when I bought it for softball uniforms.
Your opinion is very welcome and I thank you very much.
with the wear and tear the fire dept will give those shirts, i'd use thermoflex or multicut on them - it's what i use for our fire dept here and they wear like iron. there IS a hand, but it is very soft and not objectionable at all.
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