Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
I like cold peel transfers because of the detail, opaqueness and money factor. But is there any techniques that I can do while pressing the transfer that will help make the final product less glossy and more matte?
One thing you can try is a rubber pad that ACE sells. It's not on the web site -- you'll have to call. Basically it dimples the surface to reduse the gloss. Works ok. I don't care for the texture too much. It's around $20.
Try the transfer as a hot peel and see what happens.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing... so I tested.
I found that if you lightly sand the transfer before hand (lightest grit) and pull the image early (while still hot) it dramatically reduces the amount of gloss to the cold peel. Caveat: When pulling a cold peel early it increases the chances of damaging the image. Pull slowly.
Also, this helps too. After the transfer has cooled, press it again with the same transfer paper, but turned over. Pull at medium heat.
I have pressed it as a cold peel before and then repressed it as a hot peel - peeling SLOWLY - depending on the design though, you may lose some top paint - this doesnt work well on thin lined graphics, but on larger items its ok -
I dont think sanding the image is actually going to solve anything as that is the area that sticks to the shirt.
I found it adds slight imprefections to the plastisol, which helps bring down the gloss when printing. But than again, I'm also not affraid to remove more than neccessary since my work is printed with a vintage look to begin with (and comes out not painfully crisp and straight lame).
What I'm looking for is hands on techniques, advice. Ya know, not "by the book" stuff...
Removing the glossy effect from cold peels? 
