Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
when I use red tshirts, a burnt image of the heat press remains on the shirt, the transfer is not burnt but the tshirt has a image of the heat press like the tshirt got burnt. is this normal? what is causing this? the shirt looks faded where i pressed the heat. some of the transfer remains on the paper why does this happen? what am I doing wrong?
please help!!
don't know about the transfer as you didn't say what you were using, but for the color....it should come back to normal when it cools completely - if it's truly scorched and doesn't return to it's normal color, your press may be too hot or press time too long - a teflon sheet may help.
I did the same thing the first few times I pressed a shirt. I thought Oh great I burned it or something. Chances are good you didn't. Try washing the shirt and seeing if it comes out. 98% of the time it does.
Also did you pre-heat/pre-press the shirt before you did the transfer? I find that doing so is a huge help. Also a teflon sheet is a must have in my humble opinion.
Oh a side note I do find red shirts to be a bugger when it comes to pressing.. why I dunno.
I'm very new to the T-Shirt world myself. I messed up a few shirts already myself. Don't expect to be an expert overnight. :-)
There are several colors that when pressed seem to be burnt or scorched. It is only a temporary thing and it does come back to color when it cools. I did 125 red shirts and you would think I burnt all of them. When I delivered them they were all OK.. Also, I see a lot of advice for people to wash their shirts and it will go away. If you are doing a custom job for a client then the last thing you want to do is wash a shirt. That advice I would only consider if I was going to wear the shirt. Most people here are doing professional work and sometimes in volume so be careful because a new person may think he has to wash the shirts before delivering to clients. Also the other thing I do is press the whole shirt. It only takes a few more seconds and then the whole shirt is an even shade and it fold nicely as well.
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Wow Lou, you press the whole shirt? That is impressive. Especially with large orders. I never do that...would never consider it. Too much work for me.
Sometimes, when doing a large order, I get bored looking at the same design, over and over again...I am tempted to toss in a few color sharpies...and and a blank shirt...with a note that says, "please finish the order yourself". Just kidding of course. So no, I would never take the time to press their entire order.
Wow Lou, you press the whole shirt? That is impressive. Especially with large orders. I never do that...would never consider it. Too much work for me.
Sometimes, when doing a large order, I get bored looking at the same design, over and over again...I am tempted to toss in a few color sharpies...and and a blank shirt...with a note that says, "please finish the order yourself". Just kidding of course. So no, I would never take the time to press their entire order.
You are awesome!!
Gail
Naaa, just the small orders.. I delivered 700 shirts recently to a school and told them the area where it is pressed will blend when washed. I am no fool.. But if I get an oder for 1 to 12 shirts I will because I like the look of the folded pressed product.
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Thanks Everyone,
The burnt mark faded in a day or so. so I guess it just happens on red shirts. the design came out okay except for a little piece that stood on the transfer paper other than that it looks fine.
I did the same thing the first few times I pressed a shirt. I thought Oh great I burned it or something. Chances are good you didn't. Try washing the shirt and seeing if it comes out. 98% of the time it does.
Also did you pre-heat/pre-press the shirt before you did the transfer? I find that doing so is a huge help. Also a teflon sheet is a must have in my humble opinion.
Oh a side note I do find red shirts to be a bugger when it comes to pressing.. why I dunno.
I'm very new to the T-Shirt world myself. I messed up a few shirts already myself. Don't expect to be an expert overnight. :-)
Well what I ment is just wash 1 of the shirts to see if the mark come out. There is no way I would wash 1000+ shirts myself in my small home washing machine. I also pre-press everything yes its a huge pain on larger orders, but I feel in the end its worth it.
Hanes 50/50 blue and black T shirts will sometimes have a scorched effect too from the heat platen. Had a Blue shirt develop a scorched mark a week after printing. Had to scorched the rest of the shirt to make it match. Heard that some people have better luck with Gildan.
hey guys i have the same problem but with gilden white t-shirts, after the printing is complete on the HM1 you are supposed to press the t-shirt for 120 sec at 170'c (i think??). But have found it much more effective when pressing for less of a time period.
The less time the less scorched the garment seems.
120 sec ?? WOW !
That's a lot of heat for a long time. Not sure what you are trying to press, but no heat transfer I have ever done was more than 20 sec. at 350 to 385 degrees. Then I have scorching with dark colors at that small amount of press time.
120 sec ?? WOW !
That's a lot of heat for a long time. Not sure what you are trying to press, but no heat transfer I have ever done was more than 20 sec. at 350 to 385 degrees. Then I have scorching with dark colors at that small amount of press time.
heat press burnt image on red tshirt 
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