Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
Are permanent, waterproof, pigment ink fabric markers part of your arsenal when doing heat transfers with inkjet printers and pigment ink?
Once in a while, an area the size of a pinhead won't transfer to the shirt. It is noticable on a white shirt. I purchased these markers and filled in the dot. The problem disappeared immediately.
I used this method with success, but would like to know if I'm doing what everyone else is doing to fix these things. Are using these markers standard to fixing these kinds of mistakes during transfers? If you don't use them, how do you fix things like this? Thanks so much!
Actually thought of doing that last night when I pressed a shirt for my daughter and then noticed a "pinhole" in the text. It was black text on a white shirt, so yeah, it would be noticeable. I have a black permanent marker, and will probably use that to fix the problem... if the shirt doesn't come back from school today covered in paint! LOL...
I found there are two kinds of waterproof, permanent, pigment ink markers. Ones that are heat set and ones that are not. I opted for not, so I could fix something if I found it later on and the press was not on.
I did wonder, tho, if the heat set ones lasted longer..... seemed like they would, but I don't know why I thought that. I could be convinced anything heat pressed is better than not. Haha, does that mean I've become a heat press snob? I've heard this term lately, snob this or that snob. On noooooo......
Ok, shorter nap now. Must stop writing.... have a really nice day.
I've used to black perm marker for the black, too. Neither set of markers had black in them. These seem to be used more for actually decorating on the shirt as the main way to decorate the shirt. I've used all the colors so far. Guess I am getting more pinholes than I've been keeping track of. I do think these markers could be used in conjunction with a standard image to help personalize and make the shirt then unique from its original image. Standard image hand signed by a kid. Maybe even a short, Happy Valentines Day or Mothers Day. Good gift, great keepsake. Just a thought.
pull out that marker. I even use a paintbrush. When I **** up a shirt especially if it's a black shirt the black permanent marker or acrylic paint never failed me yet.
i'd never do it on a production basis, but.........some of the fabric paints (especially the pearly ones!) make dynamite 'extra' embellishments on high-end one-offs - kind of like giclee artists do on canvas prints....just to highlight and give depth and extra texture to selected areas.
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i'd never do it on a production basis, but.........some of the fabric paints (especially the pearly ones!) make dynamite 'extra' embellishments on high-end one-offs - kind of like giclee artists do on canvas prints....just to highlight and give depth and extra texture to selected areas.
Wow, great idea! I never thought of doing that! Would you share your work with us by posting a pic? I'd love to get an idea of what would work and look good!
i'd never do it on a production basis, but.........some of the fabric paints (especially the pearly ones!) make dynamite 'extra' embellishments on high-end one-offs - kind of like giclee artists do on canvas prints....just to highlight and give depth and extra texture to selected areas.
That's beautiful. What an awesome suggestion, thank you so much for sharing that. Are you able to able to apply the paint to a shirt that used heat transfer paper? I guess I could experiment, but have you done that?
sadly, i don't have any pics to show all of them i've done have been either gifts or special orders and have gone out the door as soon as the paint was dry
i've used it in addition to heat pressed transfers and vinyl applications. i think i had two favorites - a dragon done with vinyl with pearly red painted eyes and some gold highlighting on his scales (on the fabric, not on the vinyl!) the other was a blatant rip off of monet's irises done with a transfer on a white shirt with pearl white and periwinkle blue and a couple of touches of golden yellow. that one was a gift so i wasn't overly worried about the lack of originality in the design - that particular print had been a specific request.
that particular shirt is the only one i've kept track of (it was for my sister in law) and it's been more than 2 years of wash and wear and it was still looking good the last time i saw it.
oh! i've also done them on prints made with wax carts and transfer paper from my pc-600....those came out probably better than many, but sadly, roland has decided to discontinue production of the cartridges, so unless zero nine picks up the ball, that will be coming to a halt soon
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Wow, Jan, that sound just beautiful. Really creative. That's taking it up a few notches, and now I can't get it out of my head. I think I'll be experimenting a bit in the future. Thanks so much for sharing. Makes me feel like my transfers have been a bit of a bore now.
I've used 3-D metallic paint for fabrics with sublimation printing - looks terrific!
As Jan, I haven't used it for commercial applications, just for myself and the kids.
One of such prints was a group of jazz musicians with their instruments traced in metallic paints and some random 3-D notes scattered around. Another one was a print on a sublimated medium pressed onto a black cotton shirt, it looks like a patch, so I have "disguised" the edges of that patch with a picture frame done in 3-D metallics gold. Then there were dragon's eyes, kitten's nose and some minor details on abstract designs.
Do you use fabric markers to fix mistakes? 
all of them i've done have been either gifts or special orders and have gone out the door as soon as the paint was dry 
