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Old March 25th, 2008 Mar 25, 2008 4:56:16 PM -   #1 (permalink)
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I have been asked to press player names on youth tshirts that already have numbers pressed on the back of the shirt. I ordered names from transfer express. If I press these names above the numbers will it hurt the previously pressed number. I mean will the heat of the second press loosen or hurt the numbers. Thanks
 
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I don't think it will hurt it, but make sure to have a teflon sheet in between the platen and the garment.
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cover them up and you should be fine
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What do you recommend to cover with. old shirt material, or teflon paper. Thanks
 
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teflon or parchment paper will work.
 
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We use teflon and it seems to work. You are only pressing for a few seconds so the worst that can happen is the existing print gets set even better and any cracks in them will go away.

We took an old screen printed football jersey that had the numbers all cracked on it and pressed it for 30 seconds and it looked new after that.
 
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