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| A little trouble with Stahls Express Numbers Hello
Long-time lurker, finally getting deep into the game.
I just pressed some Stahl's Express Numbers onto Navy Blue 2-button mesh polyester jerseys. I used a teflon pillow inside the jersey while pressing because of the buttons, but I can see a blue rectangular outline through the top part of the numbers from the where the buttons are on the other side. I even tried 2 pillows inside the jersey, but I still got the same results.
I followed the instructions and pressed the jerseys at 365 F at 3 secs with hard pressure (amazing how 2 more seconds would bleed the transfer right into the jersey).
Any suggestions for the next go round?
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| Re: A little trouble with Stahls I will tell you that practice makes perfect and we all have made our share of mistakes. ...... JB
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| Re: A little trouble with Stahls Hello suew
Wouldn't that be a little difficult to do with a Mighty Press and a pull-over shirt?
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| Re: A little trouble with Stahls I deal with buttons in heat pressing. I use a mouse pad, sometimes two for thicker buttons. I found with mousepads, the button shapes don't get through, but my buttons are not deep buttons even on their largest, so I could see this not working if your buttons are very large. I wonder if I came across a larger button to deal with, how would I do it, and I thought I would use one mouse pad on top that covers the whole pressing area, and I would cut another one in two strips and slid them under the first, along side the buttons, to take up the space the button makes. I don't know if this can help you, but I hope so. (Is there any possibility of removing the buttons for pressing, and replacing them. I could see that working for small orders, but not large.) Buttons, so helpful and such a pain.  Good luck to you. I hope you find your perfect solution. | |
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