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I'm having problems with ironall light and am hoping someone could help. I've asked John at newmilford, and his advice was only to ask here - When I first opened the ironall pack I had no problems printing - it was gorgeous! As I live in a humid, beachside environment, I've stored the paper in airtight (I thought) zip bags, with moisture absorbing sachets (like you get in some food packages, but these are new ones), and I think my paper has absorbed moisture, because I am having heaps of trouble printing now; the image mostly stays adhered to the paper. I've tried mountains of different temps/times etc. I am very careful about taking all moisture out of the shirt first... I've even tried using a blowdryer on the paper after the printer, in hopes of making sure it is absolutely dry before I heatset it. Any ideas?
What and he didn't send you to me like he does everyone else? First question is, did you have this problem before or is this the first time you used this paper? What exactly happens. Lou
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Thank you for the replies -
the first pack of 400 ironall papers I bought worked fine for months, apart from the very annoying and messy flaking around the edges. I printed a few hundred tees and all turned out well - these were just for friends and my local dive store.
However, I hadn't printed for a few months, and when I went back to it, I found no matter what I did (and I tested and tested) I had only partial adherence to fabric, with most of the ink staying on the paper.
My husband, the engineer and person with probably a greater level of logic than I sometimes have, suggested that if I've tested heat, ink, fabric and times, that the paper might be the issue... and that if moisture in the fabric is important to remove, then the paper is as likely to absorb it too, in our very humid environment...
so I bought another large pack of the ironall from newmilford...
and the good thing was it worked -
I was more careful though, and kept the paper better wrapped and put some of those moisture absorbing things in the sachels.
But, I've had the paper for a couple of months now, and am starting to have the same problem.
I kind of gave up for a bit and have been using the ironall dark, but it has such a plastic finish when doing a large print, despite the color being beautiful...
and I was hoping someone might have a brilliant and easy solution for me so I can finish using the many sheets I still have of the ironall light.
Is this enough info?
Thanks,
You are probably right, it's just I hadn't realized it would be a problem... and it cost about the same to ship a small amount as it did the larger amount to Australia, and I was trying to be economical...
Problems with moisture in ironall (light) 
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