Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
Does anyone know of any tricks to get the backing off Alpha Gold, without tearing? the reason I ask is I'm doing a borderless jpeg image on a black shirt. It's leaving a white mark where I tore it to get the backing off. Sorry for the resolution of the pic, was in a hurry.
I normally contour cut mine and then it's easier with part of it removed... I use a razor blade and just lift it up a bit then pull on it the rest of the way with my fingers.
For a full sheet it will be a little tougher and I see the problem.
1 thing i do when doing a large sheet is to leave a bit of the edge that is white still on ,then use this end, take a pin and stab it in and gently pull ,once the edge lifts off pull from that bit.Trim off the white before printing Hope this helps.
1 thing i do when doing a large sheet is to leave a bit of the edge that is white still on ,then use this end, take a pin and stab it in and gently pull ,once the edge lifts off pull from that bit.Trim off the white before printing Hope this helps.
That is what I was going to suggest. You can also use a weeding tool. Harbor freights has a set of pick tools similar to weeding tool for a few bucks.
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Luis MAD Scientist JR. AKA MS2 Digital Artist. My canvas is t-shirt and my paintbrush is heat press.
Backing on alpha gold for darks? 
Hope this helps.
MAD Scientist JR. AKA MS2
