tony9897

hi

i am having shirts done on a flexi in cali and am selling and washing in colorado

i am wondering about special heat press times due to the high altitude in colorado?

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badalou

This is a first time someone asked this question. Do you really believe pressing a shirt in Colorado is any different then anywhere else. Love to see someone answer that.

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Jasonda

I used to live in a high altitude area, and there was very little humidity in the air. If anything, I would think that kind of environment would be beneficial for heat pressing because there would be less humidity buildup in the shirts.

 

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DAGuide

Do you mean you are having the shirts printed on a Flexi-Jet dtg machine and shipped to you without being heat pressed? I know that the Flexi has the APES system which is suppose to help with the drying process, but I was told that you could still not stack the shirts because they are still sticky. Has things changed to the point that you can put the shirts in a box (i.e. stacking them on top of each other) and still not smear or transfer the design to another shirt?

Very interesting if so, but why would you not still have the shirts cured in CA? Most full size prints will cure faster than the dtg will print it. So, it would not take any extra production time. I can't imagine a Flexi owner not owning a heat press or screen printing dryer to cure the garments. So, why would you want the extra work or the chance of ruining the garments? Not trying to sound negative, just curious.

 

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MotoskinGraphix

Quote: Originally Posted by badalou This is a first time someone asked this question. Do you really believe pressing a shirt in Colorado is any different then anywhere else. Love to see someone answer that.

I totally believe there is a difference. If you travel with your gear and do anything outdoors there is a huge difference. Folks laugh at my 20 second pre-press but until you watch the steam rising from your gear you have no idea. In the land of correct dwell times and perfect temps for heatpressing and all the problems folks have associated with the afore mentioned variables...certainly climatic differences could play a role.

If not...why do we have climate controlled storage all over the south.

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