will chemicals be a problem when using a heat press?
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will chemicals be a problem when using a heat press?
will chemicals be a problem when using a heat press?
I asked a while back if chemicals would be an issue as far as using my heat press because my landlord said no chemicals. I dont remember seeing anything about it anywhere but then I remember something about pre-treatments. Will I need to use chemicals to run my t-shirt biz? Thanks
What process are you planning to use. Are you planning to print your own transfer? Is it gonna be plastisol or inkjet transfer. If you will be printing plastisol, then yes, you will be using chemicals, but there are chemicals that are more eco friendly. If you're planning to do inkjet transfer, then you're ok since there's no chemicals involve on doing this compare to plastisol.
I agree with Francis here, it really depends on what kind of t-shirt business you are going to have. There are many different methods of applying graphics to t-shirts so its kind of a broad question. I do direct to garment printing, but started doing transfers. I also have worked with vinyl. I live in an apartment and I have had no issues at all with any of these methods as far as chemicals are concerned. So that is the first thing to figure out, is what is it you want to do? Then look more in detail towards that method. hope this helps.
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if your just doing heat press, i dont think you will need any chemicals other than the ink in your printer. your not actually screen printing anything are you. ive never pre-treated any shirt for a heat transfer other than heating it up first. only pre-treatment i know of is for dtg
Just to answer your first question: I don't think it was a dumb question at all
The main reason why you probably didn't get an answer was because of the TITLE of your post ("Opening a store in Philly &").
The best way to get help is to put your actual question (or a short version of it), as your thread title. Even the original title of this thread was "was it a dumb question or something"
Since many of the people here have businesses to run, they only have so much time in their day to answer questions. When folks look at the new posts or the posts in a certain category, it makes it easier if they can scan the thread titles to see which posts they may be able to help with. While they may not know "Philly", if it was placed in our Heat Transfer area of the forum with a title about chemicals during the heat press process, it probably would have received answers more quickly.
Just a general tip that will hopefully be helpful to those reading who may be looking to post their first question here More info on the importance of a good thread title here: T-Shirt Forums - FAQ: What makes a good thread title?
Re: will chemicals be a problem when using a heat press?
Naw Rodney that wasnt the reason I didnt get replis cuz I had over 20 views b4 I asked again. I was just being impatient. But I hear u.... & thanks to everyone for their replies. Ill actually be doing plastisol & Im sure Ill be doing the inkjets as well just not as often..
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