cardiac

Hello everybody,

this is my first post. I've just got a heat press (cheap, china-made) and a Roland GX-24 cutter. No probs at all with the cutter, very easy to use.

Today was the first day we've actually tried the heat press. We've got "Poli-flex" transfer foil and is pressing on 100% cotton.

First off - the lights flicker when the press reach it's temp (150-160 degrees celsius). The pressure adjustment is just a knob... We had some really bad results to begin with, but in the end it looked like we had some good results.

Anyways - my question is if there's any "rule of thumb" on how to know what is a "good" result and what is not? Without washing the garment xx times?
Is there anything to look out for?

Thanks for a great forum,

Nils in Sweden.

 

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snarley

Hi Nils

Your transfer paper should come with directions on how to use it, such as temperature, dwell, pressure setting and hot or cold peel. Having said that, I find that you have to experiment some times with them to get it right. Just play with it and you'll eventually get it how you want it. I hope this helps and good luck.

Bill m

 

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cardiac

Hey Bill,

thank you very much for your reply. We will play with the settings and I'm sure we'll eventually come up with the right one...

Another question - we've got some results where we have "square" on the shirt, where we have pressed... is that because of too much pressure or too much heat? Or a combination of both?

Again, thanks for a great forum.

// the swedish newbies

 

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