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Takeo · November 12th, 2009

I've been pressing shirts for an upcoming craft fair and was curious what kind of pressing rates others are having. I stretch my shirts prior to a pressing cycle of JPSS on lights and Ironall on Darks. For the lights, I'm pre pressing for 15 seconds (Hawaii humidity), press the design at 375 for 20-25 seconds, hot peel, stretch, then press with parchment paper for 8 seconds. I'm also doing the same steps for a front logo.

For Darks, I prepress for 15 seconds, peel the design, press design at 375 for 6 seconds using parchment paper, hot peel, then press with teflon paper for 4 seconds. I'm also doing the same steps for a front logo.

I'm averaging 12-18 shirts per an hour. I didn't realize how physically laborious this pace can get. I've done about 300 pieces the last few days and plan to do another 200+.

Yeah, I know, large numbers should probably be left to silk screening but for the detail in my designs, it's hard to beat inkjet and heatpressing. Also, the local screeners charge so much for setup fees, doing 15 different designs would be very costly.

What's your pressing rate?