Loganb5

Hello everyone,

I have been pressing shirts for about a year now. I feel like my shirts are boring, mainly because i am only pressing on white t-shirts. Is it just me or am i getting the idea that pressing on white shirts is the easy way out? When i am done printing on the transfer paper, i don't need to be precise with my cutting because you can't really see the excessive paper that is left around the image.

I have never tried anything but white and want to start with darker color shirts. I understand that when pressing on dark shirts, the cuts must be precise because you WILL see the excessive paper that wasn't cut. Correct?

I have been hearing about a paper that self cuts so you don't have to do this?

I currently use:
Epson c120 w/ pigmented inks
JPSS for lights transfer paper
15 x 15 heat press.

Is there anyway, that with the equipment i have (minus the paper of course) that i can easily transfer images on dark shirts?

 

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baddjun1

Hi logan, there are new self-weeding paper for darks from Neenah (manufacturer of JPSS) that is just coming out called ImageClip Koncert T's and Laser Dark. All transfer paper suppliers don't carry them yet. But I saw it at www.coastalbusiness.com. They are very expensive! But check out the website to research it yourself.

 

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Takeo

Those self weeding papers are very expensive. You might want to consider ordering plastisol transfers. If you want to use heat transfers that you create, Ironall/Everlast seems to be popular, but to avoid extensive cutting, you may need to make your designs rectangular and just trim using a rotary cutter and cutting mat with a straight edge. I'm using pigment inks with Ironall with good results.

Some advantages of the Ironall transfers on dark shirts versus JPSS on lights is that there is less pressing time, ink doesn't contaminate your parchment paper on the second press, and dark shirts don't show mistakes if your teflon paper gets dirty. White shirts show everything and find more waste doing those versus dark shirts.

I just did 500 pieces in a week on light and darks and have a whole list of advantages of each style and tips to save on time and prevent waste of materials.

PM me if you want more info.

Come over to the "dark" side, it's not that scary!

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