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HOOSIER DADDY · August 4th, 2009

I have limited experience applying rhinestones but now have a dance company that would like rhinestones applied to their 100% poly tricot warmup jackets. My rhinestone supplier recommends a temp of 350 F for 15 sec. Can this material withstand this time / temp? Is there some document available showing what variety of materials can be used in a heat press?
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veedub3 · August 5th, 2009

I have placed rhinestones on 100% polyester, 100% nylon, poly/nylon blends and have not had a problem. To ensure that I did not scorch or damage the item, I lowered my temp and used a longer dwell time. I did this on my items but if you are going to do this on a customer supplied item I would test it first.

Katrina

HOOSIER DADDY · August 5th, 2009

Thanks for the info. I'm surprised, however, about dealing with nylon in the heat press. I thought it had a fairly low melting point. Others have suggested I avoid nylon (i.e. tote bags, etc.) for heat transfers so would have assumed the same for rhinestones. Thanks

veedub3 · August 5th, 2009

I recently did a test on a 100% nylon skull cap just to test to see how the material would react, I lowered the temp to around 250 and press for about 25 seconds on a hat press and it came out fine.

Katrina

heattransfers · August 5th, 2009

it's better test it before using it

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