If anyone is interested I make 1000's of plastisol transfers on a simple home made vacuum table.
I took a piece of plywood with formica and drilled small holes in a pattern the size of my paper. (looks like the grid on Coreldraw) I then put the sheet of wood on frame, can be a wooden silk screen frame, and put another piece of plywood on the base (without holes). In the base or from the side, drill a hole and connect a household vacuum cleaner. This will hold the paper down. You can put tape over the holes if you have smaller paper.
On the board with the holes put hinges with clamps (available from silk screen supplies and you have a simple vacuum table.
For one color designs I buy paper from a bakery supply, they have paper that stops the cakes sticking to the pan. It has a silicone coating and it's really cheap. You don't need transfer paper for one color designs.
I run the sheets through my oven on a low temp or very fast so the ink gells. You can also use a flash.
I usually use powder adhesive (I use Union) to improve the adhesion. You put this powder in a tray a slide the printed paper over it, ink side down and then shake the excess glue off.
Simple and cheap and works really well.
If anyone is interested I make 1000's of plastisol transfers on a simple home made vacuum table.
I took a piece of plywood with formica and drilled small holes in a pattern the size of my paper. (looks like the grid on Coreldraw) I then put the sheet of wood on frame, can be a wooden silk screen frame, and put another piece of plywood on the base (without holes). In the base or from the side, drill a hole and connect a household vacuum cleaner. This will hold the paper down. You can put tape over the holes if you have smaller paper.
On the board with the holes put hinges with clamps (available from silk screen supplies and you have a simple vacuum table.
For one color designs I buy paper from a bakery supply, they have paper that stops the cakes sticking to the pan. It has a silicone coating and it's really cheap. You don't need transfer paper for one color designs.
I run the sheets through my oven on a low temp or very fast so the ink gells. You can also use a flash.
I usually use powder adhesive (I use Union) to improve the adhesion. You put this powder in a tray a slide the printed paper over it, ink side down and then shake the excess glue off.
Simple and cheap and works really well.
I use 110 mesh and whatever ink I would use for direct printing. For dark opaque.
once the plastisol is printed on the transfer paper and the powder is sprinkled, whats the shelf life of the plastisol transfer? will it stick if placed in a stack of plastisol transfers?
hmm does that mean i can jus send my designs to any screen printer with transfer paper and have them do it for me?
if yes, wat do i need to tell them when placing an order? is there any special inks that they need to use?
No, not every screen printer can print plastisol transfers. You can find the link to the list of screen printers who can right in the first post of this thread.
The screen printer would need to be setup to print these kinds of transfers. Not all printers will do it.
thanks rodney, the problem with the list is that its all not in the APAC region. i was hoping to get a printer closer to home. I know that they do international shipping. jus wanted to reduce the downtime as well.
thanks rodney, the problem with the list is that its all not in the APAC region. i was hoping to get a printer closer to home. I know that they do international shipping. jus wanted to reduce the downtime as well.
but thanks again for the insight. =)
Well, you didn't mention where you were from, so I couldn't give you suggestions closer to your home
How to Make your own Plastisol Transfers 
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