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I have been using Spectra Cut II with not much difficulty. But on 1 out of every 5 shirts or so, the backing of the transfer is sticking fast to the vinyl and proves very difficult to pull off at times. Most of the time it will be only one letter out of the transfer but sometimes its almost the whole image. Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.
Are you using the Spectra II white color? If you are, I have read about other people having problems as well. If you are not using the white, check your blade depth. You might be cutting too deep.
That is the question that nobody seems to be able to answer. I was forced to switch back to Thermoflex Plus white because nobody from Imprintables would call me back when I called and left messages with them about the white problems. I really want to use SCII as it really cuts my cost down when doing 9 inch transfers as I can get 2 out of the width. But I had 3 fairly good size orders and Imprintables couldn't/wouldn't call me back so I went with thermoflex plus and it worked like magic. So I am sticking with thermoflex plus until I can personally get some samples showing me that SCII white's problem has been taken care of.
I spoke to Bob at Imprintables Warehouse about this just last Friday. He claims this is an isolated case and only happens on rare occasions and that they are working to correct this problem with their supplier. You need to contact them and voice your concerns. They also monitor this Post so a little more bad press on this subject might get them to seriously act on this issue.
JT
I just ordered my first SCII this week and talked to Josh who frequents this forum. Before I ordered I asked him about the white and he said they thought they had the problem fixed. on the instructions they sent it states 15 seconds at 311 degrees with light pressure. This only applies to white. the other SCII is 10-15 seconds at 302 degrees light pressure.
Haven't had time to try it out this weekend but hope to first part of this week. Hope this helps you.
By the way I was very well pleased with the service I received from Imprintables. This is the 2nd time I've ordered from them and have found them to be very much the proffesionals.
I spoke to Bob at Imprintables Warehouse about this just last Friday. He claims this is an isolated case and only happens on rare occasions and that they are working to correct this problem with their supplier. You need to contact them and voice your concerns. They also monitor this Post so a little more bad press on this subject might get them to seriously act on this issue.
JT
I called and spoke with them and voiced my concerns, Bob told me that they "thought" they had a bad batch and would be recieving a new shipment and was "hopeful" that they would rectify the problem. Then I called to ask them if the problem was rectified and can't get anyone to call me back. Well sorry but I am in a service business and that's not how a service business is supposed to be ran. If they can't return my call then I can't be hoping they have the problem solved. So I moved onto Thermoflex plus and it works like magic. Like I have said in the past, I really like their product, but if they can't call me back on an issue and possible order then I can't "assume" the problem is fixed, order it and hope for the best.
Jan I am going to try joto's product, again thanks for the link.
I just ordered my first SCII this week and talked to Josh who frequents this forum. Before I ordered I asked him about the white and he said they thought they had the problem fixed. on the instructions they sent it states 15 seconds at 311 degrees with light pressure. This only applies to white. the other SCII is 10-15 seconds at 302 degrees light pressure.
Haven't had time to try it out this weekend but hope to first part of this week. Hope this helps you.
By the way I was very well pleased with the service I received from Imprintables. This is the 2nd time I've ordered from them and have found them to be very much the proffesionals.
Yes I got the instructions about the new temp on white, but it didn't work any better for me. Granted it was a roll that was a "supposed" bad batch, so I can't say it doesn't work. The only thing that has worked for me is sticking it in my wife's flower coolers and "freezing" the glue off the mylar. It does work, but when I had a fairly good sized order to fill and they wouldn't call me back, I wasn't taking a chance with the "freezer fix" and went with Thermoflex Plus which worked great.
I called and spoke with them and voiced my concerns, Bob told me that they "thought" they had a bad batch and would be recieving a new shipment and was "hopeful" that they would rectify the problem. Then I called to ask them if the problem was rectified and can't get anyone to call me back. Well sorry but I am in a service business and that's not how a service business is supposed to be ran. If they can't return my call then I can't be hoping they have the problem solved. So I moved onto Thermoflex plus and it works like magic. Like I have said in the past, I really like their product, but if they can't call me back on an issue and possible order then I can't "assume" the problem is fixed, order it and hope for the best.
Jan I am going to try joto's product, again thanks for the link.
Shouldn't they be offering a refund for the defected rolls I think i would thats only good business
I dont know, but like i said i have had a lot of problems with it. i hope that it does get rectified soon. im thinking of going to the easy weed for the white but im not sure how good that is.
I dont know, but like i said i have had a lot of problems with it. i hope that it does get rectified soon. im thinking of going to the easy weed for the white but im not sure how good that is.
You may want to try the multi-cut Jan spoke of I've read lots of goods things on it.I'm going to try it next it never hurts to have a back up plan.
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