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Majestic Leper · July 20th, 2007

I just got my own vinyl cutter and heat press and got some heat seal vinyl and I'm having the worst time with this stuff. I've been doing this stuff for years and I just struck out on my own. I ordered this "spectra cut II" vinyl and this stuff is real tough: tough to weed, bad adhesion to cotton shirts and cotton twill, and it behaves differently than vinyl I'm more familiar with.

Heck, when I increase heat and pressure, it actually adheres worse than low temp and pressure!

Question: What vinyl brands do you use and WHY and how much do you pay and where can I get me some. The why is the important part.

secondary question: If you know how to improve the way spectra cut 2 vinyl is printing, please let me know.

TahoeTomahawk · July 20th, 2007

We had the same experiences with the Spectra Cut II.
We switched over to Hotmark 70, great stuff. Super easy to weed, simple to press and has a very soft touch.

Majestic Leper · July 21st, 2007

Glad I'm not the only one

where do you get this hotmark 70?

-MJ

COEDS · July 21st, 2007

I also use Hotmark 70,I purchase from Shop for Screen printing supplies & equipment,embroidery supplies,Digital printers,Digital Cutters,Garment printers, media and more!. They are located in the columbus.ohio area. ... Good luck. ...JB

TahoeTomahawk · July 21st, 2007

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Originally Posted by COEDS


	I also use Hotmark 70,I purchase from Shop for Screen printing supplies & equipment,embroidery supplies,Digital printers,Digital Cutters,Garment printers, media and more!. They are located in the columbus.ohio area. ... Good luck. ...JB

I buy from the same place.

rusty · July 21st, 2007

There are a lot of old discussions on the difficultlies (and successes) of SpectraCut II. Were you using white? That seems to be the color with the most problems. The other two most popular options were ThermoFlex Plus and MultiCut from Joto.

JIM · July 21st, 2007

i've had better luck by "warm" peeling than "cold" peeling. i wait only about 15 - 20 seconds. it seems the longer you let it cool the harder it is to peel.

leisure · July 21st, 2007

Multicut all the way I have had GREAT success with this Thanks to another forum member.Check them out at jotopaper.com hope I'm allowed to give that out.

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Originally Posted by rusty


	There are a lot of old discussions on the difficultlies (and successes) of SpectraCut II. Were you using white? That seems to be the color with the most problems. The other two most popular options were ThermoFlex Plus and MultiCut from Joto.

mazinger · July 21st, 2007

hello

im using thermoflex ll its easy to me so far ....

rusty · July 21st, 2007

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Originally Posted by JIM


	i've had better luck by "warm" peeling than "cold" peeling. i wait only about 15 - 20 seconds. it seems the longer you let it cool the harder it is to peel.

You warm peel with SpectraCut II??? For me, the vinyl peels right off the shirt when I've tried that. If you are talking about ThermoFlex Plus, then yes, it usually warm peels pretty nicely.

theflowerboxx · July 21st, 2007

Multicut is all I am using now, it is about the same price as thermoflex plus and comes in 20" width compared to thermoflex plus 15" and it works as well, if not better then thermoflex plus.

Robin · July 21st, 2007

I just purchased a 2nd roll of spectra cut II, thinking Id give it another try. They have changed the heat setting for the white. Im not at the shop, so I cant check the sheet that came with it. But its a higher temp, for a long time.

Anything big and chunky was fine to pull off the mylar backing, but the fussy twirly stuff was brutal, and taking shirt fibres off with little tails of fonts. But if I completely cooled the shirt, then set it back on the heat press, and let the bottom plate just warm the shirt a bit under the lettering, it peeled off much more smoothly. You just cant warm it too much or you have to start all over. I havent had any trouble with any other colors lately.

knifemaker3 · July 24th, 2007

I just ruined another navy blue shirt today using SCII. I have an order to get out and am going to have to get another brand real quick. I did an order with yellow
SCII the other day and everything worked ok. Todays was with the white. I've had the same trouble as everyone else with the white and this roll I just bought less than a month ago. I'm switching to something else at least in white just out of neccessity.

leisure · July 24th, 2007

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Originally Posted by knifemaker3


	I just ruined another navy blue shirt today using SCII. I have an order to get out and am going to have to get another brand real quick. I did an order with yellow SCII the other day and everything worked ok. Todays was with the white. I've had the same trouble as everyone else with the white and this roll I just bought less than a month ago. I'm switching to something else at least in white just out of neccessity.

Please try the multicut from Jotopaper you won't be sorry

badalou · July 24th, 2007

I am with Brenda on this one. Multicut works for me. I didn't really have aproblem with Spectra Cut other than small pieces coming up and it was hard to get them back down.Also because I am in California the shipping was costly. There is a another company I tried also called Hot Fix film. They are located in Southern cal . orice is good but the vinyle is thicker then i like but it has a tacky surface.