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I'm fairly new to the tshirt printing world but learning all the time. However, there's one problem that keeps coming up that I can't seem to get rid of - any help would be greatly appreciated.
I use flock mostly - after I've plotter cut the flock and weeded it I trim the backing paper (well - its actually thin plastic for the flock I use) to a shape roughly around the flock. This is then heat pressed onto the garment. The flock is a cold peel but when its cold, you tend to get a line of glue staying on the tshirt from the edge of the backing but the rest of the print is good.. So you can see the shape of the backing paper I cut through this thin line of glue around the print.
If I hot peel its less of a problem, but sometimes then the glue stays on the flock and ruins that.
Anyone else have this problem - and have a way around it?
I dont know a way around it, but I do know that it wash out in the wash. I had printed flock ontop of a t-shirt transfer, and the entire outline and leftover fluff also stuck to the transfer. I was quite dissappointed, but after tossing it in the machine, it was all gone.
Toss one in the washing machine, to see if it will work with what you are doing.
It sounds like you maybe should check your temp and pressure on your press,, you should not have to trim the backing on your flock,, some materials like nylon and some polyesters there is no where for the adhesive to go but to squeeze out the sides so pressure and temprature is the key. Hope this helps.
Thanks for the replies. I only ever print on cotton and the temperature setting is from the flock instructions.. I have reduced pressure since I started and only work with light/medium pressure these days but I'll play around with it and see if it gets any less.
Flock glue problem 
