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I have been asked to produce vinyl heat tranfers for a local screen printing company. I am new to this side of the vinyl business. It appears that once the vinyl is weeded, the exposed surface is sticky. Is there an application tape to protect the decal or are they supposed to weed the product prior to applying to the shirt? Thanks!
I made the mistake of weeding art work and placed it aside instead of pressing it on the garment. Big, Big mistake. When I finally went to retrieve it, it had so must dust and debris on it that I could not use it. I also placed it in a big yellow folder thinking that would keep it from dust but it is stuck to the inside of the folder now. I tried pulling the two apart but it just ripped part of the folder so I trashed it. Now when I print vinyl I immediately press it. Maybe I will try the suggestions plan b made if the need occurs in the future.
no - just dont leave it around water or anything sticker
once you cut it, put it in a big folder or something
I guess I should explain a little deeper, although your answers are helping! If I were to have 20 transfers to cut, lets say, with a name and number, how should i package these items to get them to the customer? The videos I have watched online today, the vinyl appears to be pretty sticky.
For the exposed transfer on the stack, cover with Parchment paper, the others can just stack on top of each other, using the carrier sheet to protect from debris/dust
Have done many vinyl numbers and names and such. If I don't press them right away and when I weed them, I just lay them on top of eachother and the last one I flip to protect the bottom of the stack. . . The vinyl does not lift off simply because it relies on the heat to release from the carrier paper . . . or if lettering is fine detailed you could run into problems there.
The celophane route is the most profesional looking by far,, I have cut and shipped more weeded transfers than I want to remember, I cut weed and then cut them into individual transfers,, it makes a finished product were all your customers have to do is grab and press,, I used the cellophane method and would ship 200 to 300 at a time this way just boxed up and sent ups,, with the back of the transfer protected you can ship them anyway you want.
i dont think the cellophane is more professional, lit seams to me like an added expense. Like others have said there really is no need, you simply put your first transfer on the bench face up then place every other transfer face up on top, we have sent 100's at our work doing this
Celophane is cheap, also it eleminates the problem of humidity, dust etc. penetrating the exposed parts of the image by sealing, also some time people order these and store them or do not use them right away. Believe me I learned a hard lesson on this, better safe than have a problem, some people have a tendency to cheap out, I tried that route, didn't work out so well, so I don't anymore. Give it a shot with the celophane and do it the other way,, see for yourself.
Selling vinyl to a tshirt company 
