Backgrounds from transfer paper

I've used a vinyl cutter with an optic eye, to contour cut around complex edges. I've also sub contracted dtg.

SO that would be for dark shirts right?
On a white shift i thought the idea was that the white left over background faded into the shirt colour?

I cut mine by hand fairly close but unless it's a very small run I don't work too hard on it.

You might try backing off a little on your clamp pressure. Not too much because you do want firm pressure...but it doesn't need to squish the shirt fibers. Also you may find that if you gently stretch the print it will soften up a bit. And you can tell your customers that it will soften up more the first time they wash it.

You can't fully eliminate it, but you can minimize it.

So if i ever transfer on to a dark shift i would always have to cut out all of the unwanted background of the transfer paper otherwise i would have white boxes around everything?

How would this work if you design had separate parts. WOuld they ll be loose and i would i have to try and line then up when pressing? For example a shape and then text that sat next to it.

The border will disappear after washing. There's no need to use a cutter for light transfers.

Exactly how it works. That's the drawback with opaque transfers.

Skinbus said:

Exactly how it works. That's the drawback with opaque transfers.

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Oh right. So with white shifts the background will slowly fade and for dark shirts using opaque i need to cut around the edge either with scissors or a contour cutter and then reline up when pressing?

simpso said:

I tmake the shirt look like a sticker has been stuck on instead of a printed design.

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It looks like a sticker because that's what it is. If you're going to offer JPSS print shirts you need to keep some samples around to set the customer expectation.

Explain to the customer beforehand that this is what their shirt will look like and make sure they understand this before you take the order.

headfirst said:

It looks like a sticker because that's what it is. If you're going to offer JPSS print shirts you need to keep some samples around to set the customer expectation.

Explain to the customer beforehand that this is what their shirt will look like and make sure they understand this before you take the order.

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I see. I dont mind the background showing if the edge vanishes as you said after a few washes. But is there a transfer paper then that does not leave this edge.

I saw a video on youtube where a guy had his transfers on what was a clear see through sheet which he would press and then peel leaving just the image behind.

Any ideas what that stuff is?

Thanks

HeadFirst- we had the same issue and tried the CL Trim Free transfer paper. It's designed to only transfer the part of the paper with the design and not the annoying background.

You have to print the image with a laser printer though (I haven't been able to find any that works with Ink Jet).

One frustrating thing though is we've had issues with inconsistent transfers. One part of the image comes off perfectly and another stays stuck to the paper and doesn't transfer to the shirt. We've been experimenting with different temperatures and pressure.

With opaque, you need to cut as close to the design as possible to eliminate the white bkgrd.

The clear see through is transfer mask. Here's an example.
https://www.heattransferwarehouse.com/product_info.php?products_id=397

GHEENEE1 said:

The clear see through is transfer mask. Here's an example.
https://www.heattransferwarehouse.com/product_info.php?products_id=397

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This may have been the stuff. Im guessing this would elminate the back ground inssues.
Do you print straight on to this and the press as normal?

simpso said:

This may have been the stuff. Im guessing this would elminate the back ground inssues.
Do you print straight on to this and the press as normal?

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No. You do not print directly onto this material. First, this materials states it is to be used with a solvent printer. There printers are amazing, but cost $10,000+. You print your image onto media made to be used with a solvent printer, then the image is cut, usually using a contour cutter (you can buy a printer that does both the printing and cutting), then "pick-up" the image using this transfer tape, and finally press the image on the transfer tape onto the final product. You still need to contour cut the printed image prior to pressing the garment.

Hope this helps,
Dane

Ok so i have done some more testing and came up with the following resultz using the following settings.
Using jet pro soft stretch on a white shirt . With the head press set to medium to hard pressure i cut one small transfer and one large almost a3 transfer.
I pressed the transfers for 30 seconds at 190 to 195 c . Left to cool for ten seconds and then pressed again for twenty second. Removing the shirt peeling whilst hot and then doing some light stretches.
What i found was the background for the small design completly vanished. You could see the cotton weave through lettering.
However the large design. The background is still visible.
Any ideas why this might be at ?