It is difficult if the background is a solid color.
What big thing do you want to press?
What big thing do you want to press?
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It is very difficult (and in some cases next to impossible) to transfer one design in several pressings with a seamless professional and consistent look. Especially if you are working with solid block colours, as David said.
Some abstract and "distressed" types of designs could be a bit more fogiving to imperfections, but generally matching partial prints is a difficult task.
There is a very high chance of previous prints bleeding, ghosting and smudging; if 2 prints slightly overlap there will be more intense colour streak...
When I got my first heat press years ago it was 40 cm x 60 cm and very soon I wanted a bigger one because I could think of bigger things to press.
Now I have 2 plane shuttle 900 cm x 1300 cm - and I still want a bigger one as now I often want/need to press even bigger things
Probably next step will be adding a roller press.
What I'm trying to say - go as big as you can afford, if you can put enough work through it I don't think you will regret it.
Some abstract and "distressed" types of designs could be a bit more fogiving to imperfections, but generally matching partial prints is a difficult task.
There is a very high chance of previous prints bleeding, ghosting and smudging; if 2 prints slightly overlap there will be more intense colour streak...
When I got my first heat press years ago it was 40 cm x 60 cm and very soon I wanted a bigger one because I could think of bigger things to press.
Now I have 2 plane shuttle 900 cm x 1300 cm - and I still want a bigger one as now I often want/need to press even bigger things
Probably next step will be adding a roller press.What I'm trying to say - go as big as you can afford, if you can put enough work through it I don't think you will regret it.
waitaminute... am I reading that right? That's something like... over 40 foot wide?Now I have 2 plane shuttle 900 cm x 1300 cm - and I still want a bigger one as now I often want/need to press even bigger things
What do you sublimate with such a large press? Giant flags/Banners? Or is it so you can press a whole order of T's all at once? LOL
...and where exactly do you go to even purchase a press that large?
I think he may have been mm instead of cm.waitaminute... am I reading that right? That's something like... over 40 foot wide?
What do you sublimate with such a large press? Giant flags/Banners? Or is it so you can press a whole order of T's all at once? LOL
...and where exactly do you go to even purchase a press that large?
I did find one press that would work, it's 20x44 but a little out of my price range for now. I think I may just outsource the sublimation work entirely and worry about getting the items sewn and selling them before diving in too deep.
Sorry, should have been 90 cm x 130 cmwaitaminute... am I reading that right? That's something like... over 40 foot wide?
What do you sublimate with such a large press? Giant flags/Banners? Or is it so you can press a whole order of T's all at once? LOL
...and where exactly do you go to even purchase a press that large?
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