Some posters have done koozies with vinyl and others with Jet Pro Soft Stretch transfer paper. A lot will depend on the colors you are pressing.

Do a search on "heat press koozies" for more info.

 

Thanks for the reply. I will keep looking through the threads to see if I can find more info.

 

I would test one out with a plastisol transfer. See if your vendor will let you buy one sample koozie. If you don't have any sample or extra plastisol transfers to test with, and you want to try that, pm me and I'll send you one.

 

This took about a half hour to layout with the diamond plate-cut and another 15-20 to weed. Thermoflex gold and worth every minute The inside tag sez...90% polyester-10% Neoprene and took heat well.

 

I have used plastisol transfers on koozies.

 

Hi Rohnda,
New to this and was wondering do you heat press koozies with mug or flat press? I need to do some and was thinking to buy a mug press that does 11oz size but then heard everyone uses a flat press. I think you mention you put a chip board inside?
Thanks! Oliver

 

I use a mouse pad..cut to shape and slip it inside to raise the print surface.

 

I have never done koozies, is there reall a call for them?

Art

 

Here in Florida driks get cold quickly, there's demand here for sure...

Gerry, thanks for the tip! Do you leave the round base outside of the platen? Ever used a mug press to do them?

 

Thank you.

Art

 

I heat press can holders, bottle holders and seat belt pads all made of this material, i use vinyl, and transfers,, just fine,,
go for it,,,
This is a great item for schools
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Thanks Sandy Jo! Do you use a flat press or a mug press? Appreciated!

 

If i am using a collapsable koozie,, or seat belt pad i use a flat press, if i am using a shaped koozie i use a hat press..
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I use my flat 15x15. If the koozie isnt collapsible i leave the bottom hanging out of the press, but have done it with the whole thing in..and it worked too. Try a few ways till you find your groove.

 

gerry, great idea
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I really like using the opaque heat trans. for darks on hats and coozies instead of t shirts..really want to try the imageclips someday..but then again I want to do alot of things..someday.

 

I really like using the opaque heat trans. for darks on hats and coozies instead of t shirts..really want to try the imageclips someday..but then again I want to do alot of things..someday.

I bought 40 pieces from here: blank koozies,cosies,wholesale koozies,beer huggies,can huggers

Good price per piece and in large quantity.

I used Imageclip on both sides as shown in the photos below :

 

whats koozie??? someone...

 

a foam wrap for pop cans,beer bottles...keeps em' cold in the heat.

 

Thanks for the link chip
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Thanks for your feedback and sharing of knowlede Gerry, Chip and Sandy Jo! Really appreciate it... being new to this the pointers really help! I still need to get the koozies so also thanks for the link chip!

So verdict is flat press V mug press.

Will dive in and get my feet wet!...

 

I don't buy from the company I used the link for. Just an example for somebody who asked what a koozie was. I use the same as the Marylin below. I thought their shipping was a little higher than it should be but the koozies are good quality.
Sorry for misleading.

www.blankkoozies.com

 

Here is another place to find the koozies. Their prices are a little cheaper and they will let you mix and match colors for the discount prices.

Blank Collapsible Can Koozie

 

Thanks Martilyn and Luis for the links! Any recomendations for qulity long neck zipper bottle Kooxies?

Also ayone have an idea who manufactured that fantastic high end full bottle Koozie for the Veuve Cliqot last year?

 

Hi Karen,
I have done some on collasible koozies. But I don't advertise them because if they look on the computor, they can buy them a lot cheaper than I would have to charge to even break even.
I use a cad cutter with thermofilm. They turn out great, but for the time for the weeding small lettering, I can't make anything off of them, and it is very time consuming. They are great for my advertising and for special occasions for close friends and family. So I do keep some on hand.
I always thought the screen printing is probably the cheapest. I want to learn it some day, but have not been lucky enough to find someone to help me get started in it yet.
Good luck in whatever you decide. If anyone has a secret to making a little off of them with vinyl I would be interested in learning it too.
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Hi Karen,
I have done some on collasible koozies. But I don't advertise them because if they look on the computor, they can buy them a lot cheaper than I would have to charge to even break even.
I use a cad cutter with thermofilm. They turn out great, but for the time for the weeding small lettering, I can't make anything off of them, and it is very time consuming. They are great for my advertising and for special occasions for close friends and family. So I do keep some on hand.
I always thought the screen printing is probably the cheapest. I want to learn it some day, but have not been lucky enough to find someone to help me get started in it yet.
Good luck in whatever you decide. If anyone has a secret to making a little off of them with vinyl I would be interested in learning it too.
lindaschallenge

On-line pricing IS very very competitive which is true of shirts as well. Its hard to make money with vinyl in large qty. However most if not all on-line providers have a minimum qty order. That number is usually 100. Plus, I noticed most if not all charge a set-up fee ($30 to $40) and some charge an art fee. If they don't charge the per piece pricing is higher. Freight is extra on about 1/2 the sites. And some are 1 sided prints only. The second side (same exact image and color) is extra.

Your advantage is you actually get to meet the people and build some trust. You can provide smaller qty's and since many people do not need 100. Vinyl will work well for smaller qtys. I am considering stocking 5 to 6 colors. I have not decided how many per color. At discountkoozie.com you can mix and match colors and still get the discount based on qty.

All printers offer t-shirts and sweats. This may help set you apart. Don't be concerned about charging enough to make some money. I have a co-worker at my "real" job who did not buy from a website because the minimum was 20 pieces and they did not want thay many! I could do 20 pieces and charge enough to make some money. See this link as an example. Lower qtys but a lot of extra charges.

Pricing Can coolers | beer huggers huggies, cheap

I'm going to rearch more and see if there is an opportunity.

 

Hey, Thanks, when you look at it that way, maybe I will try to advertise more for short orders. I hadn't really advertised much because didn't think anyone would be interested if they could get cheaper over the internet, but like you said, they do have the extra charges that are included.

Can you tell me if a smaller blade is needed to weeding out the smaller lettering easier.
Thanks for your time.
Linda

 

I had and (still have to some degree) a BAD habit of looking at what I can't do instead of what I can do. I was making decisions for potential customers as far as whether they would buy a product or not.

As far as cutting and weeding vinyl for koozies I use the same blade and weeding tools I use with t-shirts. Designs for koozies are fairly clean and simple. Screen printing does not carry a lot of detail when printing on a koozie. Keep your art simple and text sans serif.

 

chip so you had transfers made and you presssed them right?
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Right

I used Versatrans because I have used them before for shirts and they were at Printwear Show in Charlotte. I took the koozies to the show looking for a suggestion and they pressed some of their samples right there.

I tried some samples from F&M as well. I ask F&M to send yhem but no until I had ordered from Versatrans. They worked good too. Both the Freedom and SPOT ink formulas pressed easy with no damage to the koozies.

Since I did 100 koozies (2 sided print) plastisol was much easier to use than vinyl which I had considered. I ganged 15 images (same image) on an 11 x 17 sheet. The only bad part was cutting the images out of the gang sheet. Not hard but time consuming. Not as bad as vinyl would have been.

 

thanks chip,
I just recieved some samples from them also, and was very happy with the detail of how they sample to us, letting us know exactly which process is which. ect..
Thanks for the input , I for one found it very informative.
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