[spore]

When you're heating up your press, do you leave it open or closed?

 

[freshlysqueezed]

Uhmmm good questine I leave mine open because I thought It would melt the spongee stuff on the bottom of the press......

 

[freshlysqueezed]

But wait for the pros to answer....I believe I'm right though

 

[Twanabee]

I do not belive it makes a difference. The bottom pad is silicone and can take up to 1,200 degrees F. I leave mine open all the time.

 

[lben]

I leave mine open too.

 

[freshlysqueezed]

I gusse if you were in a rush it would be faster to heat up being closed

 

[Twanabee]

No it would not. Why heat the bottom platten when you don't have to. Your directing heat to where it is not needed. Leave it open.

 

[freshlysqueezed]

Really? I would pressume other wise because when you leave it open it heats the air on the bottom of the heating element but the silicone would be like an instilator so I belive it would heat faster... I will test it and post my results I gusse...

 

[Twanabee]

Kyle...you may be right time wise but again, why heat something that you don't need to. Placing your first shirt on a hot bottom platten will give you nothing but a facial.

 

[freshlysqueezed]

Ohh yeah never thought about that part haha!

 

[vadan]

We heat up open, but hen we never close the press. Is that bad? I've heard you cab ware out the joints quicker by opening/closing all the time. We have an auto.

 

[Twanabee]

I hope you open and close to do the shirts. The "joints" on the upper platten will work for years. I give them a squirt with WD40 once a month to keep them lubed. Just make sure that it does not get on the lupper platten when it's hot.

 

[vadan]

Haha yeah I do.. We have no safety issues here so just leave it open. Seems hassle to open n close especially cos u gota put the lil screw key in to hold it down.

 

[freshlysqueezed]

You mean store it open Im not sure I store mine closed that might be bad because pressure could build up and snap something if the conditions were right.....

 

[vadan]

Yeah sorry that's what I meant. I read about he pressure too.

 

[freshlysqueezed]

Idk we will have to wait for a pro to respond to see if we should store it open or closed........