Kelly I thought for some reason alot of people have commented on the rough feel of the jpss after peeling.
Yes, me included, like above. I loved Ironall for that buttery peel and silky smooth finish, but Ironall has that fade issue. Trading that peel and finish for everything JPSS offers in return is the concession. It's still a pretty good finish, but I always dislike that ever so slightly gritty feel. Some folks think it is the polymer raising as the paper is pulled off and drying in the "up" position.
sunnydayz said:
what was the thread Rhonda posted, didnt that one have some good ideas for a smoother feel?
Yeah, that is a very clever idea that Rhonda has come up with to solve the problem with cold peel shirts. It's thought the cold peel lets the polymer cool off and "set" in a flat position, so when it is peeled, it is set and doesn't stick to the paper like in a hot peel, giving it the smoother finish.
But we already know from Chani's tests that a cold peel shirt will crack in the wash, unless washed on *hot* the first time. Those are tricky wash instructions to sell a shirt with. Most of us thought, better to have a little grit than possibly a cracked shirt being returned by a customer, right?
What Rhonda is experimenting with is the cold peel with a twist of re-heating it with a second press after is it peeled (cold). The shirt did not crack in the wash, so it looks really promising.
I am just concerned with the amount of time a fully cold peel and reheat will take to do, it may add too much time to the process for me.
Before Rhonda's post, I have been spending my time working on peeling as hot as I can because folks have said they have gotten that buttery peel and silky smooth finish out of JPSS like you do with Ironall, when peeled super extremely immediately while hot - so I had been seeking my oasis in that.
Although, I sometimes think re-pressing wth parchment paper may give me that smoother finish I want because my teflon does have a texture as well.
Next week I hope to be firing up the press to check all of this stuff out. I really, really want to try Rhonda's method out. If I can get the smoother finish and not have cracking in the wash I would probably do it that way, I just have to make sure the process isn't too slow... inkjet heat transfer is already slow enough when performed by me.
