Hello all,
Just popped by and thought that this place was ideal to try and get some help. You all seem to know your stuff so here goes.
Today I tried my first t-shirt transfer. I was using a full colour photo image printed with an OKI laser printer. The image came out on the transfer paper lovely. Clear as day. The paper I used was from a place in the UK called 'The Magic Touch' and is called 'TTC 3.1'.
I wanted to print my image onto a black shirt. To do this I was told that I needed some white opaque paper also. So, I pre-heated my heat press to 180degrees celcius/370 fahrenheit. I placed my printed image face down (reverse) on top of the opaque paper and put them into the heat press for 10 seconds. This stuck them together. I then trimmed around the edges and peeled of the backing of the opaque side and there was my transfer.
Then the problems began.
I put my shirt into the heat press and pre-heated it for 30 seconds to get rid of the moisture. Then I placed my transfer on top and pressed it for 20 seconds. The image didn't stick around the edges, so I pressed it for another 20 seconds. Same result. Eventually I pressed it again for another 40 seconds. The image seemed to be stuck down ok.
The problem I have is that when I go to peel away the backing of the transfer it is just stuck to the image. It seems to tear and just doesn't want to peel off.
What am I doing wrong? Too much heat? Not enough? Too little time in press or too much? Am I using the right methods or papers? I am just massively confused. Everywhere I look tells me something different. I'm also in the UK, so sources of transfer paper are limited.
Any help/answers would be massively appreciated. Thanks for your time.
Just popped by and thought that this place was ideal to try and get some help. You all seem to know your stuff so here goes.
Today I tried my first t-shirt transfer. I was using a full colour photo image printed with an OKI laser printer. The image came out on the transfer paper lovely. Clear as day. The paper I used was from a place in the UK called 'The Magic Touch' and is called 'TTC 3.1'.
I wanted to print my image onto a black shirt. To do this I was told that I needed some white opaque paper also. So, I pre-heated my heat press to 180degrees celcius/370 fahrenheit. I placed my printed image face down (reverse) on top of the opaque paper and put them into the heat press for 10 seconds. This stuck them together. I then trimmed around the edges and peeled of the backing of the opaque side and there was my transfer.
Then the problems began.
I put my shirt into the heat press and pre-heated it for 30 seconds to get rid of the moisture. Then I placed my transfer on top and pressed it for 20 seconds. The image didn't stick around the edges, so I pressed it for another 20 seconds. Same result. Eventually I pressed it again for another 40 seconds. The image seemed to be stuck down ok.
The problem I have is that when I go to peel away the backing of the transfer it is just stuck to the image. It seems to tear and just doesn't want to peel off.
What am I doing wrong? Too much heat? Not enough? Too little time in press or too much? Am I using the right methods or papers? I am just massively confused. Everywhere I look tells me something different. I'm also in the UK, so sources of transfer paper are limited.
Any help/answers would be massively appreciated. Thanks for your time.