Instruction Details
- Temperature:
- 400°F / 204.44°C
- Time:
- 60-75 seconds
- Pressure:
- Light
- Prepress:
- 10 seconds
- Substrate:
- BAG001 (Part numbers may vary by distributor)
Additional Items Needed
- Adhesive Spray
- Lint Roller
- Teflon Sheet
Heat Press Method Instructions
1. Cover the press with a protective sheet of paper.
2. Place the item, imaging side face up, on the paper and lint roll the entire area that will come into contact by the press.
3. Place a piece of protective paper between the layers of the fabric (if applicable) to prevent the image bleeding through to the other side.
4. Sticky lint roll the substrate and pre-heat.
5) Sticky lint roll the substrate while warm and then remove from the press and allow cooling.
6. Lightly mist transfer with DyeTrans Adhesive Spray.
7. Place the transfer on the fabric, smooth wrinkles.
8. Cover with protective paper or brown Teflon sheet and press.
Insert a sheet of paper inside the bag to protect from bleeding. Do not let nylon rope or carabiner touch the press as they will melt.
Small blue or red flecks may appear after pressing. To prevent this apply a sticky lint roller prior to and after pre-heating.
When pressing a small transfer onto fabric you might try placing a Mousepad beneath the surface of the area accepting the transfer – for example if a logo is to be pressed on the pocket of a shirt, place the pad between the two layers of the shirt underneath the pocket area. Cover the mouse pad with protective paper. Too much pressure and time may “imprint” the shape of the mouse pad onto the fabric.
Should you see scorching after transfer, spray a 50%/50% mixture of peroxide/distilled water or Oxyclean solution onto the substrate while it is hot. If it has already cooled, then simply reheat and spray. Rinse and dry with a hair dryer.
All garments will pill if allowed to dry completely in a dryer. To prevent this, it is recommended that you line dry 100% polyester. Should you wish to remove pilling, you can use a retail pill shaver, available where fabrics are sold, or a commercial shaver available at most professional laundry and dry cleaning shops.
Do not use chlorine bleach on any of these fabrics.
Teflon pillows are now available as heat pressing tools when sublimating to fabric. The Teflon pillows are placed inside or under the image area of fabric and help fabric to “meet” heat platen. This procedure minimizes hard edge sometimes resulting from heat platen, and better imaging to bulky areas of fabric. Condé now carries this product in a variety of sizes.
Stack Order for Heat Press
- HEAT PRESS PLATEN
- PROTECTIVE PAPER
- TRANSFER
- SUBSTRATE
- PROTECTIVE PAPER
- BOTTOM TABLE
