Some Tips To Run The Heat Transfers Prass Machine

What could be more fun that designing your own unique design, then printing it out on your own printer and having your own custom designed t-shirt within minutes! Today, hot-peel heat transfer press machine are as good a quality as direct print and other methods, and can even be accomplished very easily from a home printer using the proper paper.And it doesn't stop with just t-shirts. Heat transfers are even more easily applied to baseball caps and the same techniques can generally be applied to caps, although you'll need a cap press.

We'll focus proper technique for them below:Use 100% cotton or a cotton-polyester blend for best t-shirt results. Many are available and we find that the Haynes or Fruit of the Loom 100% cotton or blends work best for a broad range of heat transfers.Set your heat transfer press machine at 375-400° F (190-204° C) for best results.Lay the shirt over the pad of the heat press and smooth out any wrinkles. For best results, you can even pre-heat the shirt which warms it up and smooths out those wrinkles.

Place the heat transfer press machine printed side down (so you can read the design through the paper) and place about a ½ finger's length from the shirt collar as a general rule of thumb (no pun intended and don't use your thumb - use your index finger)!Lock the heating element into position and press with both hands - this requires a decent amount of pressure - this is the most common beginner's mistake in not applying enough pressure. The result would be that not all of the design goes on the shirt - so apply two-handed pressure.

Release the heat transfer press machine heating element after about 10 seconds, or 14 seconds for 100% cotton - again a general rule, but generally not more than 14 seconds.Immediately peel the transfer paper from top right hand corner to bottom left and do in a fairly rapid motion.Shirts should be cooled in a few minutes and ready.On laundering, always advise your customers to wash without bleach and immediately take out of the washer. Tumble dry no higher than the medium setting and turn the shirt inside out. And we never recommend ironing the transfer area of course!