5 Heat Printing Mistakes to AVOID
5 Heat Printing Mistakes to AVOID
1. Not Checking Your Pressure
In order to provide your client with quality garments, you need to be able to control your heat press' time, temperature and pressure. This is because heat transfers and heat transfer vinyl are manufactured with a specific recipe that must be adhered to for an accurate application.
Too light pressure and your transfer will not adhere properly and will peel after just a few washes.
2. Over Pressuring Your Heat Press
Heat Transfers are designed to adhere at a specific Time, Temperature and Pressure so it is vital that this recipe is followed.
An over pressured heat press will not only leave an unprofessional box mark on your garment, your transfer may not adhere correctly and eventually, your heat press will break from the strain! Too heavy pressure will also push all of the glue on the back of your transfer out and away from where it needs to be, resulting in a transfer that will not adhere properly.
3. Not Isolating Your Print Area
Your heat press takes its pressure reading from the highest raised area on the platen. This means that if you have a zip or a seam on your heat press platen, your heat transfer is not receiving an accurate fuse.
Using the Hotronix Interchangeable Platen system, you can choose from over 15 platen sizes to fit any print area so that you can isolate your print space and fuse with certainty that you're providing the best quality for your client.
4. You're Using An Unreliable Heat Press
Not all heat presses are created equally!
Cheap import presses are not made to the same standard as a Hotronix.
To ensure your garments are getting an accurate fuse, your heat press upper platen temperature should be accurate to the degree with edge-to-edge heat distribution and pressure.
5. Fusing Transfers Twice
If you're fusing your heat transfers twice, it's likely that you don't need to be or you are using a below-quality heat transfer manufacturer!
Not only does this risk scorching your garment but it is wasting up to 12 seconds with every transfer application. You could be doubling your production time, doubling your business revenue and then doubling your profit by switching to a better heat transfer supplier.
If you're looking for a quality heat press manufacturer, Hotronix are the worlds most innovative heat press manufacturer.