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| pope |
 Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 5:13 pm |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 1:23 pm |
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hey there.
I've been screen printing comercially for about 3 years now and as far as i know the most popular Heat press (in Enagland, maybe the world) is those made by a company called Jarin. Thet are distributed by Europa sceen print machine suppliers and you can find them on the web.
As you asked in a previous message how they work i'll tell you. Basically it is exactly the same process as printing onto a shirt direct. The difference is you print your ink onto Silicon injected paper and then when the ink is still wet you dust it with acrylic glue powder, you then put the paper through your textiles dryer as you would with your shirt. The ink cures and the acrylic powder melts and bonds with the ink. You then heat up your press and lay the shirt on it it. Put you transfer on the tee glue down and heat press. When it is done (how long depends on the material) you wait till it is cooled and remove the paper and you'll have a well smooth quite plasticy looking finish. The good thing about them is that you can put plastersol ink transfers on pratically any material (neoprene, nylon etc) without having to melt your stuff in the dryer. Sericol do transfer inks but any plasterol ink (oil based textile ink) works just as well.
Good Luck
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 10:06 am |
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Thanks
[ This Message was edited by: pope on 2004-01-23 10:07 ] |
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