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Heat Seal - Heat Press - Whatever you want to call it! => General Heat Seal => Topic started by: mimosatexas on July 20, 2015, 03:15:15 PM
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I am following the suggested settings for heat pressing reflective vinyl and it is being a pain in the ass. the backing is not sticky, but when heat pressed it is straight up adhering to the shirt and i have to really pull at it to get it to release from the fabric. Anyone have any experience with this stuff and know what might be causing this?
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Have you called the manufacturer tech? I know that tech support at Specialty Materials is freakin' great. I don't know about Siser, but I seem to remember that they took care of me.
What brand are you using?
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we've done a lot of this stuff with no troubles following the direction sheet... are you sure you're getting the protective layer off? the stuff is kinda sandwiched in.
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we've done a lot of this stuff with no troubles following the direction sheet... are you sure you're getting the protective layer off? the stuff is kinda sandwiched in.
A perfect place for this, but I hope I'm wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw9oX-kZ_9k (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw9oX-kZ_9k)
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there's a liner on the material that needs to be removed before cutting/applying.
like this:
---- carrier sheet ----
material
---- liner ----
you need to remove the liner before working with it.
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yes, liner has been removed. The issue isn't with the material itself adhering, but rather the mylar type backing also adhering like crazy to the fabric. I can kind of get it off by heating and removing the heat a few times and working at a corner, but then it distorts the crap out of the fabric. Just wondering why the backing would be so sticky...
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Yes, we had a similar issue. We were using Imprintables Warehouse Spectra something, switched to Siser EasyWeed. It's still a little tricky cutting and weeding though...
Steve
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ok got it to "work". Had to lower my pressing temp to 275 (on the dial and checked with laser thermometer), then press for like 1 second, then carefully peel the backing and do the actual 5 second press. That mostly worked, though I had to reposition some of the vinyl on every other one which made it take forever. Had two sort of tear on me too.
I'm using this stuff (i think): http://www.rivercitygraphicsupply.com/products/details/siser-easyweed-15-reflective-heat-transfer-vinyl (http://www.rivercitygraphicsupply.com/products/details/siser-easyweed-15-reflective-heat-transfer-vinyl)