New Year’s Day is nearly here! It is time to fill your house with decorations and cheer. You’ll also want to consider hanging out your adorable stockings. This will help put a smile on your family’s faces while getting everyone in the mood for the holidays. If you truly wish to go all out and add a little originality to your decorations, you’ll want to create your own stockings with your top heat transfer machine. Today we are going to share some tips about how to get the best result when using the machine.
Using the Right Fabrics on the Heat Press
Heat press machines can handle a wide range of fabrics, but that doesn’t mean every fabric you put on the machine will react to the heat press in the same way. You should avoid printing on materials sensitive to heat or have a low melting point when placed under a hot surface, like an iron.
Fabrics like cotton, spandex, nylon, polyester, and lycra all react well under a heat press. It is also important to remember that if you are washing your fabric after printing, you shouldn’t wash it before. This is to prevent wrinkles that won’t look good on your garment.
Load Your Materials Correctly
heat transfer machine To get the best result from the heat press calender, you need to make sure you straighten the garment during the loading process. The fabric shouldn’t be wrinkled at all if you want to get a clear, even image. Even if you carefully load a wrinkled garment, the design will come out crooked.
The best way to make sure your garment is straight is to align the material with the back of the heat press and then go to the section that will put the laser to your material. It is also important to stretch your material to make sure the design doesn’t come out with cracks in it.
Test Printing on Your Heat Transfer Machine
When possible, it’s best to test. You can use spare material or a piece of transfer paper to get a good idea of what your design will look like on the material you will actually be using.
Choose the Best Transfer Paper Vinyl
The transfer paper you are using should be a good match with the material and design of your heat press. There is a range of different transfer papers you can choose from, including inkjet and laser, and you need to get the right type for your specific heat press.
