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I need to cobble together small "hot box" for transfer paper

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BorisB:

--- Quote from: Itsa Little CrOoked on January 17, 2016, 09:24:11 PM ---I've searched and searched. I am only doing 12x12 at this point  so it doesn't need to be huge.

I tried a heating pad but it doesn't have enough heat (wattage) and I'm really struggling with paper stability.

The 2nd pass might be off 15 or 20 thousandths or more....but that's just a guess. I haven't really measured.  I'm trying to do my 1st trip down the tunnel at the same temp and dwell as the first gelling pass.

Anybody have a good one they care to share the design details for?

Thanks!
Stan

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We only styrene boxes like this:

http://www.jbpackaging.co.uk/thermo-boxes.html

Keeps paper warm, and moisture out.

Itsa Little CrOoked:
Thanks Boris!

It looks like there might be a possibility there.

What do you use for your heating element?

Frog:
I believe that this method is more of a storage in a controlled environment rather than a conditioning chamber like you desire.

Itsa Little CrOoked:
Well...then maybe a similar box with just a Walgreen's style heating pad will do. I have one of those to test, but it sure doesn't get very warm.

And I googled a box like Boris showed in his link, and nothing similar showed up on this side of pond in a brief search. Those looked slick, for sure.

I have some Really Useful Boxes from Office Depot that aren't insulated, but sure could be.

Pass to pass, I am just amazed at how much dimensional movement I'm getting from the papers I've experimented with. The transfer specialty houses surely must work in a controlled enviornment. 

But I know this can be done in a tee shirt printshop. Several of our TSB memebers do it regularly. Mimosatexas for sure and  LarryK just to name 2 of many.

Frog:
When I did transfers, I always ran the paper through the dryer first to "pre-shrink" , but that could get crazy on big runs.

Perhaps, all you need, would be similar to the plywood ink warming boxes I used to see that merely used an incandescent light bulb as a heat source.

If I had to do what you are discussing, I'd probably simply store my paper in my screen-drying cabinet.

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