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For single colors mix your xfer powder into the ink before printing. Hit the sweet spot on adhesive just liketextiles in that it sticks but doesn't want to live there forever. You'll likely still get some amount on the backwhich means having to use the teflon sheet on the heat press.
I do exactly what Frog mentioned.I built a vacuum table, wooden base covered with a sheet of PVC with small holes drilled into it.I connect this to a vacuum.Very easy to do.I am planning on building another one that can fit onto a manual printer.
From Union :Hot-melt adhesive powders act as a very adhesive glue when heated and can allow you to apply transfers in situations where otherwise they would not adhere. There are several methods for adding them to transfers, depending on the type of transfer and the type of powder. Finely ground adhesive powders can be mixed with the ink before printing, generally 10-15% powder by weight. This is the usual method with puff transfers and for transfers which will be foiled.More often the adhesive powder is applied to the surface of the transfer after printing. There are several ways for doing this. The most common is to fill a box large enough to hold a transfer with adhesive powder an inch or so deep. After printing the transfer, pass the paper through the box, scooping it under the powder in such a manner that the entire printed surface of the transfer is covered with the adhesive powder. Shake the excess powder back into the box as you lift the transfer out, then gel the transfer. You can also fill a large salt shaker with adhesive powder and shake it onto the transfer, coating the ink thoroughly. Remember to shake the excess powder off the transfer back into a box for re-use before passing the transfer through the dryer.
Quote from: Frog on December 18, 2019, 12:19:15 PMFrom Union :Hot-melt adhesive powders act as a very adhesive glue when heated and can allow you to apply transfers in situations where otherwise they would not adhere. There are several methods for adding them to transfers, depending on the type of transfer and the type of powder. Finely ground adhesive powders can be mixed with the ink before printing, generally 10-15% powder by weight. This is the usual method with puff transfers and for transfers which will be foiled.More often the adhesive powder is applied to the surface of the transfer after printing. There are several ways for doing this. The most common is to fill a box large enough to hold a transfer with adhesive powder an inch or so deep. After printing the transfer, pass the paper through the box, scooping it under the powder in such a manner that the entire printed surface of the transfer is covered with the adhesive powder. Shake the excess powder back into the box as you lift the transfer out, then gel the transfer. You can also fill a large salt shaker with adhesive powder and shake it onto the transfer, coating the ink thoroughly. Remember to shake the excess powder off the transfer back into a box for re-use before passing the transfer through the dryer.This method does work, BUT it will put a shelf life on your ink, as it will become tacky, and eventually to puddy like to print and flood correctly.Action Engineering also makes a ton of vacuum pallets.