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Offline mimosatexas

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Problems with heat pressing reflective vinyl?
« on: July 20, 2015, 03:15:15 PM »
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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Re: Problems with heat pressing reflective vinyl?
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2015, 03:20:33 PM »
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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Re: Problems with heat pressing reflective vinyl?
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2015, 03:22:57 PM »
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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Re: Problems with heat pressing reflective vinyl?
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2015, 03:25:34 PM »
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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Re: Problems with heat pressing reflective vinyl?
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2015, 03:28:04 PM »
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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Re: Problems with heat pressing reflective vinyl?
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2015, 03:52:50 PM »
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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Re: Problems with heat pressing reflective vinyl?
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2015, 04:25:06 PM »
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...

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Re: Problems with heat pressing reflective vinyl?
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2015, 05:06:19 PM »
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