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Material for Nylon bags
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Permalink Reply by CYW on -
Eric, I use Opaque
I also have whatever Siser calls it's media for nylon....but I think it's more difficult to work with
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Permalink Reply by Eric Datanagan on -
HI Steven, I'm working on 100% nylon jackets, but since the lettering is white it doesn't need to be print media. Which heat transfer vinyl do you recommend? Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Kathy MacMannis on -
Call me crazy, but on our nylon we use just plain old specta eco film, and knock on wood have had no issues. I also have the eco film plus, which is specifically made for nylon. It is more difficult to weed, but the adhesive is made for nylon fabrics, and works very well. Recently we did 50 cinch sac bags and used the plain eco film and absolutely not one problem.
Kathy Mac
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Permalink Reply by Eric Datanagan on
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Thanks Kathy, I just ordered the eco film plu. These are for individual names, I hope I don't have weeding problems! Thanks again!!
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Permalink Reply by Kathy MacMannis on
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Ok, I am going to give you my secret weeding technique that only a few special people know about, so DO NOT TELL anyone. After your film is cut, go over to your heat press and with the material NOT on it, lower the heat press for about 5 seconds at the heat you will be using, say 303 degrees. Place the material on top and do your weeding on the platen. Weeds like butter. We do all of our weeding now on a warmed surface. When it gets not happy again, simply heat the platen again, and repeat We do have a teflon cover on our lower platen. Again, please keep in mind that this is a secret ;-)
Kathy Mac
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Permalink Reply by CYW on
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well, isn't that fascinating, girl!
can't wait to try it
I've heard the opposite........sticking the vinyl in the freezer
and I've been known to sit outdoors in the sun to weed non-sticky backed (my fav) vinyl
but never even considered that sticky + (a little) heat would work too
Neat
Mum's the word
lips are sealed
LOL LOL LOL
thanks
xoxoxox
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Permalink Reply by Eric Datanagan on
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Secret is my middle name! Thanks Kathy!
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Permalink Reply by Dennis Dunning on -
I gotta ask. Do you use this secret technique, the one I'm not supposed to know about, on a variety of materials that are harder to weed than others (like Solutions Opaque)?
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Permalink Reply by Kathy MacMannis on
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Geeesh Dennis who told you my secret technique???? I would say that I haven't tried it on opaque only because I realllllllllly try to stay away from that stuff! My suggestion would be to try it!! The way I figured it out was that my shop can be really chilly and at first I thought it was maybe a different batch of white, and I found it odd that certain things were more difficult to weed even though the they were suppose to be the same formula. It then just dawned on me that the only thing that changed was the heat in the store. Anyways it is such a huge difference in weeding time, and we do a ton of eco film, that it is worth it more me to have a second heat press going just for weeding. I don't put the temp that high though. The elves aren't allowed to weed anymore without using the heat press, because to me it's simply wasting time and money. I'm in the process of coming out with something, just going through all of the legal stuff. Actually Dennis, Vicki must be holding out on you, since I'm quite sure I showed her when she was at my store :-) Let me know how opaque works!
Kathy
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Permalink Reply by Dennis Dunning on
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I have heard people say that the second thing that goes as you get older is your memory -- I can't remember the first. That being said, it could be that Vicki told me and I forgot, Vicki forgot, or she is holding out on me. I'll have to check with Vicki.
Lastly, do you use eco film as an alternative to Solutions Opaque for applications on nylon?
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