When Heat Pressing,Pre-transfer Will Avoid These Unnecessary Damages

Do you know the benefits of pre-transfer of Heat Pressing?Here are some tips of pre-transfer when pre-press your garments.

1. Pre-Pressing Removes Moisture

Heat transfer printing is a common printing methods,nowadays.Perhaps the primary reason for pre-pressing your garments is to remove the moisture – in fact, many of the other reasons follow out from this.

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Removing moisture from your t-shirts (or other substrates) is so important to do. You can think of it as priming wooden boards for painting, or having a dress rehearsal before a show. Pre-pressing prepares your surface for the transfer.
It doesn't really matter if you are doing a plastic, inkjet, sublimation or vinyl transfer. All are greatly benefited and helped by doing a pre-press. It is important.
If it's t-shirts that you are pressing, they are likely produced overseas. Coming from Tropical areas and having been sea-borne, they can have a high moisture content.
This does have a very real effect on how your transfers apply to the surface of your t-shirt. Too much moisture and it's likely your print or transfer will not last long through the wash or through general wear and tear.

Pre-pressing for at least 5 seconds, until the steam ceases (but before you scorch your garment), will ensure a longer life for your product.

It can seem like a pain in the neck, but carry on none-the-less. You will likely regret it if you do not.

2. The Heat Transfer Pre-Press Removes Wrinkles

This is somewhat obvious, but sometimes the obvious is good to state.

Pre-pressing your garment will help remove wrinkles. When you are pressing a transfer, it is beyond important that you have a flat and equal surface. It is important for maintaining an even pressure and of course you do not want to have a transfer ruined because it's pressed over a wrinkle!

Pre-press to ensure you have a perfect flat surface. You owe it to your transfer.

3. Pre-Pressing Prepares The Fabric For A Better Print

When you pre-press, your garment is better prepared to receive the transfer – whatever type it might be.

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As mentioned before, it is tantamount to priming a board for paint. It is the necessary precursor to pressing – one which, of course, we all wish we could skip!

The dryer a substrate, the better the dyes, vinyl, plastic, etc, will adhere to the surface, and the longer it will stay on through wearing.

4. Pre-Pressing Helps The Transfer To Settle

This is similar to what can happen if you try to apply a transfer, especially an inkjet or sublimation transfer printing, to a moisture ridden t-shirt.

In extreme cases people experience dyes running or the edges of transfers lifting. If you're experiencing this the first thing to ask yourself might be,"did I pre-press my garment?"

5. Pre-Press Makes For A Smoother Peel Of The Transfer Backing

 Heat Transfer Vinyl (HTV) for example, comes away from its backing when heat is applied, which is why when weeding HTV it's helpful to warm it up a bit on your heat transfer press.

Again, pre-pressing is simply a case of priming the surface. When your surface is primed all things are easier.

The backing tape, especially for hot-peel transfers, will come away much smoother if the transfer is able to adhere without moisture, and if the transfer has been allowed much more suitable conditions to apply.

6. Pre-Pressing Helps The Transfer To Adhere Properly

At this point I might be repeating myself, but if you're still reading, perhaps you still need convincing?

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Pre-pressing will help your transfer to adhere. A moisture free and wrinkle free surface allows the transfer, vinyl or dye to bind and become one with your substrate.

At the same time, it is also crucial to choose a right heat press machine.If you have any needs,please feel free to contact us.

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