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Hi, I’m Josh Ellsworth with Stahls’ CAD-CUT Direct and thanks for tuning into this Production
Tip Jar were we’re going to show you how to accommodate oversized prints on your smaller
heat press. One of our most popular materials is CAD-CUT Glitter Flake. Glitter Flake is
great for a variety of applications one of which is an oversized print on a pant leg.
In toady’s video we’re going to show you how to accommodate this print on a pant leg
on these yoga pants with multiple steps in heat pressing. So, come on over to the heat
press and let’s get started. We’re working today on the Hotronix Fusion Heat Press and
we’re actually going to use the swing away functionality of it. Because it makes it a
little easier to keep your items stationary on the press while you’re going through
the process. You can use any clamshell style press or any swing away style press to accommodate
this. The point is let’s break it up into sections. I’m going to start things by preheating
my whole print area. Adjust your time temperature and pressure accordingly for the material
you’re going to be pressing. I’ll preheat for a few seconds on this part of the pants
and then I’m going to slide it down and while I’m here we’ll preheat the lower
half for a few seconds. Once everything is preheated I’m ready to lay out my work.
So for this I’m just going to lay the pant leg and make sure the bulk of it is lying
on the table so it’s not going to be sliding around on me. And we’ll start by positioning
my design. In this case I’ve already cut a 2-color design that we’re going to use
to apply. C H S and Tigers…and you’ll notice the Tigers won’t fit completely on
the heat press. So I’m going to have to do it in 2 sections. The Glitter Flake material
does feature a sticky backing which is nice because I can kind of stick it to the whole
pant leg to make sure that it is going to stay in position. And then we just break it
up into multiple hits. Cover the whole thing with a cover sheet. Press the first portion
for the recommended time temperature and pressure. Glitter Flake is a warm to a cool peel material
so I can actually slide the pant leg and complete a second application without having to worry
about peeling the initial one. If you’re heating and reheating certain parts of the
design it doesn’t really matter. It’s just going to melt and remelt the adhesive.
That’s what makes this all work with pretty much any heat transfer film. 10 seconds and
complete the second application. Swing this away and I’ll let the whole thing cool down
and peel it together in a moment. Once everything is cool I begin to peel the backing away.
And it’s that easy. Everything on there is going to last for the lab certified durability
of the product. So to conclude it doesn’t matter if you have an 11 by 15 inch heat press,
a 15 by 15 inch heat press or a 16 by 20, you can begin by accommodating oversized high
margin prints utilizing this technique. Thanks for tuning in to our Production Tip Jar.