Our biggest selling heat transfer garment vinyl is Hotflex Ultra. It is a great product for making t-shirts, polo shirts, sweat shirts etc, as shown in this video. As you can see the production equipment required is minimal and relatively inexpensive, when compared to other manufacturing machinery. Although Hotflex Ultra can be applied without using a heat press we do agree that the use of a heat press for a superior finish.
Recommended process for applying garment vinyl
- Step 1 – Turn on the heat press and allow time to reach operating temperature
- Step 2 – Place the material in cutter, material side up (backing/carrier face down)
- Step 3 – Cut material in mirror image with the blade force set to 100-110gf (Refer to machine manual)
- Step 4 – Weed away the excess material using a weeding tool to remove small cut outs
- Step 5 – Pre-heat and flatten the garment in the heat press
- Step 6 – Place transfer onto garment (adhesive backing face down) and press transfer using the pressure, temperature and duration shown below:
- Step 7 – Remove/peel the backing/carrier straight away (best to peel when hot)
| Material | Pressure | Temperature (degrees celcius) |
Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotflex Ultra | Medium | 170 | 20 seconds | Hot release |
| Glitter | Medium | 150 | 10 seconds | Cold release |
| Nylo Cut | Light | 160 | 10 seconds | Use silicone paper over transfer while pressing |
| Flock | Medium | 170 | 10 seconds | Cold release |
