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benski

New Member
Anybody know why I’m getting blotches of less ink transferring? I’ve gone up in temp but not helping. Normally I’m at 200deg 55 secs. Tried 205-210 for 60 secs and some presses leaving streaks as per image. Tried orange pad, the beige foam one that came with press and nomex felt. As if it’s sweating and rejecting ink to transfer. Using new manual press. My pneumatic never did this but it quit on me recently. Using 90g tacky paper. Can not figure this out. Anybody?
 

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GamecockGrafx

New Member
I've always dye subbed at 400 degrees for 45 seconds and have to use a cover sheet to prevent ghosting (color bleed). Not sure what you mean by tacky paper, but if pressing vinyl or DTF, then a texture paper would be used to finish, but never use a texture paper for dye sub - cover sheet just smooth parchment paper. I would try to bump temp at least to 350
 
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hybriddesign

owner Hybrid Design
Hi, is this a rotary or clamshell? We get this on our rotary from time to time and it seems like it’s usually caused by the Paper and fabric shrinking at unequal rates. For us we try to shorten the length of each piece of fabric we’re feeding and that minimizes it. If it’s a clamshell I’m really not sure what could be causing it but maybe a pic of your setup would help
 
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