DTF Black Powder vs White Powder - Is there a Difference in Heat Transfers? 

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Thank you! We'll lower it moving forward

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You have to use the DTF powder regardless unless you are doing direct to garment..DTF transfers news the powder as it's the adhesive.

You should get similar results if you're just printing white prints. The key is to use good white ink. You can probably turn your white % up. I would turn it all the way up. If it starts to drip, then turn it down. You are limited with how much white ink the film can absorb.

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I believe the ink is different.

Use Kraft paper as a second press

We do 80% white on our pure white designs.

No, dtf power is only usable for DTF printers. Vinyl is a different process. DTF Works for all the fabrics you mentioned. Only difference is temperature setting

Mix white ink well. We also use 2 white print heads so it’s extra thick

It looks pretty close in our opinion. Most of our customer's do not have issues with whites looking faint as long as you are printing with good bright white ink.

@@transfersuperstars As for softer feel and look closer to screen print, you said black accomplished this... right? Thank you for replying.

@@transfersuperstars what printer do you use to get white ink?

Unfortunately i'm not familiar with the 8500 so I wouldn't be able to recommend.

Yes, you can use the Epson ET 8550. It is easy to convert unlike the ET 15000

Good question, powder comes in different micron sizes, so you’ll need to play with what works for you. There are also different melting points. Humidity and static is another issue. It’s really a science.

So with dtf film u normally use sublimation ink on it not regular inkjet printer ink. It won’t last long if u do.

@@jessicajacobs8995 The fed ink and sub ink are not the same.

We've had years of experience and dialing it down to get to where we're at. Starts from a good manufacture of ink.

Most of the time the dtf powder will go away with a second press

We use powder when we print our transfers. Our customer's don't need to apply powder after

Too much ink?

Did you ever figure out why the powder was coming through to the front of the image?

@@RBCreations830 yep, I actually back at a higher temp now, 120c also, the print was too wet, I let it dry more before applying the powder.

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Yes and No. For jerseys you have to lower heat press temps. If for cotton we use 160 degree Celsius, for polyester/jerseys we use 130 Celsius. There are new low melting powders coming to the market.

@@sa4555 we are currently looking at DTF machines and this exact problem is holding us back in terms of bad migration on sub jerseys, in testing with the machine company we have tried normal thickness logos however the sub always come through even at lower temps they tried as low as 105C we then tried bulking up the logo by applying a lot of ink and again applying at low temps which did help with the migration however after the first wash the quality of the logo degraded badly. I was going to suggest they tried black powder however if this mixes with the white ink that will cause a different issue?

@@STPMartin I can suggest 3 things you can try: 1- During pressing do you use high pressure? If so then you will end up with the same issue, try decreasing the pressure, instead of increasing white ink opacity. On jerseys/polyester even at low pressure the transfer sticks. 2- press timing: you can also try decreasing the time of each press, we found 7 secs per press to be optimum duration, however you must take care not to lower temps too much as this might affect washability of transfer. 3- using different PET film. In our experience when we use matte film instead of usual glossy films, we get good results for transfers on polyester. We combine medium pressure at around 130 Celsius and matte film, our prints came out very nice. As far as i know there are 2 thickness matte films available, 75 and 100 micron, we have tried both and get pretty much similar results. Another thing to note with matte films is amount of white ink used, usually if you put 100% down on matte, the ink starts to flow so we stick between 80 to 85% opacity for white ink. Try doing what I suggested above and I am sure you will find a combination that gets your desired results. Edit: the issue is not with DTF machines but that of ink and transfer films, we must remember dtf technology is still in its infancy when compared to others, its constantly improving. So try focusing on inks and PET films suppliers, to improve transfer quality.

@@sa4555 thank you for taking the time to respond I will try/ pass on what you have said and finger crossed!!

Our DTF Machine will print white ink. Its just a separate channel.

Speed/bake-time and temperature is my guess. Try a lower temperature based on your adhesion powder. You’ll need find tune those things. Lower temperature Lower temperature, slower belt speed Faster belt speed One of the above options might fix the issue.

@@transfersuperstars okay I will try Thank you

Thank you for letting us know.