Amazing video. Thank you very much Jeremy Poehls 🙏 and DTF Superstore 🙏 You did great comparasion ! Results are very aplicable: buy T-seal, or use Parchment or Kraft paper.
Thank you Andy! This is an amazingly detailed guide for giving our DTF customers options and educating ourselves. The ASMR part was great to hear. Sometimes the prints can sound papery and it's good to know that pressing material matters.
Here it is 2:25 AM and I have wondered down the rabbit hole about t-seal mainly for the texture. After several videos, skimming through FB posts and googling where to get t-seal I decided to take the teflon covers off of my GeoKnight Heat Presses because the 3/4" teflon coated platen has deep texture. If gave it a beautiful texture all over with no smooth spots and it feels so much better. Now to grab all the shirts I just second pressed and give them a little texture before refolding them. So check the teflon coated platen on your heat press for texture & let me know.
Ah yes, the 2:25am rabbit hole, we know it well. Not a huge fan of the second press material or the press leaving a texture behind. Having the texture of the shirt come through gives the best hand feel, in our opinion.
What a great video, so interesting and practical! If you made this video to convince us about buying that t seal thing, I think you have convinced me, yes! Now I have to find out where I can buy it in Spain!
I’m curious what film brand you were pressing at 285. I use DTF Station film which mentions 330F for 15sec. but other say 300 or even less works too. I was afraid to go too low but 305F for 15secs still worked OK when I tried it. I wonder if 285F will work with most films. I prefer the least heat possible.
We used our V2 Hot/Cold Peel. I realized I didn’t mention that in the video after it had been live for a few hours 🤷♂️🤦♂️. In my experience the temperature is more important when it come to the garment your pressing on, many synthetic fibers will burn at high temps. My suggestion is take a shirt you’re not going to use, make a smallish graphic and print 6-10 of them and try each one on the same shirt at different temps. 👍
A second press on a 50 50 grey hoodie with black text print makes the grey fabric peak through the print . This makes me wonder if i should actually do a second press 😮
Thanks Jeremy. We are having issues with T shirts that have been printed using DTF. after a short while they look mottled almost as if they are mouldy. Any help will be much appreciated
T-seal is a sheet with a specialized silicone/rubber like coating on one side for use with heat presses. In the DTF world it's used for the second pressing to give the final garment better hand feel and durability.
Thanks for watching! I believe each sheet will be priced around $50 and the sheet last for 300-500 presses. We'll pin a comment with the link when it's available on our store.
interesting...we didn't have that issue. Maybe the transfer wasn't fully cured. Also it's possible there was some dye migration from the shirt and muted the colors once pressed. Hard to know without more information.
@@DTFSuperstore I bought the dtf transfers from Transfer Express and pressed them onto Port Authority sapphire colored aprons, 65/35 poly/cotton. The transfers had a white under base.
