Six common heat transfer defects and what usually causes them
Edges lifting, cracking, press marks, dull patches, colour bleed and residue — what each symptom typically points to.
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Storing heat transfer materials in Bangladesh's humidity
Heat and moisture degrade transfer materials before they ever reach the press. What that costs, and what storage practice avoids it.
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How to test heat transfer material before committing it to a production run
A short, repeatable test procedure that catches the failures which otherwise only appear after a few hundred garments have been decorated.
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DTF, vinyl, TPU or silicone: choosing the right heat transfer method
Four ways to decorate a garment, and an honest account of what each is good at, what it costs you in setup, and where each one falls down.
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Hot peel, warm peel and cold peel: what the difference means on the production floor
Peel type is the single most commonly ignored instruction in heat transfer work, and getting it wrong ruins the garment rather than just the print.
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Heat transfer vinyl types explained: PU, flock, high-density, foam, metallic and 3D
A plain-language guide to the main heat transfer vinyl finishes, what each one looks and feels like on a garment, and where each is normally used.
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