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  1. Posted

    i cut 85 inches long zig zags with a SC2 for a now ex friends show truck it was a PAIN.... to get it to track stright but all you can do it load it and pause it and run it the whole length you need and if it starts to get off undo pinch rollers move it a lil and try again This is how i did all of the ones for his truck ended up cutting like 10 different times. and few of them were 24 inches wide so the whole machine all it had but it did it mostly a couple got a lil off.

     

    it for sure needs guides for the vinyl and i said i was going to build something for mine but still havn't really hope to never do something that big again

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    11 hours ago, julian keller said:

    Yea something is off.  I think it might be old vinyl IMO. Sounds like the it has some break down and and is not able to bond properly. Only way to really know is order some and test it.  I have not had any issues with any I have ordered....so far.  From all I have read before starting is that every vinyl has a self life.  It degrades quicker if not stored properly which may be the case here. No telling how long she has had that stock is there?

    She ordered the last part for me so maybe the place she orders from had old?not sure I wish i knew what it was for sure. so far this shirt is holding up. it get washed in next few days but always hung out on a line to dry in summer. so will see

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    On 5/26/2018 at 9:21 AM, julian keller said:

    Just odd that you had to go that high of heat.  I have not went over 305 with any of mine. That being said I do increase the pressure just a bit over medium and the time about 2-3 seconds longer for some garments if I know how they are going to be used.  Most of the ones that I do that with are a cotton/poly 65/35 blend that is used for runners that I cater to. Others that are just normal wear I do the normal recommended press. 

    Now though, I am trying out the Stahls Premium Plus.  It has me a bit worried because of the peel warm/cold and tugs more when peeling vs EW Stretch.  I was only using EWS for the stuff I was doing but they did not have any of the Fluorescent/Hot pink I needed in stock. I do like the softer feel of it and I can go as low as 280 if needed.

    I want to see how yours does in the wash.  Maybe the vinyl got too warm at one point/old and it degraded from not storing it well?

    Yeah, well someone on this thread said if its not real siser then others need be put on at 325=335 so figured i would try it.. The shirts that letters started coming off of were never washed not before or after and they hung on cloth hangers for like 2 weeks in my bedroom before anyone ever worn one. soon they wore them they started coming off.

     

    On 5/26/2018 at 9:36 AM, mfatty500 said:

    I  always tell our customers to wait 2 days before washing

    The ones i do For myself and family normally go week or longer before the first wash. I have a special hanging spot in my room and they get hung on it for a while before worn or washed all others been washed inside out and worn and done fine.

     

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    3 hours ago, julian keller said:

    Now it is time to see what happens in the wash.

    Yeah i plan to wash it and keep wearing it. im hoping it was just not enough heat for it before. i never heard back from the vinyl shop guess i will ask her next time i go in to get something if i go back, this whole situation has gotten me really down. about making shirts and having them not hold up even to a hour of wearing.

     

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    decided to try pressing another shirt with the green but i did it at 335 degrees 15 secs and this is how it turned out. ive only worn it about 2 hours while doing things outside its hot out and so far it seems okay maybe they just needed more temp sorry its sideways it looked right on my pc The wet looking dots are water drops i took then when i came in from watering the yard about 30 mins after i did it

     

     

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    19 hours ago, mfatty500 said:

    If, in fact it is Siser,  then no, use the same time & temp, but it sure looks like it to me. Where did you buy the shirts from? Did you pre-wash them? were they brought in by the customer?

    The shirts are from Jiffyshirts Fruit of the loom 100% cotten as all the other shirts i have same place all the other shirts ive purchased have come from. No I do not wash my shirts. I just take out of the box, pre press 2-4 secs then press for 12-15 secs at 305-310 degrees. I have made 10 other shirts, for myself and my wife a couple of mine have front and back and ive had Zero issues and ive worn all of those 5-10 times me sweating in them and working in them and Zero issues.

    Its got to be the vinyl and i got it at a local Vinyl shop. everything ive pressed has been purchased from her shop but this is the first with a white backing and that ive had issues with. i have another thread where i was asking about one or 2 letters trying to pull up, and it happened with this same green vinyl

     

     

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    20 hours ago, julian keller said:

    Interesting, I use Siser easyweed stretch and regular.  I have not had that issue yet with either.  My florescent, that is the regular, is applied at 305 for 15 seconds, med pressure.  Mine does look different from the one you posted as mine has a clear backing.

    I dont think the green is easyweed it cant be siser cause ive got so many other shirts ive done with all colors and none have done like this also you cant see the texture of the shirt throught the green but you can see it on all the other shirts ive done.

    still not heard back from the business yet. they were closed yesterday

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    11 hours ago, MZ SKEETER said:

    Don't do either, and you don't have to worry about it.  Create your own stuff, or buy designs that you have a license to use.  If you see all those logo cds and stuff on Ebay.  You can't use them without the "real" owners permission.  Think about it, if you did not create it, it is not yours to use, without permission. If you already see it out there. It's not yours to use. 

    Okay, that is fine but how about when you want to Support the teams or brands you run? Like i race Radio control buggies and i want to put the brand name of the buddy, the wheels, the tires on my Tool box and or my buggy to show support for them and or to show others the brands i'm using.. I mean lot of places give you a few decals when you order a part from them but i also enjoy making custom ones bigger then they give out for my tool boxes and such. There are groups like this one and I have their names of the groups on my other Air flying boxes and stuff.  I would never sell any of the stuff i make tho.

    I wonder how the guys at the flea market and stuff gets away with it, I see people selling Atlanta braves Baseball shirts and Ga bulldawg t shirts and stuff sometimes they do look slightly a lil different from a original but you have to look close to see that.

     

     

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    3 hours ago, cardudenc said:

    @eprcvinyls  as u go along u will have tools for this all over , I'm not sure how many of everything I have now. I had to move my cutter up ft in the retail area of our shop since I'm there alone 80% of the time. I have a vinyl room with my different tables in back. so have all types of tools for vinyl work back there.  with having the cutter up ft I have converted 1 of our display cabinets into a lighted table , plus have a self healing mat on it to be able to do everything right there beside the cutter. lg decals still have to b done in the back. that's also where my heat presses are at. But I also have a sm. tilting table beside the couch at home to be able to bring stuff home to weed and tape. as soon as I have time I will be setting up my new comp and the Graphtec I bought off a friend at the shop and bringing my 54" sc home to the spare bedroom, then setup a complete work area there.  Vinyl maybe a bigger addiction than drugs. not sure, Ive always been 1 to only waste $ on things I could make $ from

    hey man, Ive not noticed much of you around lately hope all is well. Well since i really just have the one room in the house that is mine. everything is crammed into it right now. if i can ever get me a enclosed trailer most of my RC hobby gear will go out in it then i will have some extra space. Ive stopped buying sticky vinyl cause trying to push t shirts but ive held back buying lot of t shirts cause don't know what size people would need myself and my woman wear XL my mom wear Sm or med. my dad is Med. so far not made any for my parents i could make some for them.

     

     

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    Thanks guys I should have said in first post all my shirts are the same all from jiffyshirts and there all 100% cotten, they are all fruit of the loom.

    It is htv I got it from a brick business the lady is real nice this one color is only one having issue with the black,white,yellow I've got from her has been fine this green only one gave issues 

    And yes I check the press temp with a heat gun regularly to make sure it's correct

     

    Funny how shirts been hanging and looked fine for weeks then go to wear it and  stuff comes loose. 

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    Ok so most of my shirts seem to do fine but a few of my shirts days after I pressed them.a couple of letters want to peel back but not the same letter and not in the same spot. Almost doesn't make sense to me. What are the reasons would cause this the htv is all the same htv. Sisser easyweed. Temp 310 15 secs pressed what I think is good pressure but I might need more pressure then I'm using... 

    Now that I think about it I don't think it's easy weed it's got a white backing on it got it from the local vinyl shop only this color is doing it it's foresent green do the foresent act driffrent?

    Thanks for thoughts

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    3 hours ago, Runek said:

    Okay. i assume thats no problem then. as this is for a frend locally.  i have tried what you are saying but even if i activate white color with or without backround it wont vectorice it. so if I remove the red cross on white and use 3 colors totally it only vectorize 2 colors. becouse its white color for some reson. it may be a fault in the software that it cant trace white colors. i dont now. thanks for answer. i fly alot of rc planes myself been doing so for 18 years now :)

    Oh awesome, yeah I been flying for about 28 years now. RC trucks longer then that almost all my life.

    Sometimes if i have issues like that I would use Paint or whatever program you like and bring it into it and just crop it one different part at a time then vectorize it all separated then Peace it back together its a little more work but should be doable not sure how big he wants it but even if you had to cut each one separate then just piece it back together on the plane shouldn't be to hard. I put some Words and my AMA Number on my new Clipped wing cub.

     

     

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    On my desk that i built for all my Vinyl needs I have a small 3 drawer thing that sits on the desk the top drawer holds my Zacto knives and my squeegees and the 2nd drawer has my pen for the SC2 and my Scissors in it.

    My vinyl is on the PVC stand I built on the right of the table and the Transfer tape is on the end of the table also, mounted it with PVC and works great just grab the end and pull it however long i need.  this set up has worked well for me since Valentines day.. I also have LED light stripe i put under my cutter cause its just to dark hard to see where to cut the vinyl when its on the roll i don't have a picture. not sure how Primal did his I'm into Radio control and use LEDS on my planes to fly at night. so just used a stripe that would go the whole width of the machine and i power it with one of my 3 cell lipos for one of my airplanes. My cutter is on the other wall on other side of the room so having any tools hooked to it wouldn't work for me but all depends on how you have your stuff set up.

     

     

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  20. Posted

    3 hours ago, Runek said:

    Hi. and thanks for all answers. i will try to edit them before i vectorize them.

    About trademark logos. i have the same issue. one person i now want this logo on his rc model airplane that is ment to tow sailplanes up in the air. this is done locally in model fly sites in norway that are small public events if there is some att all. so is this a problem then? understand that if it is on a racecar it is ment for all to see them but in this is a bit diffrense maby?

    Pretty cool, I fly radio control planes, helicopters multirotors and race rc trucks and buggys.. ive been doing lots of logos for the car stuff but Im doing it for myself the way  understand it is you can make it for yourself or even a friend as long as your not charging them for it. a guy in my old flying club he had Monster on his plane but he made it hisself.

    Also to talk about your first question you do know on the bottom of the screen on left side  when you in the vetorize screen you can add 3,4,5, so on colors that it will pick out then down at the bottom in the middle it shows the colors it has a X across if you can click it on or off depending what you need and it will show on the screen

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    I guess ive never thought about the heat in that way, I mean we put vinyl on our tinted windows of automobiles and on the cars themselves so not sure how hot a car really gets. Mine sits in the sun all day and i know with the windows rolled up in summer it gets very hot inside the car. i will have to temp the glass and see what kinda readings i get.

     

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    10 hours ago, julian keller said:

    LOL! Yea I made that mistake once being in a hurry changing from 751 to HTV.

    I think we all have... Just some wont admit it lol... I Have cut on the wrong side of HTV. and forgot to mirror the image a few times. Even tho i have notes on my Monitor about it lol Im doing foresent Green HTV right now and its got a white backing I like that so i know what side is what some of its really hard to tell.

     

  25. Posted

    its a big order and if you need it done in a few days its really a big day but my local place i get vinyl at does all the baseball shirts for the school. i think she said 100 shirts or something like that she gets her daughter and a few friends to come in and help weed so she can get them done in a timely manner. i might freak out if i ever get a order that big but it is doable im sure. My largest so far is 15 front and back. I did 8 at one time and had to get more HTV. I knew i would need more and was waiting for payment on other half. I paid for all shirts with the 1st half of the money.

     

     

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