designing like the pros - using heat transfer presses

What is a heat press?

A heat press, transfers text, logos or images onto different materials. The device works with pressure as well as heat in order to achieve long-lasting results. A heat press is like a large iron, but with more pressure and more intensive heat. Heat presses are suited for a wide range of transfer processes.

• finishing of garments with flock and flex

  motives cut from flock or flex film are transferred on the garment with a heat press, e.g. for soccer jerseys.

• sublimation transfer:

  During this process, the heat press transfers ordinarily printed graphics, photos, and text onto polyester material. For the print, special sublimation ink is required. During the heat transfer process, the ink dies the polyester material. Apart from clothing, other materials are also suitable for the sublimation transfer, such as cups, puzzles, mouse-pads, crockery and much more. Please note that this process is most suited for lightly coloured, ideally white, materials, in order to achieve a realistic colour result..

• Inkjet Flex:

  An image is usually plotted onto Inkjet flex film and then transferred, using a heat press, onto any piece of clothing. The chief attraction of the inkjet flex is that standard ink used in a normal printer is made to last for an extended period due to the use of special enamel pearls in the inkjet flex film. This is how one can achieve long-lasting, material sublimation in photo quality with the easiest methods. An example of use for this method is a football shirt with a designed pennant, like a team logo or flag..

• Chromablast Transfer:

  In this patented process, the desired logos and designs with a special ink and media combination can be printed and then applied with the heat press to untreated cotton fabrics. Especially when small quantities of custom t-shirts are to be produced Chromablast is highly efficient. Please note, that this procedure should only be used on light, preferably white textiles in order to provide a realistic color reproduction.

Why do I need a heat press?

There are as many uses for a heat press as there are transfer processes. Heat presses allow professionals as well as ambitious hobbyists similar implementations for their personal design ideas and creativity, such as:

• Creative design of cups and mugs
• Individual design of mouse pads
• Processing and design of clothing such as T-shirts, jackets or sweaters, for example, for bands, schools, work clothes, designer collections
• Durably refine all garments with motives of flock and flex - ideal for sports clubs)
• Creation of personal baseball caps
• Design your own towels and bathroom textiles
• Creative design of large-scale photo motifs on bathroom or kitchen tiles
• create your individual bags

What is the right heat press for my projects?

When choosing a suitable heat press, the type of material that is to be used to transfer motifs onto as well as the size of the material or object should be considered. To place a personal design onto a flat material, such as tiles or textiles, a collapsible or oscillating heat press is best suited. A reliable, collapsible heat press for smaller motifs is the Secabo TC 5. For larger motifs, the Secabo TC 7 is best suited. For an individual collection of cups, a special heat press for cups is available called the Secabo TC M..