White Heat Transfer Vinyl Dye Migration

Plotterfilms flex linea is our range of heat transfer vinyl for producing single colour designs sports numbering or promotional lettering.

White heat transfer vinyl dye migration.

If you aren t using a material that will block that dye migration then there is a good chance you are going to have results like you see on the left side of the image above. Same heat transfer using the solutions sub block. As mentioned above the heat during heat printing activates the dyes in the apparel which start the dye migration process. Dye migration is extremely prevalent in sublimated fabrics pictured right.

0 out of 5 stars based on 0 reviews current price 17 13 17. Heat transfer with dye migration. Dye migration can be a problem but certainly not one that can t be. Our first suggestion to prevent dye migration is to use a heat transfer type that applies in this range or lower at 300 f or less.

Dye and ink migration happens when high temperatures generated by a heat press activate the dye with which the garment was colored. The good news is that this generally tends to happen above 300 f around 300 f to 320 f. The color than migrates onto the heat transfer vinyl and darkens it slightly. In this case the dye wants to leave the shirt when heat applying the heat transfer vinyl.

This dye migration is common in polyester fabrics and fabrics that have been heavily saturated with dye. 13 list list price 24 95 24. If you apply regular htv to a sublimated garment you may experience dye migration dye migration is when the sublimation inks in the garment bleed into the heat transfer vinyl and change the color of the htv. Enduratex hotmark sir htv is a premium heat transfer vinyl that is sublimation ink resistant sir.

It is very easy to weed and heat apply this product is ideal for sports numbering and lettering promotional. The side by side comparison really shows the migration from one transfer to the next. It is most apparent in the white but the entire design is noticeably faded. Product title hotwon 6 roll vinyl heat transfer iron on diy garmen.