[amayausers] Re: Nylon flag question-not embroidery
- From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:25:32 -0400
Luckily I can answer this one from experience!
I've heatsealed on the nylon and poly flag materials several times.
Specialty Films and Stahls both have iron on vinyl made for
'nylon' (jackets, etc.)
that works great. I think Stahls is the GorillaGrip II or something
like that. I have also
used my regular stock Specialty Film colors and it stayed put through
the washing machine-
I was really testing it for outdoor durability!
Factory tech was surprised when I told him how we abused it to test
it...
What you DO have to be careful of is overheating...the nylon flag
material will 'shrink' and
cause ripples if you overheat for too long. Use a teflon sheet over
your decal for a quick
5 second or so press-then peel off the backing, put the teflon down
again, and go for 15 seconds.
I use 375 degrees and moderate pressure and a 30+ year old cast iron
press!
Just got a new automotic Mighty Press so I have to test that and get
the settings.
But I recommend testing one flag, apply the vinyl, then run it
through your washing machine. If
it will stick through that, outdoor weather won't bother it.
Roland
Sunrise Graphics
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Claremont, NH 03743
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On Jul 18, 2007, at 10:13 AM, <dsklar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't know about sign vinyls, however, when decorating garments
> with vinyl (thermal films) and a heat press the basic films are not
> supposed to be used with nylon. There are films made specifically
> for nylon. Check with Imprintables Warehouse or Stahls.
>
> David Sklar
> Ballyhoo!
> Arlington, VA
>
>> From: Image Embroidery <imageembroidery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: 2007/07/18 Wed AM 08:20:42 CDT
>> To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [amayausers] Nylon flag question-not embroidery
>
>> Good morning all!
>> I have 100% Nylon flags that I need to decorate for a golf course.
>> My original plan was to do these flags with heat transfer
>> vinyl...that is when I was under the impression that the flags
>> were polyester.
>> Well, the customer does not wish to invest the kind of money that
>> is needed to purchase the products to do this.
>>
>> So, my question is....can I apply sign vinyl to these nylon flags?
>> Does anyone have any experience with working with sign vinyl and
>> nylon?
>> Neither the vinyl supplier nor the flag manufacturer knew if this
>> would work.
>> Trial and error was the response I got.
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>> Thanks,
>>
>> LuAnn @ Image Embroidery
>> Because Your "Image" Matters
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