Heat Press Vinyl For Polyester

In general terms somewhere between 270 and 300 degrees is likely to be ideal.

Heat press vinyl for polyester.

Most of the heat transfer vinyl films that we offer can be applied to cotton polyester or cotton poly blends. Lay your heat press on the teflon sheet and press for 30 seconds. If you want to heat press polyester then it is best to stick to a slightly lower temperature than you would use on more heat resistant fabrics such as cotton. Make sure you re using light pressure do not put your whole body weight down on the press this can cause your fabric to burn.

Some polyester is super sensitive to heat. Pull the teflon sheet off your vinyl and then carefully remove the carrier sheet. If it is 100 polyester you can take elasti prints down to 275f. The perfect values for time and temperature are 270 f for about 10 seconds.

In addition you won t want to keep the heat applies for too long. View item siser easyweed sheet 12 x 15 3 50. However keep in mind that a cover sheet can also reduce the temperature reaching the transfer application by another 10 degrees. Here is a list of our most popular products in this category.

Heat transfer vinyl for cotton polyester. You can even test before you decide which vinyl to use just apply a heat press or iron at different temperatures to your polyester and see if it discolors or not.