So I started running off the first of the care tags.  I had some problems with the first batch, but I finally got them ironed out.  Also, the ink I was using was really thick and I don't print much flat stock, so on the flood stroke, I was double hitting the paper and was leaving a ghost image.  The problem is that I am printing white on white and couldn't see the ghosting.  This was driving me absolutely mad because I thought that it was a problem with the adhesion powder smearing the print.  It wasn't until I was looking real close at one of the fresh prints that i saw the overbite.

The first sheets came out over cured and had some adhesion problems.  but I sped up the dryer and they stuck like a champ.  Now I have the gel time down to science.

So far I've only used the press for white on dark and will have to print some black prints for heat pressing.  I'm a little nervous because the black I like using is a real thin matte black called "batman black" from Triangle ink.  I love it because it comes out flat, dark, real flexible, and has great coverage. It is as close to a waterbase as it gets without being water based.  The real question is how will it print on transfer paper and how will it adhere when pressed?  Hopefully it will have no hand.  One of the things that I like about white heat transfers is that they go on very flat and have great opacity!  You can barely feel that it is there.  I am in the process of doing a 25 wash test to see how they hold up to extreme wear.

The hem tags are in

I received a package in from DHL Friday and my day was made!  The hem tags are in, and they are awesome.

First of all, I must start by saying that Kiki Kreations rocks!  They worked with me to get the tags just right and it only took a little over a week to have them done.  They came DHL form India to Colorado in only two days.

I was in the shop last night messing around and sewing them on was a little harder than it looked.  The hardest part was that the tag would get stuck to the feed teeth on the sewing machine when I would try to make adjustments and get out of line.  Anyway, once I got it down, they went pretty smooth.  I also had to pick up some pink thread for the womens tag because the black looked like a load of poo.