I’m Josh Ellsworth with STAHLS’ Transfer Express and in this video I have a lot to show you and
it's going to be packed into a short time first I’m going to show you the top selling screen
print transfer that's out there in the market it's called Goof Proof® this transfer will allow you to
produce the same results as screen printing highly durable when applied with the quality heat press
the best thing is Goof Proof® has three application temperatures how does that help
you well if you want to decorate quickly you can apply it at 360 degrees for four to six seconds
if you're decorating a heat sensitive fabric you can apply it as low as 325 degrees
for 10 to 12 seconds basically you can conquer any t-shirt with Goof Proof® with high quality
results and that's not all that I’m going to show you today I’m going to show you
a new innovation for heat printing tagless transfers it's called the tagalong hp platen
I’ve prepared some tagless transfers from our Goof Proof® formula and ganged them up on this sheet
along with some other designs for the front of my t-shirt let's head over to the press and let
me show you how to load this Tag Along™ HP Platen onto the Hotronix auto open clam we're operating
on our 16 inch by 20 inch platen this is our most popular heat press size we also have the
Auto Clam loaded on the heat press caddy which is our floor stand that creates the cantilever design
for splitting and threading your garment onto the press that's an important detail on the setup
now I want to load the Tag Along™ HP so there's a lever underneath the press that I’m going to
unlock it just lifts into the open position and then I’ll be able to lift off the platen
to remove the size it's loaded at that point I’ll place that to the side I’ll grab the platen that
I want in this case the Tag Along™ HP it has the same prong that's going to go down into
position at that point I make sure it's seated in and I lock in the lever and I’m ready to print now
when we look at the Tag Along™ HP you'll notice that it has a nice large tagless printing size for
your labels and it also still has a full front print area this is 16 inch by 15 inch for your
full front print area I’ll grab my t-shirt of choice in this case I’ll be decorating a Bella
Canvas t-shirt I’m going to split that shirt open and I’m going to thread it onto the machine now
the Tag Along™ HP also makes it very easy to load your garment straight it's quick it's easy because
this prong comes right through the neck hole just as if someone were wearing the t-shirt so
you know it's straight now here's where you need to watch closely this is the detail underneath on
the back of the collar you're able to grab this section and you're able to just pull it through
this open area and then pull it back off of the edge pretty genius isn't it as long as that edge
of the collar is off the edge here this edge of the collar is seated down in it's not getting
any pressure now I have pressure that's going onto the tagless area as well as the full front area at
the same time okay with this in place I’m ready to remove my tag that comes with the garment a
lot of styles out there have the tearaway tags so I can remove that and now I’m ready to position
my transfers now I wanted to show you this so I didn't trim my transfers apart yet this is
called a gang sheet that's one of the advantages of ordering plastisol transfers from Transfer
Express you can group multiple designs onto the sheet really fit as many as you want now I didn't
have this video concept when I ordered this sheet but I could have very easily fit tagless transfers
along the edges here to get it all into one sheet so I wanted to point that out to you that will
help you save but in this case I’m just going to trim my design that I want for my full front print
off and I still have a couple other prints for additional shirts or print locations and I’m able
to position that down now I need to preheat here in a second so I’m going to just kind of leave
that hang out while I trim my tag as well now it's important that you pick the right size of tag I
have a ton of tags on the shirt the garment that I loaded I know is a large so I’m going to go ahead
and trim out the large tag you can decide whether your tags will have sizing or just your brand
the fabric content whatever detail you want in this case I created a tag that
had like a mock brand with a logo as well as the t-shirt size etc. and you'll see that more
closely after we apply it because you know it'll be white onto the gray garment okay
let's remove these for a second and let's conduct our preheat and make sure our pressure is accurate
for this transfer we're going to be running at 340 degrees
okay this is the sort of middle of the road application for Goof Proof® it's 340 degrees
I have a preheat of two seconds which we're about to do and I have an application time of 10 seconds
so again Goof Proof® has those three application settings so you have a lot of flexibility when
you're decorating your garments so I preheated it was on like a three pressure when I lock it down
when I lock this down you'll see the pressure it needs more pressure so I’m going to turn the knob
and let me lock it down again now you can see it's at a five which is a medium pressure
let's try to get it up to a six or seven which would be a medium to firm pressure and it's nice
to have that digital pressure display because we get an exact pressure when we're applying so at
that point I’ve completed the preheat while I’m testing it that heat press is set for all of the
shirts that I want to print now I don't have to do that process again until I load a different shirt
or platen on so let's take our transfer I’m going to flip it upside down here position it into place
then I’m going to take my tag that I want to print I’ll also flip it upside down position it into
place and are you guys ready let's decorate this shirt the timer will begin to count down once it
hits zero this machine will automatically open and I’m going to hot peel the backing from Goof Proof®
grab the corner peel at a 45-degree angle
and that's it nice quick easy
once you're done to remove it you'll simply unseat the collar from the tagless print area loosen it
up and you'll be able to remove now I want to show you one additional application which is
kind of cool to use your gang sheet and separate print area you can use this tagless area to print
a sleeve as well and I’m going to load this short sleeve just tuck it in it holds against there
and then I can conduct a preheat and I can do some sleeve branding so let's do
that
just want to make it so it's straight so I’m lining this seam up just to make sure
I have that detail position my transfer we're just putting an extra little branding element
here which helps to elevate the perceived value of the apparel that you're printing
again Goof Proof® 340 degrees 10 seconds it's that middle application
it works great machine automatically opens and I’m going to peel back
slide it off and it's complete let's show you this whole garment now the result that we were
able to achieve not only was it quick and easy but it's quality and that's the main point that
I want you to see here is this new Goof Proof® screen printed transfer formula it's new for 2021
it feels so much softer on the garment with that lower application it's really designed to meet
fabrics that are out there in today's trending apparel add to that the additional branding
locations that we're able to hit by adding our own custom brand to the tag the customer is going to
think about your company and the shirts that you're printing totally different also adding
the extra sleeve placement just helps to touch up that garment a little bit more and so it puts it
in another category so what should you do I would encourage you to not only invest in a professional
grade heat press but invest in professional grade transfers as well as the right tools for the job
so you can stand out over your competition for more information about any of the products shown
in this video make sure you check out the links in the description below thanks for watching