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DTF & Consumables : DTF Black Powder 500g

Original price was: R349.99.Current price is: R225.00.

Our 500g BLACK DTF hot melt powder (only for dark textile) for Direct to Film (DTF) printing is a versatile and efficient method for transferring designs onto various textiles. The process involves printing a design using CMYK inks, with white ink layered on top to ensure color accuracy on fabrics of any color. The use of white powder in DTF printing is crucial as it helps to bind the ink to the fabric, particularly when working with lighter colored textiles. This powder acts as an adhesive when heat pressed, ensuring the design’s durability and vibrancy. The weedless and cutless nature of DTF printing streamlines the production process, eliminating the need for manual trimming of designs, which is often required in traditional heat transfer methods. Additionally, the ability to reuse the white powder makes DTF a cost-effective solution for small and large-scale textile printing projects.

Use DTF Black powder with a DTF printer. Note use of the white powder is for darker coloured textile.

For those that have light cotton textile have WHITE DTF POWDER (suitable for the sublimation hack).

  • Powder can be reused
  • Avoid direct sunlight
  • Store in a dry area

 

 

 

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FOR DTF PROCESS

Step 1: Print on the Film

Insert the PET film in the printer trays, as ours is double sided you can print on any side.
Print your design to you DTF printer.
Once printed be careful not to smudge the print when removing it from your printer.

Step 2: Spread the Powder

Once the film is printed with your design, you have to apply the powder while the print is still wet!
Make sure and spread the powder evenly.
Keep a tray next to the printer, sprinkle the power onto your design then seesaw back and forth until it covers the wet ink. Then CAREFULLY shake off the excess.
Any left over powder in the tray, put back into your packet for next use.

Step 3: Melt the Powder

Next step is to melt the powder.
Place the DTF film transfer in an oven for about 115C and 2-5min until the design looks rubbery or use your heat press. Just make sure you are hovering and not applying any pressure and that the top of the press isn’t in contact with the transfer at all.

Step 4: Pre-Pressing the T-Shirt

Use a lint roller to de fluff your textile and prepress your textile, any wrinkles will show up in the print and you want to get the extra moisture out so as not to affect the print quality. Cover the textile with silicone paper as to protect it from direct heat and the top of your heat press.
And maybe even more importantly it will completely dry the material. You’d be surprised how much moisture fabric can absorb from humidity in the air, and that would affect print quality.

Step 5: Applying the DTF Transfer

Once you’ve made a direct to film transfer you do not need to use it right away, so you can store for later use.
The PET film with the image and the melted powder is placed on the pre-pressed material and cover with silicone paper  in the heat press for 150/160deg for 20sec.

Step 6: Peel DTF Transfer

DTF uses a COLD PEEL
So after heat pressing onto a shirt, set it aside until the fabric and transfer are completely cooled off.
The hot-melt as it cools down acts as a binder that bind the colored pigment in the inks with the fibers  of the fabric.
Once the film is cooled, peel off the transfer and leave the required design behind!

Step 7: Direct to Film Finishing Press

For longer longevity, press for 10 to 15 more second. Remember your silicone paper ontop.

 

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