Are you a maker or involved in the maker movement? Download our maker catalogues to learn more about how heat transfer can be used in a maker environment Heat Transfer Printing – How does it work? A quick 1 page overview of how heat transfer printing works. Download Here Heat Transfer Printing as a Prototyping […]
Workshop : Wearable Electronics with Lilypad or Microbit
Brief Overview Did you know you can add a microcontroller on a piece of fabric? Get started with wearable electronics in this workshop. Learn about conductive thread, Lilypad and sewable LEDs. Description Participants will learn how to use heat transfer technology together with wearable electronics They will print a sewing pattern on a fabric to […]
Workshop : Design and sew up your own drawstring bag
Brief Overview Get your designer groove on and learn how to take your own design from drawing to product using heat transfer technology and sewing. Description Participants will learn how to: create their own design with Canva, an online software. integrate their design onto textiles using heat transfer technology. sew their design into a […]
Workshop : Etch your own DIY PCB with household products
Brief Overview Did you know that heat transfer technology can be used to create a custom PCB board? In addition, the chemicals required to etch the board can be done with household products bought at a regular shopping centre. Description Starting with a blank copper board, participants will first learn how to print the circuit […]
Workshop : Introduction to Heat Transfer Printing
Brief Overview What is heat transfer and what can you do with it ?This simple workshop will teach the particpants how to create a simple design and then take that design and make it into a variety of products. Description Participants will first learn how easy it is to use Canva to create their […]
Workshop : Light up a drawstring bag with wearable electronics
Brief Overview Spark your wearable electronics journey with this introductory workshop on sewing electronics onto fabric. Participants will get to take home their own lit up drawstring pouch. Description This workshop introduces participants to: Printing designs onto fabric using heat transfer technology. The concepts of basic electronics Sewing an electronic circuit onto fabric. Equipment List […]
User Guide : OBM Transfer Media on dark coloured t-shirt
Quick Reference Temperature : 140°C Time : 15 secs Pressure : Medium to High Peel : Cold Find out more on our webpage Step 1 : Print image onto OBM Transfer Media (NO MIRROR IMAGE) Step 2 : Cut away any excess film. You can use a cutting plotter. The areas that have been […]
White Toner Technology : What is it?
White toner adds new functionality and new dimension to what you can do with heat transfer printing. This post assumes that you understand the difference between printing on a light coloured T-Shirt vs printing on a dark coloured T-Shirt. If you are unfamiliar with that, read our blog post on that. Why we need 2 […]
Why do we need 2 kinds of transfer paper for light coloured and dark coloured fabric
A very common question that a lot of people ask is why do we need 2 kinds of transfer media? One for light fabric (TTC) and one for dark fabric (OBM). I will try to explain this in this post. Traditional printing always relied on the 4 colours mainly Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. More […]