Creating Botanical Prints with the Heat Press

The heat press is a WOW! when it comes to revolutionizing some aspects of botanical printing! This video explains the basics.

It’s all about heat, moisture and direct contact and it’s easy to adapt a press to provide the perfect environment for each of the key components!

I’ve been using three different presses in my botanical printing experiments. Here is a brief review and links to Heat Press Nation - a great company with good prices and customer service that I've recently partnered with. They have a short video http://shrsl.com/2246j to help you make the decision of which press to buy, but here are the features I use to evaluate a press:

1. Consistent pressure. Overall even pressure is really important, as is an ability to tighten pressure and change it based on the thickness of the “bundle” – Not all presses are equally uniform.
2. The speed of temperature recovery. When the press is closed the temperature slowly goes down, so a quick recovery is a valuable feature.
3. Reliable timer. I tested each press against the timer on my phone and one was off almost ten seconds, which can affect the quality of the print.

The Mpress 16” x 20” press is a great press for the money.
http://shrsl.com/2246m
The 15” model is less expensive and is also a great buy, as Heat Press Nation discounts all the machines they sell.
http://shrsl.com/2246n

The first press I bought was a Siser 16” x 20” and I love it. Fulfills all the criteria that matter to me, but it is a little pricier.http://shrsl.com/2246r. Of course they also sell a 15” and that would be cheaper, and still a decent size!http://shrsl.com/2246s

Two notes: I also bought an EPhoto inc. press but I don’t recommend it compared to the ones mentioned here. I don’t think it heats as evenly as the other models.
Also might be important to note that I have used all of my presses for workshops where we kept them running six hours straight for five days at a time, in addition to the personal time I’ve put on the machines. Absolutely no issues with keeping these machines running for hours at a time, so I don’t see any reason to spend more money on brands that are more costly.

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Видео Creating Botanical Prints with the Heat Press канала Jane Dunnewold