Heat Press Cheat Sheets That Save Blanks
Temperatures, times, pressure, and placement for HTV and sublimation — cross-checked against manufacturers' guides and kept on one page each, so you spend your craft time crafting, not googling.
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Every project needs an SVG or font before it needs a press. We use Creative Fabrica — one subscription covers fonts, cut files, and sublimation designs with commercial licensing included. Read the license terms before selling: craft SVG cut files carry a lifetime license, while for fonts and graphics you can create new for-sale designs only while the subscription is active (anything made during it can be sold forever).
Small gear, big saves
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- Infrared thermometer gun — Press dials lie — a $15 thermometer tells you the real platen temperature before you ruin a blank.
- Teflon (PTFE) sheets — Protects vinyl and blanks from scorching, and keeps sublimation ink off your platen.
- Heat-resistant tape — Sublimation ghosting is almost always a shifted transfer — tape it down and it can't move.
- Lint roller — One stray fiber under HTV shows forever. Roll every blank first — the 3-second habit that saves shirts.