A DTF printer deposits ink onto transfer paper, which is manually coated with powdered glue, cured in an oven, positioned on denim, activated with an iron, then heat-pressed for 15 seconds to seal the design. A second press may be needed.
Finally, we're able to see the reveal. Very cool. First thing he did was printing on a DTF machine onto transfer paper. Transfer paper is done being printed. It goes to this basin over here where powdered glue is being applied onto the fresh ink, and it'll adhere because that ink is fresh and it's still a little bit liquid. For production, they would put it in this machine and that would be applied automatically, but since it's only for a sample, they do it manually. From there, it goes into this oven where it heats up a lot in order to activate all all of that powdered glue and have a reaction with the ink. Once that's done, that transfer is now carried over and they take the pair of jeans. In this particular case, it's a very small pair of jeans. They take the iron and they steam the transfer paper onto the denim in order to activate that glue further and have a bigger reaction with the ink. And to really seal in everything that just happened, it's taken to the press. On the press machine, it stamps the transfer paper onto the denim and really secures it in place. The timer's gonna go off for 15 seconds and finally we're able to see the reveal. I go. We go together?
Yeah, no? And then we have to repress.
This is sick.
