When Do You Need Sticky Or Non-sticky Sublimation Paper?

There are two main type of sublimation paper in the market if divided by function: non-sticky sublimation paper and sticky sublimation paper. is Sublimation paper is the most common used. Sticky sublimation paper is with tackified coating, which will adhere to the fabric elastic during the transfer to prevent the textile from moving and getting ghosting.

Sometimes, normal sublimation paper is enough. Do you know when do you need sticky paper? We need take your textile and heat press into consideration. 

First we talk about textile. If your textile is elastic, which is very easy to move during the transfer, you need sticky paper. Second is the heat press, if you are using flat bed heat press, sticky sublimation paper would be better. 

But only with those two factors, it is not enough for choosing the sticky paper, because we say we need take textile and heat press into consideration, means we should take them into consideration together, not separately. In following conditions, you should consider of using sticky sublimation paper . 

1.When you are using flat bed heat press, and flexible fabrics. We have one question here, when does the fabric move during the transfer and then cause the ghosting ? One is happened during the heat press process, the flexible fabric expand with heat; the other is happened while lifting up the heat press rapidly, the paper and fabric will adhere to the flat of the heat press and then drop, during this process, the paper and fabric are not sticking to each other , then the ghosting comes. For example, there’s one heat press in our market, while you control the time of the lifting up of the flat to be less than 2 seconds, the paper and fabric go up with the flat and ghosting occurs, when it is more than 3.5 seconds, they do not. So under this circumstance, you’d better choose sticky sublimation transfer paper (Flat bed & flexible material) . 

2.When you are using roll-to-roll heat press, or calendar, if you were utilizing sticky paper before, you could have a try of the normal paper now. Because with roller heat press, it provides enough strength to control the paper and fabric from moving. So if you do not use sticky sublimation paper, there’s no ghosting too. If your fabrics are special, sticky paper works too. While you are transfer with roller heat press vs sticky paper, it is better to cut the paper into piece and then make the transfer, you will get a better result than roll paper transfer. 

So use sticky sublimation paper or not, that depends on your material and equipment, not all the transfer needs sticky sublimation transfer paper (it’s more expensive) though sticky will still offer advantages to overall image detail, this is another function of sticky paper. 

More info:

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