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[MXRacingDad]

Welcome to the Forum Latte!!!

[boomerbabe]

Welcome Latte. Lots of friendly folks here with tons of knowledge to share.

[heatpressvinyl]

Welcome Latte, you won't get "French Roasted Here" 

[lattemarie]

Thank-you for all of your friendly welcomes!

No French roasts here, either!  Too dark and bitter for my personal tastes.  BUT ... I love a good city roast!   So anytime anyone is near Ann Arbor, please stop by for a fresh-roasted & brewed cup-o-java drink of your choice! 

[heatpressvinyl]

I have been roasting coffee for years,, I have a little 5 pound roaster set up in my garage,, when i roast the whole neighborhood knows it....

[MXRacingDad]

Roger's isn't French it's Irish

[lattemarie]

Wow, Roger, five pounds!?  That's a big roaster!  My kids complain that it smells like burnt popcorn in the house when I roast, but mine is just a little one that I use under the range hood vent.  I'm on my third one over an 8 year period, but I just love that little thing!

[heatpressvinyl]

5 pounder is pretty small and i only do about 2 pounds at a time,, I used to represent the company that made these roasters, it was a demo and the company went out of business so I ended up with it,,,

[lattemarie]

Niiiicccee!!  So now I'm confused ... what's an Irish roast?

[MonkeyMeMe]

Good to see ya Latte....lol

ok i roast my coffee beans in a presto air popper,,  outside and dark roast  smells like burned toast,,
I love it,,
I need to reorder beans monday,
I get them from the Coffee Barn,,
I will post a addy, hey maybe we had better start a new thread,,  and what kind of green beans we like,,

who can start it off,, ?
I am running to the shop,, but I will post up, some info for it,
I would also love to see what roasters you all use..

Latte, I have pictures posted up of the decals under rhinestone decals,,  some have come and gone on my car and some have stayed for testing purposes, like the rhinestuds,,, in minnesota weather they are doing fine, but south, they dont do so well, they lose their color....

Welcome agian glad to have you here,, and we have lots of embroid members here,,,,,

[boomerbabe]

Okay, now ya'll make me want to try roasting coffee beans - as if I don't have enough things to try and/or learn

[MonkeyMeMe]

start a new thread for us boomer, in the lounge,, please,, and we will post up the info, for anyone wanting to try it,,

Where do you think i get my energy? lol

[boomerbabe]

OkyDokey

[lattemarie]

Well I just cant be quite anymore, Dixie and I have been testing these things for a long time,,
and we now have it down, to a science,,,
We have to figure out our pricing stucture and all,
Here is a sneak peak,,
This is the first place other than facebook that we have posted what we are doing,,

Oh wow, MMeme!  I found your decal pics and they are awesome!!  You rock!

[MonkeyMeMe]

thanks latte,,,, boomer and dixie,, and charles and roger, matt, have also played with the decals,,

[lattemarie]

Got sidetracked when looking through the pics earlier, but just found the ones that Mike and Boomer did.  Ooooo, aaahhhh!!  Very inspiring and can't wait to give it a try.

[boomerbabe]

Thank you. It is addicting.

[irish]

Question about pressing time for the rhinestone transfer onto the decal material - how long?

Sandy's instruction at post 59 say 12 min.  I had been told 12 sec??  Am I doing this wrong?

Thanks.

[boomerbabe]

Irish - what is happening on the decal? Are the stones not adhering? I press mine at 340 degrees, medium pressure for 10 secs. Let cool. I place the decal in the center of my heat press. There should be a little circle of melted decal around each stone. I have found that correct pressure is pretty critical. I have had to repress more than once sometimes, I just make sure that the decal is completely cool before I repress. Also make sure you have a teflon sheet both under on on top. Good to see you here, by the way

[MonkeyMeMe]

Question about pressing time for the rhinestone transfer onto the decal material - how long?

Sandy's instruction at post 59 say 12 min.  I had been told 12 sec??  Am I doing this wrong?

Thanks.

it is 10-12 seconds for sure,,,

sorry for the mistake,, i think it was corrected in the next few posts,, but i had better go find that and see if i can correct it,,,
Thanks irish
MMM