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« on: March 17, 2011, 12:39:57 PM »
I was trying to do 5 things at once and playing with press foil on vinyl...and like a good boy, I was practicing with a scrap of material that had some cadcutH2O vinyl...and I forgot to cover ...now I have some vinyl from the material on the press...so any suggestions on how to remove?Huh

BTW...on subject of heat presses...Guess who among us is now an authorized dealer for Geo Knight heat presses...a line of elite presses...with some decent pricing.
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« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2011, 02:28:57 PM »
cool the press and use some acetone maybe?
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« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2011, 07:01:37 PM »
I would take it that your press is not teflon coated. If not then you could possibly use a single edge razor blade VERY CAREFULLY to remove the vinyl and if you did nick the platten a tad use some 600 wet dry to lightly smooth it out. If coated then you may be able to use a non scratching pan cleaning pad.  Undecided Undecided
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« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2011, 03:18:13 AM »
If it is a very thin layer and not affecting other prints you might want to just leave it there.
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« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2011, 05:25:43 AM »
Congrats Charles on offering Geo Knight presses!!! I have always used the product that Lou sells for cleaning my presses with great success.
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« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2011, 06:32:45 AM »
Small correction Anne!... I AM NOT OFFERING GEO KNIGHT PRESS... There is another member that has just signed up as a distributor .... I suspect he will post something soon....
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« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2011, 09:48:30 AM »
Charles, I did that as well.......... upside down transfer for dark fabric Cry Cry Cry

I wiped off as much as I could while the press was hot with an old terrycloth towel. I let the press cool and continued with some Simple Green and the towel. Each time I fired the press I cleaned a little bit more.

It was a mess but 99% came off.



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« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2011, 11:29:00 AM »
Ken...not sure this would work...you had inkjet for dark...right?  This is cadcutH2O
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« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2011, 11:30:48 AM »
SUCCESS... I used some goof off...(appropriate huh?) and gently rubbed the spots and it came off...but this was cadcutH2O..not sure how this would work with regular vinyl
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« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2011, 01:24:18 PM »
Good to know that Goof-off worked. Congrats on getting the vinyl off, Charles. I usually try to use iron off when I mess up, but I have not heat pressed vinyl to my press (yet). Mostly just plastisol or transfers.I need to get one of those teflon sheets with magnets so I don't have to remember to put a cover sheet on. Grin
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« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2011, 02:27:42 PM »
Quote from: charles95405 on March 18, 2011, 11:29:00 AM
Ken...not sure this would work...you had inkjet for dark...right?  This is cadcutH2O
OOPS.......... sorry Charles you are right........ glad you fixed the issue!!!! I haven't had time to play with my sample............bummer.

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« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2011, 05:19:38 PM »
Quote from: charles95405 on March 18, 2011, 06:32:45 AM
Small correction Anne!... I AM NOT OFFERING GEO KNIGHT PRESS... There is another member that has just signed up as a distributor .... I suspect he will post something soon....

That would be me with the Geo Knight presses,, I decided to sell them after looking at all of the presses out there,, even sold the first one today and they are not even on my site yet..
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« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2011, 01:04:26 PM »
Oh Hi Roger, Happy for your new product line!!! Great news! Thanks for sharing.
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« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2011, 03:13:24 PM »
Shucks, I guessed right again wander how? Grin Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2011, 07:12:00 AM »
Quote from: MXRacingDad on March 22, 2011, 03:13:24 PM
Shucks, I guessed right again wander how? Grin Grin Grin Grin

You know me to well thats why  Grin Grin Cheesy Wink
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« Reply #15 on: April 01, 2011, 12:47:38 PM »
The Geo. Knight presses are great presses.  We use them and sell them.  They're tough presses and Geo. Knight has great customer service.
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« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2011, 04:53:33 AM »
when this happens, we use lots of candles to clean the press... while it still hot just continue to rub the plate with candles and then cloth... until its clean... be careful not get candle drips on you... 
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