How To Use A Heat Press For Hats

You need to transfer vinyl onto the cap using a special heat appliance.

How to use a heat press for hats. I slightly rolled the design while heating it. If using a newer style of hat heat press with a universal one-size-fits-all heated lower platen you dont have to worry about this. Simply plug in the Cricut EasyPress Mini and push in the button the front.

Well give you a step-by-step list with tips and sub-steps on how to heat press a hat professionally. Line up your design in the center of your hat. Heat Press Temp for High Definition.

305 F for 5 seconds. I lined up the design. Three simple heat settings take on every possible heat-transfer project including permanent Infusible Ink transfers that become one with the base material.

Heat Press Temp for Metal-Like Finish. Press your EasyPress mat on the inside of your hat with your hand and use firm pressure to press your EasyPress 2 on the design on the front of your hat for 30 seconds. 320 F for 10 seconds.

Place your graphic onto the hat surface cover the design with a pressing cloth firmly press the iron over the design and hold for 30 seconds. I pressed the hat right to the top plate of my heat press and pushed up on the towel to get enough pressure to transfer the design. Use a hat platen designed to fit the shape of the hat and make sure the transfer applying wont wrinkle or shift during application.

Things you will need Hat press machine. This method requires to use heat transfer vinyl which is a particular type of synthetic material used for making prints of hats and other fabrics as well. After selecting a proper-fitting platen you will need to position the hat so that the sweatband is folded down and the cap is pulled tight with no wrinkles loose.