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4/8/2020 – Are these patches made in the USA?
Response From Enmart: Yes, all of our blank patches are made here in the U.S. from almost all U.S. made raw materials.
12/28/2017 – do you have more detailed instructions for sublimating an image on these patches? Thank you in advance
Response From Enmart: That's a great question; we'll have to work something up. Meantime, here are the basics.
First, make sure you have a teflon sheet or cover over your heat press lower platen, especially if you have a heat seal back on the patches. Also, set your heat press to medium-high pressure and 400 degrees F, and 45-65 seconds (the time setting can be changed depending on your particular heat press and the paper you are using; typical is around 50 seconds).
Next, simply cut out your design so that it will fit inside the merrowed border of the patch.
Then, place the patch face up on the teflon, and place the design face down on the patch in the position you want. Repeat for additional patches if you are doing more than one at a time.
Activate your heat press. A minute later, you have sublimated patches!
Take care not to allow the paper to shift on the patches, or you could get ghost images. Some people use a very tiny amount of Sprayway Fast Tack 89 https://store.myenmart.com/sprayway-89-fast-tack-reposition-spray-p866.aspx to hold the paper in place until it is removed. Others may choose to use heat tape https://store.myenmart.com/green-sublimation-heat-tape---72-yd-roll-p3007.aspx.
3/23/2017 – What is heat seal backing on your blank patches option?
Response From Enmart: Our heat seal backing is a commercial grade film that is designed to be applied with a heat press at 400 degrees F (ideally a label press with small platens and both top and bottom heat) for around 14 seconds at 60 psi.
However - it is also a general purpose backing, and used for stability and finishing, and does not require heat sealing if you just want to sew the patches on instead.
Note that heat seal is not iron on - although, if you don't have a heat press, but have an iron that goes to 400 degrees and you put some weight on it for up to half a minute, some have had success sealing them on that way.
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