Heat Transfer Other items Part 2

After the success I had with making the Transfer onto a T shirt in Part 1 I decided to look into the whole transfer process in a bit more depth.

Transfer to Dark colours & sheet sizes

The first thing was for iron on onto a non-white shirt. You need a different transfer paper to do that.
There are videos on YouTube that show you can do face up images with the ink jet process. There are also face down ones as well.There are some from AliExpress that are for A3 size, 10 for the same price as 12 in NZ (for A4 , 12 sht for white ) here. It's the delivery time that is slow.
There is an interesting  video that shows the difference between light(white) and dark transfers , and also shows what happens whwen you do a light transfer onto dark T shirt. As it relies on the white background to show the colours it does not show anything.

Sublimation onto mugs & heat resistant tape

this was interesting, you can do bespoke labels onto mugs. The mugs need to be a regular size and you can use the same paper to do the transfer.
The actual mug holders have a heat element that heats all around the mug, so an even surface is required. There is a specific machine that does this.
You need heat resistant tape to be able to hold the Transfer label in the right location when setting it in the machine.
An example of the machine can be found here.  The machines are a reasonable price but the shipping is quite expensive.

Sublimation onto mugs & heat resistant tape

I then found the video below that uses these clamps that can be used in an air fryer to make the transfer, see the video below, about 8$ NZ from China free delivery (so a month before they come):

30*38CM 5 in 1 Combo Heat Press Machine Sublimation Printer 2D Thermal Transfer Cloth Cap Mug Plate Pen T-shirt Printing Machine

 You can buy machines that  will do Tshirts, plates (small and large), mugs, caps and pens.
They basically have a heating element and a timer and different shaped elements for different tools.
From video below you can see the different setups for most of the features:

The price is about $200NZ for the machine and the shipping another $230NZ for a total of $430NZ from China. Not unreasonable if you have a quantity of stuff and you have a small business.

TradeMe

This has a few of the things, blank mugs, silicone straps (for air fryer sublimation) and also the transfer paper. Some are not unreasonable for shorter delivery times. Go HERE.
There are also "T shirts blank " that you can buy. This is aways a challenge as you have to check quality and also have a variety of sizes available.

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I think I'd like to try the air fryer mug sublimation, so get a transfer and put it on a mug. This may be handy for Zoe's business.   I'd need to find some cups and price the blanks, maybe the Warehouse or Uncle Bill's for aone or two to test. Then 13$ for the silicone strap (and await delivery). As I'm heading North I think I'll hold off on that until my return, or order when I'm up there.