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4.5
I used this to make my giraffe obsessed kiddo a shirt for a family trip to Animal Kingdom. It worked well and has made it through a couple washes.Damaged vinyl but no damage to box. Wish vinyl would be checked first. Really wanted to do a project, but Damaged vinyl pushed project back. Love the vinyl tho!!!While the HTV is pretty, and I will find something to use it for, it is dark purple, NOT bright pink as it appears in the listing, and will not be suitable for the "pink ribbon" project I ordered it for.Definitely worth the purchase.Ok so be warned these come with no instructions however I googled them and will share at the bottom of this review. I have used ThermoFlex plus Htv before just never used the pattern Htv. I notice the same great feel that I love from ThermoFlex so that is a plus. It was extremely easy to cut and weed and comes with the carrier sheet on it just like any other Htv. The vinyl arrived in perfect condition my only complaint about this item is that it had no instructions.What I found for ThermoFlex fashion patterns it recommends1. Mirror image2. Heat press 320 degrees3. Medium pressure4. For 15 seconds5. Warm peelMy experienceI did everything recommended and notice that warm peel means warm not hot. I normally peel the carrier sheet off immediately once I open my heat press. That is not the way to do it with this Htv it will not work or at least I didn’t get it to. It started peeling up the Htv. I had to give it about a 5-10 second rest then peel the sheet and then everything peeled off perfectly. After, I put my Teflon sheet back on and reheat for about 5 seconds without locking my heat press. I made 4 shirts and all turned out great.A little expensive but I have loved it since I got it unboxed! It's so pretty on and so easy to use! This country momma is in love with it!I made shirts for a group of people. I discovered shortly into the project that this vinyl tears incredibly easy in the process of peeling of the plastic after it has been ironed on. It also started to shred when I did a final touch of my iron. With most other HTV, I can run my press over the vinyl with no issue. This tore so badly. I may try to iron a piece over top of it, to cover it up. Overall, i paid a cheap price, and that’s what I got.Academy had the houndstooth boots on sale, so I ordered this htv to make hoodies. It turned out super cute, and all the girls are getting them for Christmas.. biggest thing to be aware of when using this vinyl is Low Heat and lukewarm-cool peel! Other than that, it’s perfect ??
