Sublimation on Fishing Lures

bigeyecustomlures · January 18th, 2009, 10:14 AM

I have my own lure business and have been trying to do some patterns with sublimation it has worked some what but i having a problem with the paper sticking to the powder coating on the lure we have put them temp to 375 for 1 min and 45 sec with the image going on but the paper still sticks any info would be great i had someone say you could spray a release agent on it is there such an item im new to this

thanks

bigeyecustomlures · January 23rd, 2009, 10:24 PM

nobody have any info on coatings or anything else

cprvh · January 30th, 2009, 10:09 AM

If the transfer paper is sticking, this typically indicates the coating is not fully cured. Try an extra curing cycle of about 10 minutes at 400°F.

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Originally Posted by bigeyecustomlures

I have my own lure business and have been trying to do some patterns with sublimation it has worked some what but i having a problem with the paper sticking to the powder coating on the lure we have put them temp to 375 for 1 min and 45 sec with the image going on but the paper still sticks any info would be great i had someone say you could spray a release agent on it is there such an item im new to this

thanks