Source:Weyeah crystal elementsAuthor:Wead Chan Addtime:2021/10/8 Click:0
The impact factors of hot fix motifs
Hot fix motifs, as a decoration on garment or textile, can make the clothes more beautiful and special. Here introduces some knowledge of hot fix motifs.
The impact aspects of hot fix motifs:
1. the quality of materials, such as hot fix rhinestones, hot fix rhinestuds, hot fix nailheads, etc.
2. The quality of hot fix tape
3. The method of making patterns
4. The manufacture details
5. Package
6. Method of delivery
7. The method of hot fix
8. The inspection after finish
1. The identification of hot fix rhinestones, rhinestuds and nailheads
There are four aspects to identify the quality of hot fix rhinestones, rhinestuds, and nailheads
First, the more shinning is the better.
Second, it is less color difference if high quality.
Third, the thickness and diameter are same with each items if high quality.
Fourth, the good hot fix rhinestones, rhinestuds and nailheads have good bottom glue, which have identical color and thinner roundness glue. It is hard to come off from the clothes while washing.
2. Hot fix tape
There are tow kinds of hot fix tape, one is white, another one is yellow, which have their own advantages. Generally speaking, there are waves on the bottom of white hot fix tape, to fixed the rhinestones more steady. And the yellow one has good glue with smooth bottom, which is fit for rhinestuds and nailheads. So we have to choose the hot fix tape according to the material of hot fix motifs.
3. Making patterns
Making patterns is the essential procedure of manufacturing hot fix motifs. Here are two methods. One is using machine drill the pattern, which disadvantage is limited, just for round hot fix items, and the quality is depended on the worker’s experience. The other method is using computer laser machine to make patterns. It is so precise but the cost is high.
4. Production
There are two methods of manufacture, rough processing and fine processing. Rough processing usually is a normal process, the inspection is not fine. But fine processing is a process, which focus on the manufacture quality and fine inspection, and change off the bad color, broken, non-glue and distorted rhinestones or rhinestuds, make sure the consistency between the origin design and the effect picture. It will take 1.5 times time to do fine processing than rough one.
5. Package
Using vacuum plastic film to pack the hot fix motifs, then, pack them into cartons. There is hard paperboard around in the inside package, which make sure the rhinestones or rhinestuds not to move over.
6. Transport
Hot fix motif should be of special protection, light take and put, no pressure and bump.
7. Hot fix methods
There are many hot fix methods, such as steam hot fix, machine hot fix, laser hot fix, electric iron hot fix, etc. Usually speaking, good hot fix is the combination of organic, temperature, time and pressure.
The melting point of hot fix rhinestuds and nailheads is 140 degree Celsius, so the temperature should be up to 140 degree Celsius. As for China hot fix rhinestones, it needs low temperature, about 140 degree Celsius, but for imported hot fix rhinestones, it needs 160-200 degree Celsius. The bigger size of hot fix rhinestones, the temperature is higher.
The best time is 10-15 seconds, according to the actual situation.
The pressure is depended on the material of garment.
To be mentioned that, using steam hot fix China colored rhinestuds or nailheads on white cloths it is easy to stain the cloth, so you have to change for another hot fix method. But if you hot fix them one other colored cloths the staining will the not be showed on the surface, just because of hard to founded.
8. Inspection and check
To be checked motifs patterns before hot fix is a essential procedure, which can help find the bad or missing rhinestones, and to be replace them in advance. After hot fix, it needs check out the hot fix motifs again, to make sure all the hot fix rhinestones adhere to the garment totally, if not, iron on the missing rhinestones again.
