I have been using Eco Iron-on (white and black) for tee shirt designs. The process has been easy enough. However, the last design had to score over the label identifying the material as proofgrade. The laser was not able to score through the label. I checked to see if the label could be peeled off. No, it could not. Should I just consider the 6 square inches under the label as wasted? What do others do?
I had a similar issue with the label on the proof grade leather. If you’ve done the gift of good measure and it is coming out well, reach out to the company as they stand behind their products. That is part of the encouragement to get proof grade materials.
I flip over the material so the label is underneath and then just pick the material myself from the drop down. The label was supposed to be a UV printed ink on the masking with the sticker as a short-term thing until they got the direct inked approach working. Short-term wasn’t so the label disrupting the cut/engrave went from a minor annoyance to a permanent problem made worse when they increased the size of the stickers. Just flip it over and chalk up needing to go the manual material selection route as another good idea GF had with a flawed implementation.
Some people save stickers for the materials they use and place them on the bed where it will be seen by the camera but not in the way of a cut/engrave. Seems like a lot of extra work to not have to pick the material from the drop down list though.
When I use other proof grade material like plywood and acrylic flipping works. But Eco iron-on can’t be flipped. There must be another solution. Thanks for trying to help.
I haven’t used GF iron on, so I have questions - Can you peel off the label? (I honestly don’t know)
I tried and I couldn’t. I have asked Support about the label. They haven’t gotten back to me.
Hi Janet! I’ve run into this issue myself and it drives me nuts that the iron-on’s are packaged this way. What I do is spray a little bit of goo gone on the label, then peel it off. Sometimes it takes a few applications but it’s always come off. I clean the material with dish soap afterward and let dry to make sure that all of the residue is off before I print. Seems to work, but its a lot of extra work that shouldn’t have to be done in the first place.
Thanks for your response. Yours is the only one that offers a possible solution, although I agree with you about the extra work. Glowforge support still has not gotten back to me about this.