A heat press is available at Matatiki Hornby Centre (opening Friday 19 April 3pm), New Brighton, South, Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre, and Tūranga. You can use the heat press at Creative Times in those libraries.

Use our Book a Creative form to arrange a time that suits you to get one-on-one help.

A heat press is used to apply heat transfer vinyl to fabric, garments (such as T-shirts) and other media. Other uses include:

• applying iron-on interfacing to fabric during garment construction
• as a press for embossing leather
• as a simple printing press and setter for heat-set inks

The area capable of being pressed is approximately 370 x 370 mm.

Material - Fabrics.

The Cugi heat press is 38cm by 38 cm.

A heat press presses any fabric to make it smooth. It also presses heat transfer prints onto fabric. This works on tshirts, hoodies and tote bags. Other uses include embossing leather.

Check Linkedin Learning for courses including Learn t-shirt printing and design.

Customers are responsible for understanding their legal obligations under copyright, trademark, patent, and industrial law as well as their moral obligations to protect their own and others' intellectual property. Our libraries are busy public places.While we will endeavour to do our best to protect the privacy of your work, we cannot guarantee that it will not be seen by other customers.The Library reserves the right to refuse any request.