New aerosol pretreat spray from Image Armor – At $25 per can, it is rather expensive for day-to-day pretreating, but a student in one of my seminars had a great idea for the product. While this student used an automatic pretreat machine for most of his work, he planned to use the aerosol spray for small images such as a left chest design. Pretreating caps would be another great use of this new product.
QUICK TIP JUNE 26, 2015 BY Terry Combs
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