Specialty Materials

Specialty Materials is the leading provider of plotter cut films and digitally printable media for textile decoration. We have the best selection of heat transfer films on the market, offering over 20 different product lines that encompass a vast selection of colors and patterns to fit every type of apparel decoration need. Regardless of what type of garment you are embellishing, we have a heat transfer film well suited for the task and we are proud to offer the most dependable products on the market. Specialty Materials is committed to providing high quality heat transfer films and customer support that continuously exceeds our customers' expectations. We have grown from our beginning as Specialty Materials Inc. in 1998 to become a major supplier of heat-applied films in North America. Our headquarters and primary warehouse is centrally located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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New ThermoFlex Plus colors just in time for #ISSOrlando next month. Tiffany Blue and Sea Foam Green! #lovewhatupress

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We're getting ready for #ISSAtlanticCity. If you're going, please stop by booth 910!

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#12daysofvinyl is in effect! To enter, send pictures of your holiday projects that have been made with our materials to [email protected] and if we choose your photo to share, we'll send you a free 5 yard roll of #thermoflexplus! #lovewhatupress

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Visions of seahorses and starfish dance in our heads. We're getting ready for #ISSLongBeach next month.

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Whew! Been so busy getting ready for ISS Fort Worth. Anyone going next week? #lovewhatupress

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Getting ready for the #NBMshow next week. Stop by booth #110 to see the finished project. #lovewhatupress #thermoflex #glitterflexultra

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Project for today: figuring out this beast. Any #embroidery advice out there for us?

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Feliz Cinco de Mayo! #cincodemayo #thermoflex

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Getting ready for #ISSNashville next week and getting our GlitterFlex Ultra guitars in tune. We’ll be giving away mini-tees with the finished guitar design on them. #thermoflex #design 

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This is what we've got on our mini-fridge in the marketing department. The picture is about 14 years old, but it still speaks truth. #tbt #tbthursday #thermoflex

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Baby shower! Congrats Audra on your baby girl due the 5th of May.

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April showers.... #crazycrystalcolors #design #tshirt #thermoflex

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Making a diagram of the dimensions of our mini-tees using a picture of an old FashionFlex tee as a guide. Will be on our website soon. #tshirt #tshirtdesign #thermoflex #fashion #fashionflex

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G7 Unable To Get Deposit Back On Shipment Of ‘G8 Summer Getaway’ T-Shirts

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The Onion is a humor site that has made-up articles, but this kind of thing can and does happen in real life.  If a customer changes their order after the shirts have been pressed with heat transfer vinyl, don't fret!  

You can remove the vinyl with pure acetone from your local hardware store.  Here's how to do it...  

-Put on gloves and get thee to a ventilated area. -Soak a rag with acetone. -Take the shirt and apply on the inside out of where the vinyl is located. -After the acetone soaks through the fabric, you should be able to peel the vinyl right off. -Allow to dry and then put the correct vinyl over the area. -Ta-da! You saved the day and your customer is happy. :)

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Polypropylene fabric has a melting point of 329 degrees. Here we used PolyBag Flex, which has an application temp of 285 degrees. #thermoflex #polybag

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Happy pi day! #thermoflex #decoflock #tshirt #piday

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#tbt Remember when we used to send stuffed animals with our mini-tees on them?

Those stuffed animals had a happy ending. We donated bins and bins of them to a local homeless shelter and they were given to the kids there.