RichSBV
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I have been using my dry mount press in the 200 degree range for a while, happily and with no problems. Then my little girl wanted to make a T-shirt (iron-on thing). So it was finally time to look into the thermostat that would only allow the press to reach about 250 degrees...
Easy(?) to adjust and it did finally reach the 350 degrees that is indicated on the thermostat as the high temperature. Oddly enough, just when it reached 350, it started to smoke and smelled a bit like burning rubber... I turned it off and aired out the house
So, I thought I'd bring it up here for input as I don't know all that much about presses. This is a '200' model (Burke & James made by Seal). It says 350 on the thermostat but can it really go that high? Has anyone else had a problem at high temps with smoke? Can that pad handle it?
I know temps like this are high for photo purposes but the iron-on sheets say 375 degrees. And when I measured the houshold iron at the setting they recommended (I had to make that T-shirt), it did reach close to 375. Has anyone run their presses at temps like this?
Any ideas or thought gratefully accepted...
Thanks...
Easy(?) to adjust and it did finally reach the 350 degrees that is indicated on the thermostat as the high temperature. Oddly enough, just when it reached 350, it started to smoke and smelled a bit like burning rubber... I turned it off and aired out the house

So, I thought I'd bring it up here for input as I don't know all that much about presses. This is a '200' model (Burke & James made by Seal). It says 350 on the thermostat but can it really go that high? Has anyone else had a problem at high temps with smoke? Can that pad handle it?
I know temps like this are high for photo purposes but the iron-on sheets say 375 degrees. And when I measured the houshold iron at the setting they recommended (I had to make that T-shirt), it did reach close to 375. Has anyone run their presses at temps like this?
Any ideas or thought gratefully accepted...
Thanks...