What are Heat Seal Patches? 

Heat Seal Patches are adhesive leather patches that can be engraved. Once engraved, the Heat Seal Patch can then be applied to a product using heat and pressure.

Heat Seal Patches come in a variety of sizes and colors. Heat Seal Patches will engrave to the color of the thread present on the patch. 

Best For:

• Hats: Heat Seal Patches are a popular option for hats and can be applied to a variety of styles of hats from structured hats, unstructured hats, and beanies.

• Bags: Heat Seal Patches can also be applied to bags and other structured products that may not be available for other decoration methods.

• Heavier Materials: Due to the production process and weight of the patch, we do not recommend Heat Seal Patches for lighter materials, such as t-shirt material. 

Considerations:

• Mockups Are Not Automatically Generated: Unlike laser engraving, the product builder will not automatically generate a mockup of your artwork on a heat seal patch. Reach out to your account manager to have a heat seal patch created. 

• Small Details May Be Lost: Similar to engraving, intricate designs or small details may be lost during the engraving process.  Logos may need to be adjusted to remove intricate or small details. Our design team can assist with adjusting your design.

• Artwork is Limited to One Color and One Layer: Multiple layers will merge into one layer, causing the image to engrave as one solid block in the shape of your logo. Layered details will be lost. 

Products Available for Heat Seal Patches:

Heat Seal Patches are available for a variety of fabrics and products from hats to bags and more! Check out our available Heat Seal Patch products here!

Artwork Requirements:

• Your artwork should be limited to one color and only one layer. Similar to laser engraving, all artwork layers are merged into one layer causing multiple layers to be engraved as a solid block in the shape of your logo. 

• Your artwork should not have transparencies or opacities. Transparencies or opacities will be converted to solid objects when your file is converted to an engraving file. 

• All lines must have a minimum line weight of 1 point for garments.Lines less than 1 point will not adhere to the garment, causing gaps to be printed in the artwork. 

• All negative spaces need to be a minimum thickness equivalent to 2 points. Negative spaces less than 2 points will not allow enough clearance between printed lines, causing those lines to bleed together.

• All text should be converted to outlines, if uploading a vector file. Live fonts will not be recognized as objects to print. Exporting your file as a PNG will also fix this problem. 

File Requirements:

• Your file should have a minimum resolution of 150 dpi (pixels per inch) scaled at 10 inches. We recommend a resolution of 300 dpi. Many of our garments will print at or near 10 inch width. Saving your file at this size will ensure the resolution is maintained as your artwork is scaled for different products.

• Your file should be formatted as either a PNG or vector file (.png .svg .ai .eps .pdf .psd, .tif, .tiff). 

• Your file must have a transparent background. Our decorators will print exactly what is uploaded. If an uploaded file contains a white background, a white background will be printed on your product. 

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