Heat transfer vinyl (HTV) is one of the easiest and most popular ways of creating custom T-shirts. In fact, with just a vinyl cutter, a heat press, and a roll of vinyl on hand, thousands of entrepreneurs like yourself have successfully started their own custom apparel business. But let’s face it - while HTV is easy, accessible, and has the capability to produce outstanding results, it’s not without its drawbacks. And the biggest drawback of all: weeding. If you have never weeded HTV, consider yourself lucky! It’s arguably the most tedious process of decorating garments with heat transfer vinyl as it involves physically removing all of the extra vinyl by hand after you cut your design. And it only gets more labor-intensive and time-consuming with more complex designs.

But what if we told you that there is a very similar product on the market that offers the same quality, durability/washability, and feel to HTV but without the weeding? Let us introduce you to FOREVER Flex Soft!

What is FOREVER Flex Soft?

If you’re not familiar with FOREVER Flex Soft, it’s what is known as a laser heat transfer paper. Heat transfer papers work in a similar way to HTV in that you use a heat press to transfer your design to your T-shirt. However, unlike vinyl, you use a printer to print your design onto a sheet of transfer paper instead of using a vinyl cutter to cut it out. For more information on heat transfer paper, you can check out our other blog.

Now, FOREVER Flex Soft is quite special when it comes to heat transfer papers. This is because you only need to print one color for it to work: black. Yup, with Flex Soft, you’re able to transfer a variety of single-color designs (red, blue, yellow, neon, metallic, etc.) by just printing black with your printer. This means that you do not need to invest in an expensive white toner printer or even a CMYK printer for that matter. You just need a monochrome (black and white) laser printer. And if you don't have one, you can consider having your prints printed for you at 

How Does This Magic Work?!

FOREVER Flex Soft is similar to vinyl in that it comes in single-color sheets, but instead of cutting it, you print on it. In fact, Flex Soft uses what’s known as a two-step process and comes with two sheets of paper: an A-Foil and a B-Paper. The A-Foil is the colored sheet and is what you print on. The B-Paper is an adhesive-coated sheet, and after printing out your design, you will heat press both the A-Foil and the B-Paper together. This causes the adhesive from the B-Paper to only transfer to the printed areas on the A-Foil. Once you’ve married the papers together, you then press the A-Foil sheet to your T-shirt or garment, and only the printed areas transfer. Et voila – you have a printed garment, and you spent zero time weeding! Confusing? Don’t worry – we’ll walk you through the steps shortly.

Now, thanks to this two-step process, you can print incredibly intricate designs – the kinds that would make you cringe if you thought you actually had to weed them. Not only does this save you the frustration and headache involved in weeding, but it also improves your productivity (which in the end leads to greater profit).