Heat Transfer Tech Support Hotline

RTape’s hottest new products are our SEF heat transfer films. Because many of our customers are new to this field, we have established a Heat Transfer Tech Support Hotline.  If you have questions and need answers immediately, call RTape’s one-hour call-back service at our TOLL FREE number: 855-786-3644. NOTE: The hotline will not be answered by a live person.   Messages received by our Heat Transfer Hotline between the hours of 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST, are answered within an hour.

  

 

In nearly all cases, our consultant, Butch “Superfrog” Anton, will personally return your call. Butch is a highly-regarded industry professional, who can give you practical, real world answers based on his 40+ years of experience, doing the same type of work you do. Butch is also available to answer your questions about our other RTape products, such as  our VinylEfx films, Conform application tapes and Eclypse overlaminates.  

Additional information about SEF heat transfer materials is available on the RTape website in the “Textile Decorating” section at http://www.rtape.com/flex-and-flock-films.   New literature for the heat transfer films, such as the FlexCut Color Selector and the SEF Application guide, are also available on the website as downloads. To locate a local distributor that carries the flex and flock products, navigate to our Distributor Locator for Flex and Flock Films.  

About Butch “SuperFrog” Anton  

Butch "Superfrog" Anton

Originally a native of California, Butch moved early in his life to Moorhead, Minnesota, when his father returned home. He has called Moorhead his home ever since.  After high school and a year in college, Butch joined the Navy for a six year hitch. Serving in Vietnam, he did a tour as a corpsman with the Marines.

After his stint in the Navy, he went home to Moorhead and joined the Air National Guard.  Butch remained a member of the Guard, until his  just a few years ago, retiring as a E8 Senior Master Sergeant.  

During this time, Butch also pursued his bachelors degree in Industrial Technology at Minnesota State University, Moorhead, where his concentration was research and development.  

As a senior in college, Butch became fascinated one day as he watched a local sign painter decorate a grain truck.  Throughout the school year, he practiced hand lettering on his own. By the time he finished college, Butch was ready to pursue his true calling as a sign painter.

How Butch Became Known As “SuperFrog”

Butch also became a Master Instructor Trainer with the Professional Association of Diving Instructors of Santa Ana, California. As a Scuba instructor he trained over 2500 people.  Butch also taught scuba at Minnesota State. Many of his students were among the hundreds of groups that he took to exotic dive sites all over the world. Butch also did salvage and retrieval for the state of Minnesota and the federal government. His passion for scuba diving earned him the nickname “Superfrog”.

In addition to running a successful sign shop in Moorehead, MN, for the last fortyyears, Butch has conducted classes and workshops at sign shows and industry events all over the world.  He has literally shown thousands of sign makers his unique “Norwegian airbrush” techniques, which can add pizzazz and sales value to run of the mill vinyl graphics.  As a master marketer and salesman, he has also taught sign shop owners how to increase their sales and profits with his 3-tier sales technique.

During his career in the sign industry, Butch has also written countless articles for various industry magazines and has appeared in many educational videos.

ARTICLES ABOUT HEAT TRANSFER FILMS

Printing Heat Transfer Films with Latex Inks

Changing Printer Settings in Roland Versaworks

Tips for Cutting Flock Material

Heat Transfers on Neoprene

Stretching Garments Prior to Heat Pressing

The Differences Between Polyurethane and Vinyl Films

How to Flash Press FlexCut StickyLT  

Laminating Application Tape and Hot Mask Films
Stretching Garments Prior to Heat Pressing
The Differences Between Polyurethane and Vinyl Films
Printing Tatoo with Seiko Fluorescent Inks
Reflective Heat Transfer Films
SEF Heat Transfer Films Instructions
Introducing Tatoo Printable Heat Transfer Films
HotMask Polyester Transfer Tapes
Correcting Plotter Cutting Problems When Cutting H...
Which Films Stick to Coated Fabrics? 
The Difference between FlexCut Sticky and FlexCut ...
Heat Transfer Films Product Application Chart
Rules for Overlaying Heat Transfer Films 
Comparing Heat Transfer Films with Screen Printed ...
Peel Recommendations for Heat Transfer Films
Heat Pressing Appliques on Leather 

Heat Pressing on Dye Sublimated Fabrics

Heat Transfer Films: Hot, Warm or Cold Peel

Processing Printable Heat Transfer Films

Shopping for a Heat Press 

Pressing Heat Transfer Films

Evaluating Heat Transfer Films

Plotter Cutting Heat Transfer Films
Cutting & Weeding Tips for Heat Transfer Films
The Trouble with Shrinking Shirts
Caring for Garments with Heat Transfers

For More Information About SEF Americas:

14476-201 Duval Place West

Jacksonville, FL 32218

904-423-0211 - Phone

904-423-0899 - Fax

844-720-9600 - Toll Free

Ordering: sales@SEFamericas.com

Web: NEW SEF Americas Website

Click Here: SEF Americas Shared Public Folder

Click Here: SEF Product Application Guide

Click Here: SEF FlexCut Product Color Guide

Click Here: SEF Print & Cut Product Guide

Click Here: For SEF Documents
Click Here: Access Printer Profiles

About Jim Hingst: After fourteen years as Business Development Manager at RTape, Jim Hingst retired. He was involved in many facets of the company’s business, including marketing, sales, product development and technical service.

Hingst began his career 42 years ago in the graphic arts field creating and producing advertising and promotional materials for a large test equipment manufacturer.  Working for offset printers, large format screen printers, vinyl film manufacturers, and application tape companies, his experience included estimating, production planning, purchasing and production art, as well as sales and marketing. In his capacity as a salesman, Hingst was recognized with numerous sales achievement awards.

Drawing on his experience in production and as graphics installation subcontractor, Hingst provided the industry with practical advice, publishing more than 150 articles for  publications, such as  Signs Canada, SignCraft,  Signs of the Times, Screen Printing, Sign and Digital Graphics and  Sign Builder Illustrated. He also posted more than 325 stories on his blog (hingstssignpost.blogspot.com). In 2007 Hingst’s book, Vinyl Sign Techniques, was published.

© 2015 Jim Hingst