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Where do you buy your custom plastisol transfers?

Why did you go with this company over the others?

What other companies have you tried?



Just for reference, here's a the list of suppliers...INTERNATIONAL
 
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Re: Where do you buy YOUR custom plastisol transfers?

I will never, never, never contact Silver Mtn again. They do not answer emails. They said they would snd me samples as everyone else did and they did not. This is called lousy customer service. I will look into some more of the names you listed but right now it is First Edition and Dowling.
 
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I agree with Lou wholeheartedly with regards to Silver Mountain. I initially wanted to go with them for my transfers but they never answered ANY of my e-mails.

Luckily, suzieh told me about Dowling Graphics. I went with them because of the excellent recommendation but Susan and because they allow oversized ganging. When I contacted them with questions they answered the same day and have been super through the entire process.
 
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Re: Where do you buy YOUR custom plastisol transfers?

TeeShirtSamurai said:
I agree with Lou wholeheartedly with regards to Silver Mountain. I initially wanted to go with them for my transfers but they never answered ANY of my e-mails.

Luckily, suzieh told me about Dowling Graphics. I went with them because of the excellent recommendation but Susan and because they allow oversized ganging. When I contacted them with questions they answered the same day and have been super through the entire process.
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I have done two jobs with Silver Mountain. He had to search art work for me. Both jobs came in perfect. He shipped them over night mail at a very reasonable price.

My contact with him was primarily over the phone but he did respond to my email, mostly by phone. I think it is a small business and he does not have time to answer too many questions. He was recommended to me by a friend who uses his services, and I will happily recommend him.
 
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TeeShirtSamurai said:
I agree with Lou wholeheartedly with regards to Silver Mountain. I initially wanted to go with them for my transfers but they never answered ANY of my e-mails.

Luckily, suzieh told me about Dowling Graphics. I went with them because of the excellent recommendation but Susan and because they allow oversized ganging. When I contacted them with questions they answered the same day and have been super through the entire process.
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I only wish they had a pricing matrix online :(
 
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shirtguy said:
Try www.semoimprints.com best one I have worked with. Special personal attention. Jim the owner is very good at what he does.
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I added them to the list above....

It looks like they charge a premium if your artwork contains ganged images.

I'm not sure why that would matter unless they are cutting your images for you for that additional cost for the same sized transfer. :confused:
 
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Atari said:
I added them to the list above....

It looks like they charge a premium if your artwork contains ganged images.

I'm not sure why that would matter unless they are cutting your images for you for that additional cost for the same sized transfer. :confused:
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Sometimes alot of the plastisol printers have problems doing multicolored ganged images due to paper shrinkage. If there are several different images ganged on the sheet it makes it harder for perfect registration thus the extra charge for the multi-color gang sheets. They do not have an extra fee for one color gangs.
 
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hey Atari, wow.... thanks for the resource list.
Do you know if all these peeps own a factory and manufacture or do they contract it out ?

I know Clarke Dundas from X-it is great guy and his 90's Slix collection was a big hit....
 
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Scrap-Boy said:
hey Atari, wow.... thanks for the resource list.
Do you know if all these peeps own a factory and manufacture or do they contract it out?
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Actually that list is mostly from another thread here.... in the other thread it had some characters after it to designate a couple different things like "C" = "they do custom transfers" etc... but I don't think that where the transfers were made was considered. I think it's pretty much assumed that they are all made in house... ? (I think :confused: )
 
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Atari said:
More choices is good.

It makes them compete on quality as well as price ;)
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Only if you inform each and every vendor that you are shopping their prices. At which point you will not get much out of them as they won't continue to try and BEAT another vendors pricing. What you need to do is:

1 pick a few YOU think are decent

2 order some tranfers to sample

3 make up YOUR mind on quality and pricing that is right for YOU
 
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tcrowder said:
Only if you inform each and every vendor that you are shopping their prices. At which point you will not get much out of them as they won't continue to try and BEAT another vendors pricing. What you need to do is:

1 pick a few YOU think are decent

2 order some tranfers to sample

3 make up YOUR mind on quality and pricing that is right for YOU
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You stole my post. :mad::D
 
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Re: Where do you buy YOUR custom plastisol transfers?

Atari said:
Where do you buy your custom plastisol transfers?

Why did you go with this company over the others?

What other companies have you tried?



Just for reference, here's a the list of suppliers...
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Sorry to come upon this thread so late, but I just joined the forum today and have many questions about heat transfers. My first question is whether the plastisol transfers are up to the quality of screen printing. I have seen some transfers from Ace Transfer Company and they have a 'rubbery' feel to them and look like tranfers. I have a line of baseball graphics shirts that I normally do 5 colors on and was thinking of switching to heat transfers, but am hesitant because I still want to provide a quality product to my customers.

From your list and other members input, it seems like the choices are between Dowling, First Edition, Howard and Image Setters. Between these choices, consdiering all things, which would you recommend?

Thanks! Any input you can provide will be greatly appreicated!
 
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Basically, with the plastisol transfers, you really can't tell. Although, I would never lie to a customer. I would get samples, press them and show your customers. I've found that a lot of my customers associate transfers with being cheap and feeling like a patch. Once they see the good dtuff thats out there, most of them are up it. You can get either digital or the plastisol transfers. And either way, you can change the feel of them by how you press them. Once you find a good company, you are all set.
 
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hclement1056 said:
As for durability, there are transfers out there that last 3 to 4 times longer than industry standards. I know that AET has transfers that have an added adhesive. I think Versatranz may also but I've only used them once or twice.
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What is the industry standard for heat transfer durability?
 
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Ive become a fan of Howard Sports Wear Home These people answered any question I had on the phone, did a "while I waited" quote on the job I was involved in and give advice on a few areas I was lacking knowledge in.
Im also the kinda guy that, once I find a place that makes me feel like my money is going to a happy place and that Im getting what I want, I stay.
 
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As someone who is still searching for an affordable, yet decent sized, heat press, the platisol tranfers really appear to be of a much high quality than what I may be able to produce with my angry little Epson C86. I find the whole concept rather exciting - and I'm not an excitable guy.

However...
For me, the major thing that sticks out about that list is that only a handful of those sites seem to actively and openly advertise their custom plastisol transfer service. If it looks as if I'll have to scower their entire site for info, I'm not going to bother.

Also, I'm inherently anti-social, and being a web developer for the last 4+ years hasn't improved me, so I find it bizarre that so many of the sites are rather outdated in both appearance in functionality. I just want to know what they offer, what their prices are (including setup), and be able to conduct as much of my business as possible without ever having to pick up my phone. ;) Is that too much to ask. Don't even get me started about those pesky PDFs slowing me down.
 
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Useless said:
I just want to know what they offer, what their prices are (including setup), and be able to conduct as much of my business as possible without ever having to pick up my phone. ;) Is that too much to ask.
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no, it's not to much to ask.

80% of our custom orders are palced and paid for online with a few clicks. From there it gets shifted to our production message board to execute the job. Its a easy as that.

But when dealing with new clients or newbies who may not know the process or transfer types etc. A few emails or phone calls gets it happening.
 
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