burdissl

I have big plans but a goal to start small. I live in a town that revolves around sports. It is my goal to be able to have a heat press that is mobile and to offer tshirts & sweatshirts that can be customized. You'd be able to put your school name,mascot, number, quotes, a basketball or football, etc...on your shirts. While games are happening in our gym, shirts can be pressed. I picture a win-win!

The assistance I need to know is:

1. Is a heat press a heat press or is there a certain brand I should stick with?

2. Would you agree that it'd be best to order my heat transfer designs from a third party vendor and order in bulk?

3. Are there different grades/quality of heat transfers.

3. Once I have a press and the heat transfers, I then will search for a place to order my tees and sweatshirts.

Any advice would be great. I'm eager to get started but would like to get input before diving in head first!!!

 

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ole Jobe

You have more research to do. Will the schools or sponsors of the events allow this? Will you have to give the sponsors a cut? A good heat press is going to be pretty heavy. You would also have to carry a sturdy table. Will you be allowed access to electricity? For quality you will need screened transfers. Who is going to design the shirts? Will you try to have a separate design for each event? Most of the major suppliers of screened transfers (Pro World, Ace Transfer, etc.) will provide good quality along with application instructions. Another option might be a dye sublimation printer to print the transfers as needed. This is a relatively slow process, you could only do about 20 shirts an hour. I have worked a few events with transfers I had screened myself with fairly good success. Hope this helps, or at least doesn't confuse too much.

 

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