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Old November 11th, 2009 Nov 11, 2009 2:26:42 PM -   #1 (permalink)
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Default Not sure which printing method to use for this design.

Hi, I have a shirt design that i want to put in production but i am not sure of which method to use. I will be grateful if anybody can help.

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Default Re: Not sure which printing method to use for this design.

To have the design to stop exactly at the shirt seams you would need cut and sew. If it doesn't need to stop exactly at the sleeve seam, I would print it as a 2 color oversize screen print.
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Default Re: Not sure which printing method to use for this design.

Kl...but wudnt so much ink on the shirt make it heavy?
 
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Default Re: Not sure which printing method to use for this design.

You could use a waterbased ink or a soft-hand plastisol ink.
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Default Re: Not sure which printing method to use for this design.

Yeah to get it clean as in the pic, you're gonna have to go with cut & sew.
 
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