skunk

Hello Everyone I'm New To All This Stuff..... What Are The Materials Needed To Heat Press A Design On A Shirt...any Help Is Greatly Appreciated

 

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Jasonda

You will need:

- A heat press
- A shirt
- A transfer. This could be an inkjet transfer, a dye sub transfer, a plastisol transfer, a vinyl transfer, etc.

If you're doing inkjet or dye sub you'll need a printer and transfer paper.

If you're doing plastisol you just order the transfers from an outside company.

If you're doing vinyl you'll need a vinyl cutter.

If you post a sample of the kind of design you want to do, we can probably let you know what transfer method would be best for you.

 

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skunk

Well All I Wanna Do Is Be Able To Create My Own Designs And Put Them On A Shirt... But The Designs I Created Are Complicated And Can't Be Cut That Easily And Badalou Said That Theirs Is No Paper Out Their Compattible With The Roland Gx24...i Wanted To Buy Iron All Paper From Newmilfordphoto.com And Then Cut Out The Design On The Roland But Lou Told Me You Can't Do That Is He Right? Thanx Rolanda Your A Big Help

 

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Solmu

If you buy a mylar carrier sheet and put the paper on that you can cut it, but the only paper you can cut as is is two-ply opaque paper.

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skunk

Solmu i'm a little confused please go more into details with this...i have my machine i wanna use it already but i need to know exactly how to do it...thanx everyone for your support

 

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Jasonda

Joe,

Try this thread:

Vinyl Cutter Optical Eye - Cutting NON-Opaque Transfers

 

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Solmu

99.5% of what I've learnt about plotters (such as it is) I've learnt on these forums, so if you search/browse through previous threads in the vinyl and heat transfer sections you will find the information.

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skunk

thank you all for helping me but unfortunately i'm still confused so if i buy iron all paper does that mean i have to around my design, my designs are complicated and it will take forever to cut, theirs gotta be an easier way?

 

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Solmu

Quote: Originally Posted by skunk theirs gotta be an easier way?

There doesn't gotta be an easier way, and in this case there isn't.

There are different options (screenprinting, dye sublimation, plastisol transfers, learning to live with the box, cutting the basic outline and leaving the fiddlier bits), but not everything has an easy solution just because we wish it were so.

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skunk

so solmu your telling me that theirs no paper out there tha just transfers the ink? man i'm starting to think the t shirt business is not for me......dang y is this so hard or am i just making it hard

 

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Solmu

Quote: Originally Posted by skunk so solmu your telling me that theirs no paper out there tha just transfers the ink?

There is dye sublimation, there is imageclip for laser printers, and there are plastisol transfers. So no, I'm not saying that. But there is no inkjet transfer paper that does that.

Quote: Originally Posted by skunk dang y is this so hard or am i just making it hard

I think you're making it hard.

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Jasonda

Quote: Originally Posted by skunk so solmu your telling me that theirs no paper out there tha just transfers the ink?

That is correct.

You can use dye sublimation transfers, which will transfer only the ink, but you have to use polyester shirts for those.

You can do plastisol transfers, which can not be printed on a home printer, they have to be outsourced. There is no box with this kind of transfer.

If your designs are fairly simple and less than 3 colors, you can use vinyl and a vinyl cutter. Again, no box here.

There are a lot of options.

 

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skunk

what is dye sublimation? and what do you mean by polyester shirts?

 

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Jasonda

Quote: Originally Posted by skunk what is dye sublimation?

Lots of info here:

http://www.t-shirtforums.com/dye-sublimation

And here:

DyeSub.org - An educational site for dye sublimation and digital transfer printing.

Quote: Originally Posted by skunk and what do you mean by polyester shirts?

I mean shirts that have a fiber content of 65% polyester or more. 100% poly for best results. As opposed to a regular t-shirt, which is usually 100% cotton.

 

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skunk

just a question for everyone out there what's better iron all heat transfer or vinyl transfer i just wanna know... and i think im gonna go with vinyl transfer because

a. my designs are only 1 color

b. the roland does all the cutting for me

c. i don't know yet

anyone think i'm wrong?

 

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