Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
I am the owner of a new T-shirt Co named Dankity Dank Clothing. Everything is ready to go for us on our end, although my "friend", and "t-shirt maker" is letting me down bad. He is suppose to be staying on top of the heat transfer world as he has all of the nice printers with the pigment inks, heat presses, the works.
I went to make my first run of shirts yesterday at his shop just to be EXTREMELY let dow. I was printing on 3 light colors: White, Sand, and Pistachio (Gildan Tee Colors). The uncut areas surrounding the photo did not turn out NEAR transparent enough as they need to be, instead all my brown and green prints were ruined due to the OBVIOUS cut line.
I need my shirts to be retail quality as they will be in many local shops soon. These problems could be due to improper time, temperature, and pressure I am sure but my friend did not give me any insructions going into it.
What paper should I use for these light colored shirts mentioned above? What pressing methods should I become familiar with to reduce these lines? Is this a similar problem many people have? Is my business "screwed" or can this issue be easily resolved?
Thank's guys!
p.s. Please don't discredit my business standpoint due to the content of my webpage!
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I am the owner of a new T-shirt Co named Dankity Dank Clothing. Everything is ready to go for us on our end, although my "friend", and "t-shirt maker" is letting me down bad. He is suppose to be staying on top of the heat transfer world as he has all of the nice printers with the pigment inks, heat presses, the works.
I went to make my first run of shirts yesterday at his shop just to be EXTREMELY let dow. I was printing on 3 light colors: White, Sand, and Pistachio (Gildan Tee Colors). The uncut areas surrounding the photo did not turn out NEAR transparent enough as they need to be, instead all my brown and green prints were ruined due to the OBVIOUS cut line.
I need my shirts to be retail quality as they will be in many local shops soon. These problems could be due to improper time, temperature, and pressure I am sure but my friend did not give me any ins ructions going into it.
What paper should I use for these light colored shirts mentioned above? What pressing methods should I become familiar with to reduce these lines? Is this a similar problem many people have? Is my business "screwed" or can this issue be easily resolved?
Thanks guys!
p.s. Please don't discredit my business standpoint due to the content of my webpage!
I have said it one time and I will say it a few more times I am sure. because people are not doing their homework. YOUR EXPECTATIONS OF THE HEAT TRANSFER IS TO HIGH. Hot peel transfers like Iron All will leave a residue on the shirts. Any colored shirt (lights) will only make it more obvious. I think using this type of transfer and putting your shirts into the retail environment is barking up the wrong tree. This is the reason a lot of us use plastisol transfer for commercial tees. It is not your friend that is to blame. it is the transfer.
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When you work with transfer companies you must consider several things. First edition offers lower prices but has limited sizing and time to get it back is sometimes not in the clients interest. Ace, offers a little higher prices but offers speed and larger sizes. Now there are other comapies out there but I have not used them but other memebers have so check prices from other companies as well.
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yes they are.. If you have any questions call them.
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It sounds more like they need to check out digital garment printing. There are plenty of companies out there that offer contract printing. We do, but I don't like doing it, so don't ask. I prefer to sell direct to the end user as I earn more profit that way.
This company would be way down on my list. WAAAAAYYYYYY DDDDDDDOOOOWWWWWNNNN>
And that's all I am going to say about that.
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