Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
I have project for a family reunion. The front will be with a photo and some writing and the back will be with writing. The tshirt will be red and the writing in white.
How will this work for heat press? I was thinking to get the writing done with a silkscreener, but of course that will tie into my profit. I want the best quality work for this picky customer. Right now we are at 60 tshirts.
Will the regular transfer paper work with the red tshirt...I guess I better do a test.
I was thinking ss the back of the tshirt and for the front heat press but then the words on the front will not match the back.
I would do the picture with transfer paper & the back with screen printing or vinyl. You should price it out at a local screen printer to see how much the whole project would cost. It might be easier to have them do it all and you could mark the shirts up a buck or two.
I would do the picture with transfer paper & the back with screen printing or vinyl. You should price it out at a local screen printer to see how much the whole project would cost. It might be easier to have them do it all and you could mark the shirts up a buck or two.
I kind of messed up with the quote I think.....I forgot she wanted white writing on red. Right now, just want to get this project out of the way and a few dollars. I have been in contact with this woman for a year and she is a headache.
I have project for a family reunion. The front will be with a photo and some writing and the back will be with writing. The tshirt will be red and the writing in white.
How will this work for heat press? I was thinking to get the writing done with a silkscreener, but of course that will tie into my profit. I want the best quality work for this picky customer. Right now we are at 60 tshirts.
Will the regular transfer paper work with the red tshirt...I guess I better do a test.
I was thinking ss the back of the tshirt and for the front heat press but then the words on the front will not match the back.
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When using the a heat press on red shirts, we see a large darker red square .. after about 15 to 20 minutes this completely fades away. Do you know if this happens with other colors?
When using the a heat press on red shirts, we see a large darker red square .. after about 15 to 20 minutes this completely fades away. Do you know if this happens with other colors?
Yes, this is typical with darker shirts ... especially red.
What did you decide? I was thinking you could do the photo with opaque inkjet transfer paper and the text with plastisol, but seeing as how you'll have a combo of both on the front, I just don't think that will work (unless they have the same time/temp requirements).
I would not do white lettering with transfers on a red shirt. I would get a quote for vinyl from one of us. Contact www.heatpressvinyls.com he is now doing vinyl transfers cut to your specs. lou
I would not do white lettering with transfers on a red shirt. I would get a quote for vinyl from one of us. Contact www.heatpressvinyls.com he is now doing vinyl transfers cut to your specs. lou
I would give Roger a call at heatpress vinyl and he will help you out. .... JB
Hi badalou, tks for yr suggestion, pls tell which cost will be more economical between vinyl transfer and transfer print
Sherman
Simple answer is it depends on your volume of transfers, colors.. low end cheaper vinyl but it is subject to number of colors. Roger is the one to ask about this..
I would talk her into using a light color t-shirt, maybe a ringer with red trim; otherwise maybe something like 4-color process plastisol transfers for the front.
Truthfully family reunion tees and the like tend to be tacky things (like photos on red) that most people will toss in a drawer and never be caught dead wearing. They should be printed as cheaply as possible. I would go with inkjet transfers. I don't really think it matters if the front and back match, most likely they won't anyway all things considered.
I would ask the s-printer first I know that they need to heat the print so it can cure I think the temp for that is 330F.
then heat transfer would be At 350F to 375F depends on what transfer paper you use
It looks like I will allow him to s-print first. Thanks for bringing that up with the heater for s-print, forgot about that part. Dont need the transfer going through that and melt away..lol This guy is pretty cheap and does good work. I like to keep the entire job and make all of the money but hey time is money.
I would talk her into using a light color t-shirt, maybe a ringer with red trim; otherwise maybe something like 4-color process plastisol transfers for the front.
Truthfully family reunion tees and the like tend to be tacky things (like photos on red) that most people will toss in a drawer and never be caught dead wearing. They should be printed as cheaply as possible. I would go with inkjet transfers. I don't really think it matters if the front and back match, most likely they won't anyway all things considered.
I appreciate your response....I am going to suggest NOT going with the red. Thinking I might just do the front heat press with black ink writing front and s-print white on the black.
Red tshirt with White writing 
