daveym

When i purchased this paper it states use on light coloured t shirts...however my question is how light is light! i recently pressed a quite complex design onto a military green colour t shirt but the edges where i trimmed around the image are slightly visible in places...it looks good enough to wear for myself but not something i could really sell which was my intended idea. Some people don't really notice the trim area when i show them, but because it was hand cut and quite a difficult design it is pretty impossible to cut it perfectly without spending hours on cutting just the 1 image!

I assume military green might be slightly too dark for this sort of paper...however the image looks great on it as it is only a black image and has a real vintage feel to it but i really want to find away of getting around this problem! I really don't want to use white t shirts for this image.

My question is how dark do people go when using this light transfer paper on t shirts...ie what colours can you really use before the trim area becomes quite visible.

I'm thinking of getting the following colours: salmon, ice grey, yellow haze, stone blue, ash grey...maybe more! These aren't as dark as the military green but i don't want any visible trim lines around the image on these colours.

What colours have people experimented with?...all help appreciated

 

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sjidohair

I trim everything off any colored tee that i can, only on white can i be a lil more lazy, it will be a different hue of color on a light colored tee, trim as much as possible, always test on first, instead of doing a order, I get irregular shirts for testers, boy by the time i am done, they look like a very interesting art design, there is not one inch left to press anything on, then i use them to paint the house or something,,,
Sandy JO

 

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COEDS

Quote: Originally Posted by sjidohair I trim everything off any colored tee that i can, only on white can i be a lil more lazy, it will be a different hue of color on a light colored tee, trim as much as possible, always test on first, instead of doing a order, I get irregular shirts for testers, boy by the time i am done, they look like a very interesting art design, there is not one inch left to press anything on, then i use them to paint the house or something,,, Sandy JO

Great tips Sandy, I keeep reading about inkjet transfers. I do them, but not alot . .... JB

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sjidohair

JB,
What Medium are you using now? I am heading into the Vinyl and Screen printing.
I do pressing of premade plastisol, and also purchase from other Transfer Companys, I also make my own, when i need somethign I cannot find, It takes alot of time to make your own, Graphic wise, but very fun.
I think that for all the Tees we wanna make , we have to mix it up a bit, not just do one thing it Limits us to much. I Plan on having all ready for what ever project my Brain can think up.
Sandy JO

 

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