emilybrooke

Okay so I'm completely new to this and have no idea where to start. Basically I want to take a plain cotton hooded sweatshirt and put my company's logo on it somehow. I'm talking, small 2in by 2in logo....

Question 1: If I want to do this on a black shirt, with a white logo, could I just buy the heat transfer paper in white and simply cut out the image and iron it on? Simple as that?

Question 2: If I chose to use a light color, such as pink, and do a black logo, is there any way to get the image onto the transfer paper without using a printer (I do not have one at the moment. I just moved into an apartment in a completely different state and have no use for a printer...)

I'm a bit stuck here and just really didn't want to pay for a screenprinter/embroidery shop to do this for me if I could just do it myself.

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splathead

Transfer papers need ink to work correctly.

There is transfer paper made for dark fabrics that has a white background. I suppose you could experiment cutting this up, however most of these papers requires a heat press, not an iron. Try looking at Heat Transfer Paper, Inkjet heat transfer paper & Dark Transfer Paper at TShirt Supplies. They may have a dark transfer than can be ironed.

Your other option is to use vinyl. But again, not sure if an iron gets hot enough to seal it to garments.

 

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clay@coastal

How many sweatshirts are you looking to do? Is this a one time thing or a recurring job?

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emilybrooke

Quote: Originally Posted by clay@coastal How many sweatshirts are you looking to do? Is this a one time thing or a recurring job?

It's just a one-time thing.. possibly making two of them or even a canvas bag eventually. Just one for now though, and I'm just not really sure -- I've seen the iron-on transfer pens but a bit unsure of what they do / how they work. One video I saw seemed like the person just took a piece of copy paper with the image on it, and used the pen to transfer it onto the iron-on paper. That's the type of method I'm looking for -- I already have many papers with the logo on them, just no way to print it myself. If there is NO way around using a printer and printing the image directly on the paper then I guess I will have no other option.

 

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clay@coastal

I'm not familiar with that kind of heating pen. Where have you seen that video?

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emilybrooke

Quote: Originally Posted by clay@coastal I'm not familiar with that kind of heating pen. Where have you seen that video?

Ah it was just a youtube vid. No telling which one I came across haha. I've looked through tons today trying to figure out how I can get this done.

 

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splathead

You could always buy transfer paper from Office Depot, etc., and have them or Kinko's print a copy for you from your computer disk.

 

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InspiredImp

I'd look at getting a local vinyl supplier to do it. They don't have the huge setups or minimum orders of embroidery or screens. It is a more practical solution for small volume.
I think anything done with a hand iron is a short term solution as none of them that I've heard of have good long term results.
If you are in Ontario and want me to quote on it, send a private message. Otherwise, try the classifieds section to see who is offering it in your area.

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