Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
Ok... on my regular transfers I can print... on white shirts they look good - cant see much of the outline - of course I trimmed around words etc... but when done on a grey shirt, it leaves a horribly dark outline and inbetween each word on the same line - it totally changes the shirt color - does this fade between washings... ?? Or should I only be using opaque transfers on grey shirts.. ?? If I do use opaque transfers - I've only done a few - so a couple questions here... I've seen Lou's video - and he printed a black box with the words in the middle.. on the black shirts i've done something similar and it looks great.. however... What if you dont print black in the box... does it come out white on the shirt - If I use a blue shirt.. will just the blue show through.. or will it be white.. ??... Sorry for so many questions just trying not to waste too many shirts / transfers hehe And I know you guys are experts =)
What type of 'gray'? On light ash-gray shirts we've done well with light heat transfer; they blend in quite nicely. If you are talking about light (ash) gray, then it may be your paper.
Here is my wording on a ash shirt using Iron All. Lou
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Here is my wording on a ash shirt using Iron All. Lou
Yea.. It must be the paper.. because.. ours had horrible dark spots between the letters... we gave the shirt to our brother to wear (free advertising) He sees alot of people that own other businesses, so we figured it was a good person to give a shirt to =) We told him to let us know if it faded after washing etc.. so I'll have to see what he says.. but still.. I wouldnt feel comfortable handing it to a customer.. saying " it wont look like this after you wash it " .. the print was really unacceptable as far as being able to "sell" it that way..
We have samples of other paper coming, and I will be purchasing others - Hopefully we will find a good paper soon =)
we gave the shirt to our brother to wear (free advertising) [...] I wouldnt feel comfortable handing it to a customer.. saying " it wont look like this after you wash it " .. the print was really unacceptable as far as being able to "sell" it that way..
If it's not good enough for a customer, why is it good enough to represent your business?
If it's not good enough for a customer, why is it good enough to represent your business?
Well.. he is a construction superintendent... and he gets dirty.. completely dirty in a very short amount of time - So I figured it wouldn't be that big of a deal.. most of it would be covered, but people would still get the gist of it.. that we make the shirts.. He comes in contact with framers, drywallers, painters, plumbers, roofers.. etc... Most of which I see completely dirty as well.. hehe LOTS of dirt here in AZ.. but that is a good point you bring up... ..
Sol.. your posts always get me thinking.. =) Thanks for pointing that out - I guess anything that doesnt turn out quite right should be used for scraps/tryouts etc..
I still have much much to learn =)
I'm really starting to think Vinyl is the only way to go besides custom plastisol transfers.. ok.. again jumping to conclusions.. I guess I just need to find a "good" paper that works well.. back to the drawing board =)
I guess anything that doesnt turn out quite right should be used for scraps/tryouts etc..
In general, yes. Although your explanation does make some sense in this specific case. Generally though you don't want the public seeing your mistakes (I suppose you might show them as a "this is what can go wrong when..." scenario, but you don't want seconds out there representing you).
hi guys and girls..Perl here..I wanted to start a tee shirt business..so I went and bought some Avery tranfers with a Cannon ip6700d photo printer..I thought I had a good investment..I put on my first shirt today and it faded just from my body heat I look a mess (lol) I thought I had it going on..so I am back to the drawing board any suggestions out there in tee shirt land...Perl
hi guys and girls..Perl here..I wanted to start a tee shirt business..so I went and bought some Avery tranfers with a Cannon ip6700d photo printer..I thought I had a good investment..I put on my first shirt today and it faded just from my body heat I look a mess (lol) I thought I had it going on..so I am back to the drawing board any suggestions out there in tee shirt land...Perl
If you're serious about this as a business, you're going to need the proper tools & supplies.
You'll want a heat press instead of an iron. You'll want either Transjet II (aka Magic Jet) or IronAll (aka several other names) papers instead of Avery paper. You'll also most likely want to go with an Epson printer with pigmented inks instead of your Cannon.
Question about transfers.. 
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