shearinfinity

Greetings,

I have the same question for what Heat transfer method would be best for a graphic similar to this?



and this.



Except that it will have bright colors like white text on black shirts also.

My designs are pretty big, larger than conventional printer paper. The Epson 1280 might handle it if I use Inkjet and transfer but i think it will be difficult since my designs have some fine lines like this shirt. Not sure how trimming would work on opaque transfers with designs like this...

I found the plastisol transfers thread rather helpful. And it seemed to be a good idea to help with graphics on dark shirts. But i've read that designs with fine lines are not good for plastisol also. Any other recommendations? Or is Plastisol the best way to go?

 

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Solmu

Quote: Originally Posted by shearinfinity Or is Plastisol the best way to go?

They're good examples of designs that are best screenprinted, so with that option ruled out plastisol transfers are the next best thing.

 

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JoshEllsworth

I second Lewis' take.

However, if you were applying to light color shirts of at least 65% polyester content than sublimation would be the only other viable option. But as the design is displayed on a dark colored shirt, screen printing or plastisol is the way to go.

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macwell

Help! I am trying to decide whether to have my designs heat transferred, screen printed or sublimated onto t-shirts and hoodies. I am having problems deciding which would give the best "feel" and quality. By "feel", I mean no "feel" at all. Meaning that I would like if the design felt as if it were paprt of the fabric as opposed to feeling like it is sitting on top of it. Any answers would be greatly appreaciated.

 

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Rodney

Quote: Help! I am trying to decide whether to have my designs heat transferred, screen printed or sublimated onto t-shirts and hoodies. I am having problems deciding which would give the best "feel" and quality. By "feel", I mean no "feel" at all. Meaning that I would like if the design felt as if it were paprt of the fabric as opposed to feeling like it is sitting on top of it. Any answers would be greatly appreaciated.

If you are printing on dark colored garments, I would say that water based ink screen printing would be the best option (zero hand - no feel). For an example of this, buy a printed t-shirt from Oddica (they use water based ink screen printing for their designs).

Next would be screen printing with a discharge base and ask the screen printer about a very light/soft hand.

Next, I would say that DTG (direct to garment printing) would be a close second.

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