burningburd

hey guys, I'm just looking to see if any of you have some good insight on how to print on a full-zip hoody. I'm trying to put my design front and center (right over the chest) it's kinda hard though, because the zipper part holds the screen up just a little too far, the result is a bunch of ink coming thru the screen. It LOOKS cool to have the ink that thick. . . but I couln't cure it without burning the hell out of the hoody (which is what I ended up doing. . . but, I still think it looks cool.) have any of you done this and done it well. . . if so, I'm in your debt! thanks

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Jasonda

Skyler,

I think that you can buy a special printing platen or pallet that has a groove in the middle so that the zipper can drop down and the whole front of the hoodie will be even.

Something like this:

Zipper Hoodie Pallets

 

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Byeline666

wow, never seen anything like that. thanks for the post.

 

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Fluid

you can find the palettes here
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lexio

I usually unzip them and lay the sides together with the zipper flat on the pallette. That gives me more of an even surface.

 

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seibei

you might also want to try rigging something up - maybe taking two flat pieces of cardboard modifying your platen so you can have a little channel in the middle. It might be kind of cheap, but I've heard of people doing this.

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