damen

I know that, in general, martial arts gi's have patches/etc embroidered onto them.

But what I'm wondering is if you can screen print onto them? They are generally made of cotton, so I would expect that it shouldnt be a problem in terms of the materiel being able to handle it... but would the size/thickness of the gi's prove a problem?

Thanks guys - just doing some spitballing...

-Damen

 

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Greatzky

I have never tried, but I would assume it's not a problem. We can always use more adhesive to keep the gi down if necessary and if it's cotton it shouldn't be hard to screen onto. -Scott Lewis

 

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damen

thanks for the response - I didnt think it would be a problem, but it's always better to ask

 

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Solmu

Thickness won't be a problem. I don't recall exactly what a gi looks like - do they have a lot of stitching, kind of like quilting?

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damen

yes, they do have a fair amount of stitching (to help keep them from ripping apart from all the abuse)

 

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Solmu

Quote: Originally Posted by damen yes, they do have a fair amount of stitching

Thought so; I think that is more likely to interfere with the print than anything else. I think you'd get better results with waterbased inks than plastisol. Soft furnishings are always printed with waterbased inks, because they hold up a lot better to abrasion. Normally that isn't so relevant with clothing But between grappling and other general abuse that this particular clothing receives, it might be.

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damen

yeah I was thinking water-based would be the way to go
again, thank you for the input! answering a lot of questions I was having....

 

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Solmu

Cool. Let us know if you do end up trying it, I'd be interested in the outcome.

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damen

you got it. I'd definitely like to try at least one, just to see how it works out.. just need to free up the money first

 

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EXTouch

When I was taking Shotokan, we had a Gi that we wore occasionally when we did exhibitions. It had our names screened on the back. That was over 15 years ago, and was way before I got in the business. So not sure what kind of inks they were done it. But they lasted a while.

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FatKat

We screen print them pretty regular for a guy that teaches classes for his students to wear he has a process full color print of a dragon and some writting printed on them they look great so yes it can be gone we've be doing it

 

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