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princesskate · August 17th, 2008

I am looking at starting doing personalised infant/childrens clothing. I will be designing them myself, but not printing myself. I am very unsure about what kind of printing to go with

Before I joined here I was under the impression there was only one type of printing for printing onto clothing, and thats the DTG printing.

Obviously as they are for babies/young childre, they need to wash well and last without fading/cracking, I hope I make sense.

I am really sorry if I have posted this in the wrong place, and I hope someone here will have some advice for me .

Thanks in advance

Progeny · August 17th, 2008

It depends on how personalised, if you only want a few or one then you can use DTG or vinyl/flock or sublimation (on white polyester only).

If you needed larger numbers then screenprinting would be the way to go.

I use vinyl/flock as you can do as little as 1 or up to 50 with no problems. It's soft to touch, does not crack/peel and will never fade. If applied correctly it will outlast the garment and it's available in all colours and a few different textures/effects now. It does not contain any harmful chemicals either.

Lee

PS have a look at themagictouch, xpres, grafityp for garment vinyl/flock.

princesskate · August 18th, 2008

Thanks for your reply Lee.

Basically I would have my basic design, and the childs name would be on it too. So the name would need to be changed each time.

I will do more research on the things you suggested, I am a total noob to this so your reply is very much appreciated. Thank you x

Progeny · August 18th, 2008

In that case you could get a load of t-shirts printed with your design and just add the name as and when you need to with flock/vinyl.

If you got screen printed t-shirts using waterbased ink you would not have any problems putting the t-shirt through a heat press to add the name.

If you got a press you could also put the name on in rhinestones.

Lee

princesskate · August 18th, 2008

Oooh I never thought of rhinestones, and as im a very girly girly that is very appealing to me

lol

Thanks for your help, do you know of any printers in the area? I notice you are from Oldham, which is not that far from me, im in Huddersfield

Progeny · August 18th, 2008

I do my own t-shirts using rhinestones, nailheads, metal stars etc. Have a look on ebay for hotfix nailheads/rhinestones, they are quite cheap and easy to do. You can put them on individually or use a heatpress.

I would be careful using them on clothing for really young kids though as there is a chance they can be pulled off.

There is a screenprinter on the forum, I'll try to find him for you. He is in Leeds and his prices look good.

I do all my own at the moment because I do workwear, promotional t-shirts and my own range (which is taking forever to get out!).

Lee

Qualitee Shirts · August 18th, 2008

Just wanted to say thanks too for those ideas, as we have been screenprinting for years and only just decided to do personalised you helped me out too!.

Thanks.

Pauline