I'm thinking of getting 50 T-shirts printed to start with but wondering if I should buy something to maybe do them myself. My first design is a one colour patten. I want them to be good quality. I dont want to spend laods on something that may not work out though.
Any advice please?
I dont have a clue about printing. If I did buy a machine would I get shown how to use it before I part with my cash or would I be better of going down the vinyl transfer road?
Maybe best to get someone else to do it?
Do you think as an investment it would be worth buying something to print / heat transfer myself from the begging and if so any recommendations please.
I am a screen print machinery engineer based in the uk, for only 50 T Shirts you would be best to let someone else print them for you, you would need to invest for more cash buying equipment than paying for a printer to do the job for you. If you need kit try multiprintmachinery.co.uk
Yer I understand that. Thats why I plan on just 50 to start with. It seems the figure most others started with.
You always dream of the bigger picture but when you dont have a clue, you have to be realistic. I had just one t-shirt done via a one colour vinyl transfer at first to see what reaction I got now want to take it to the next step. One of the guys at the place I got my first shirt from didn't really have a clue what he was doing, making that look easy. I questioned if I would be better of going in to that and just doing customized one offs but would much rather have a brand selling my own designs. Its just tricky at first, not knowing the best places to go to view sample of what sort of printting you may be interested in. If you dont know about a certain way of doing something, you can't add it into your designs.
Hi Frank, if you just need 50 doing then you could either buy your own blanks from any UK wholesaler (Ralawise, Continental, Pencarrie etc) and get them printed by a local screen printer. The cost may be a bit higher for the small amount of t-shirts but at least you could see if you could sell them before commiting to a large order.
The other option is to get custom transfers done, Target Transfers or VAL Ltd will make them and apply them if you don't have your own heatpress. If you got buy or rent your own press you can apply them as you need them, cutting the risk down even further. If it does not work out you still have the press to sell if you bought one or give it back after 3 months if you rent one.
T-shirt vinyl is also a good way to go with small quantities, it's not any where near as hard to learn or expensive a screen printing and gives good results. I've had no complaints yet!
Where in the UK are you?
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