Discuss the various aspects of heat pressed vinyl transfers. Popular and new types of vinyl media, suppliers, vinyl cutters /plotters, press times, quality, how to instructions and more can be found in this heat press sub forum.
i Need To Know What The Benefits Are To Purchasing A Cutter?...is Owning A Heat Press, Illustrator, Good Printer And Good Transfers Enough To Start Making Shirts?
Sure, that is enough to make shirts. But it depends on the quality of shirts you want to make and the style. The transfer papers for dark shirts are terrible quality. The transfers for white shirts are ok, but probably on the bottom of the quality rankings. A cutter would allow you to do vinyl on shirts which is more durable than a heat transfer, and also allows you to do any color shirts. However vinyl is limited to a small # of colors per design and do not do photographic images or gradients. Hope that helps.
thanks For The Reply Dude.....so What Your Saying Is That The Equipment I Listed Before Is Enough For Low Quality Stuff?...
I Did Some Designs For My Cousins Company And He Was Pleased...i Got The Design Aspect Down!...but As Far As The Production, I Had Little To No Knowledge About Screen Printing, And I Just Only Recently Found Out About The Heat Press Methods.
I Am Really Impressed With The Heat Press Method Cause It Seems Fairly Easy To Get A Design On A T-shirt...but I Had No Idea As Far As Quality Was Concerned.....
The Reason For This Post Is Cause Im Thinking Of Just Making My Own Sh*t And Selling It Locally With Minimal Production.
Most Of My Designs Are 2-3 Colors....4 At Most...
Any Suggestions On The Type Of Equipment I Might Need To Get Started?
A lot of people use the heat transfers and sell them successfully, however in my opinion, yes, I believe they are the bottom of the quality scale because they will fade considerably after being washed, and sometime crack as well. But you are right that they are very cheap and easy to produce.
As far as equipment, it will depend on what you want to do, and how much you have to spend.
Plastisol transfers are in essence screen printing...it is just put on paper that you press on the garment...has the look/feel of screen printing. send off your designs..get the transfers..press and sell
maybe Around 2000.00?...just To Get Started....do They Sell Heat Transfers Like Ironall And Stuff In Packs (i.e. 100-500)
And Is Screen Printing The Only Way To "not" Get Any Cracks Or Peels?
Vinyl does not crack or peel if done correctly with quality vinyl.
Yes, you can buy Ironall in packs.
$2000 is not really enough for a good quality cutter and heat press. You could probably get some lower quality equipment at that price, like off Ebay. A quality heat press is around $800-$1200 and a GX-24 cutter is probably around $1600.
thanks For All The Good Feedback!
Is It Possible For Me To Do The Plastisol Method Myself?
And Who Makes The Best Tees?
Im Thinking Heavy Tees Geared More Towards An Urban Hip Hop Look.
Maybe I Will Invest A Little More Money Into Getting Equipment That Is Worth It, I Hate Second Rate Stuff...i Dont Mind Dishing Out More To Get The Best Stuff...i Just Need To Know What Is The Best Stuff Around!?.
thanks For All The Good Feedback! Is It Possible For Me To Do The Plastisol Method Myself? And Who Makes The Best Tees? Im Thinking Heavy Tees Geared More Towards An Urban Hip Hop Look. Maybe I Will Invest A Little More Money Into Getting Equipment That Is Worth It, I Hate Second Rate Stuff...i Dont Mind Dishing Out More To Get The Best Stuff...i Just Need To Know What Is The Best Stuff Around!?.
You cannot make the plastisol transfers yourself, they must be screen printed and semi-cured. But you can order them made for you and heat press them onto your shirts yourself.
For a discussion of T's, you might want to go read through some of the discussion over in that forum dedicated to them. There's tons of information and opinions over there. It would be off-topic to discuss T's in the vinyl cutter forum.
Plastisol transfers are in essence screen printing...it is just put on paper that you press on the garment...has the look/feel of screen printing. send off your designs..get the transfers..press and sell
i use plastisol transfers instead of getting them silkscreened and there is no thought at all that it is "low quality". once they are pressed on the shirt i think only the screenprinters would be able to tell which is which. PM me and ill tell you who im getting my plastisol transfers from.
Yeah, plastisol transfers are very good quality once you get the process mastered, however you usually have to buy in bulk to get a decent price. Same goes for screen printing.
thanks Again...
So Outsourcing A Company That Does Plastisol Is The Deal Then Ok!. Now What Of The Heat Press?
Any Good Ones That You Guys Recommend?...
One That Is Quality And Easily Maintained.....
I Need Advice 
