Reinhard

I was wondering if anyone has suggestions about which brands of t-shirts are better to use for screenprinting. I have seen the quality of american apparel, alternative apparel and hanes. The hanes shirts are mostly just practice shirts since they are so cheap mostly, but for actual product I'm looking at alternative apparel. They have a good variety of colors and are quite soft, plus have numerous styles to work with (destroyed, ocean wash, etc). I just wanted to know if any of you guys trying to establish your own brand are using other shirts.

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SBEMedia

I'd suggest purchasing a number of different types of shirts and test printing on all of them so that you can ensure quality across the spectrum, this will also help in providing good customer service to your clients by knowing the potential outcomes from production.

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Rodney

Quote: Originally Posted by Reinhard I was wondering if anyone has suggestions about which brands of t-shirts are better to use for screenprinting. I have seen the quality of american apparel, alternative apparel and hanes. The hanes shirts are mostly just practice shirts since they are so cheap mostly, but for actual product I'm looking at alternative apparel. They have a good variety of colors and are quite soft, plus have numerous styles to work with (destroyed, ocean wash, etc). I just wanted to know if any of you guys trying to establish your own brand are using other shirts. Thanks

Most any t-shirt is good for screen printing. The real question, when starting a clothing line and picking a blank to use is "which t-shirts would best fit my particular brand"

For some brands, Hanes will be perfect, for other brands Gildan will be top notch, for other brands still, both those options would be a horrible choice and American Apparel, Alternative Apparel, or one of the many other fashion blank t-shirt brands would be a better choice.

Like Tom suggested, sometimes if you're having a tough time deciding, it can be a good idea to get sample blanks from a variety of manufacturers to see which one best fits *your* needs.

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noman

I am the manufacturer of T-Shirts from Pakistan and Right Know we are working for Tultex blank t-shirts i have tested these tees on print there result was outstanding....in my opinion you try tultex.

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