Gildan has a 42000 poly shirt that feels like cotton I got them from Bodek and Rhodes. I also use a lot of Jerzee 21m for 190 shirts I just made for a swim team. They loved them. If you use any other color than white though you will have to press the whole front of the shirts to bleed some of the color or there will be a box around the print from usin the foam pad.
So there was a color change on the area of shirt that was under the heat press or just the area under the pillow? Could you lower the temperature so there wouldnt be a color change but still get a good transfer?
It has to be transferred at 385. To not get any color shift it would have to be under 300 so sublimation won't work. I have used sisser stretch at 285 on a ST350 shirt and had great success.
Sisser stretch sounds like a vinyl, I'm looking for shirts to use with dye sub transfers. Has anybody else had problems with color change applying dye sub transfers and if so were you able to do anything to fix the issue?
That works for white but the ST350, Jerzee 21m, or Gildan 42000 in any other color other than white leaves a lighter color box where the image was pressed on the foam. I prress with almost no pressure where the foam is compressed maybe 1/8"-1/4" and it helps but it is still there. I have never used any vapor shirt other than white so I am not sure if their colored shirts shift color. Vapor is too expensive for me to buy the safety orange shirt is almost $6.50 no profit margin in it. If anyone knows where I can get them cheaper I would love to know.
Where do you normally get your shirts for dye sublimation?
Sanmar, S&S Activewear (I will never order from them again), Bodek and Rhodes, TSC
Did you call Monag? Ask for a vortec sample.
