[dreadedthreads]

Hello, I'm wanting to know the most sustainable method of printing, yet also cheapest for printing on cotton t-shirts?

So not dye-sub because i want to use cotton t-shirts. My t-shirts would have a large graphic print with lots of colours, so i dont think screen printing would be best because of the variety of colours. Would someone be able to tell me what plastisol is? I was considering this method, however i hope its not that plastic which basically starts to peel off after a while, like the lettering on the back of football shirts.

Does anyone know what method Drop Dead Clothing use? I have a couple of their t-shirts and one is more of a shiny print, which is thick and starts to crack after a while. and the other is really light and feels almost the same as the cotton t-shirt its self, its like dye-sub, but its a cotton t-shirt so i dont know :s

So basically, whats plastisol? what method do dropdead use? and what is the cheapest, most sustainable printing method for cotton t-shirts with lots of colours?


thanks

 

[cubedecibel]

So basically, whats plastisol? what method do dropdead use? and what is the cheapest, most sustainable printing method for cotton t-shirts with lots of colours?

Plastisol is screen print ink. Not waterbased.
I guess Drop Dead are screen printing their tees.
Screen print is the cheapest print method. (high quantity) and also the most sustainable.

If you will print tees in high quantities screen print or screen printed plastisol transfers is the way to go. Less shirts = DTG.