My experience was with a 750 denier. I ran one through my conveyor, at the temp required to cure the inks.
No go. It started to shrivel and wrinkle, and basically, it reminded me of Shrinky Dinks. LOL
For that type of item, I'm going to go with air cure inks for screen printing.
Now--embroidery. I have also attempted embroidery on 750 denier. I used a stickyback bottom stabilizer, so the bag didn't get hoop burn. I also stabilized the top, with WSS (Vilene type). I'm a firm believer in bottom AND top stabilizing, whenever I can. I just feel it produces a better stitch quality.
I used the industry standards on choosing a needle type (can't remember exactly right now which I used, whether BP or sharp). I used my typical setup of threads. (I'm a Madeira user---through and through.)
I wasn't really happy with the outcome. The denier would pucker, no matter HOW MUCH stabilizer I used- front and back. The bag also snagged several times. I was so frustrated after about 3 attempts, I gave up and found a different type of bag, 100% cotton. LOL
FWIW, it could've been the QUALITY of the bags. I dunno. I love that particular bag and they are a popular item for me. However, I won't embroider on them. I'm in the process of ordering samples of the cotton bags I've found for the screen printing process as well as embroidery.
Good luck.
YMMV
No go. It started to shrivel and wrinkle, and basically, it reminded me of Shrinky Dinks. LOL
For that type of item, I'm going to go with air cure inks for screen printing.
Now--embroidery. I have also attempted embroidery on 750 denier. I used a stickyback bottom stabilizer, so the bag didn't get hoop burn. I also stabilized the top, with WSS (Vilene type). I'm a firm believer in bottom AND top stabilizing, whenever I can. I just feel it produces a better stitch quality.
I used the industry standards on choosing a needle type (can't remember exactly right now which I used, whether BP or sharp). I used my typical setup of threads. (I'm a Madeira user---through and through.)
I wasn't really happy with the outcome. The denier would pucker, no matter HOW MUCH stabilizer I used- front and back. The bag also snagged several times. I was so frustrated after about 3 attempts, I gave up and found a different type of bag, 100% cotton. LOL
FWIW, it could've been the QUALITY of the bags. I dunno. I love that particular bag and they are a popular item for me. However, I won't embroider on them. I'm in the process of ordering samples of the cotton bags I've found for the screen printing process as well as embroidery.
Good luck.
YMMV
