[grumpster]

Some fabrics press better than others. Some of the looser knit ploys will flatten under the pressure of the press showing a "window" of your press. Tighter knits aren't as likely to be a problem. Also, you mentioned that your jerseys were a poly blend. If your press is running on the hot side, you could be burning the cotton part of your jersey or melting the poly. You might want to get some samples of different brands of jerseys and see what works best for you.


I can't recommend enough getting a good quality pyrometer and checking the accuracy of your press temperature in several areas of the press temperature. Many pressed, especially the foreign ones aren't very accurate and often have hot spots. Don't try to use one of those infra red non contact heat guns. They won't give you accurate results. Get a real pyrometer for accurate results.

You can get a pyrometer from knight among other places and it's well worth the investment. Once you know the accuracy of your press and if you have hot spots, you can begin the process of adjusting your temperature, pressure, and time.

 

[mrdavid]

Ok I know I will get it for this but you can do 50/50 and cotton now with new transfer paper from china here is pic

 

[TShirtLady.BIZ]

I thought this was so helpful ! White Rain !

For cotton ,are you using inkjet transfers ..laser,chromoblast or something else ?
Do you have favorite papers ? I am a direct printer ( Flexi Jet-L)...But do lots of sampling for a toy company on all types of materials ..am always looking for new ways ..Thanks !

 

[tssandiego]

I cannot find any wholesalers who offer 70/30 or 65/35 blends. Can anyone post a link to any such site, it would be greatly appreciated.

I am also having trouble finding an online vendor with a functioning store that offers Vapor Performance shirts. I can only find the regular vapor shirts offered. Tho I can find plenty of descriptions of the Vapor performance material and it sounds pretty attractive. If only I could find some to buy.

Thanks

 

[rusty]

I cannot find any wholesalers who offer 70/30 or 65/35 blends. Can anyone post a link to any such site, it would be greatly appreciated.

I am also having trouble finding an online vendor with a functioning store that offers Vapor Performance shirts. I can only find the regular vapor shirts offered. Tho I can find plenty of descriptions of the Vapor performance material and it sounds pretty attractive. If only I could find some to buy.

Thanks

I get all of my Vapor performance apparel from either The Paper Ranch or Conde. Both are good companies and sell the performance apparel on-line.

 

[jamieleigh]

imprints wholesale also sells the soft link shirts and some of their anvil shirts have the high poly content - i have used these for customers that want the light t shirt feel instead of the heavier softlink shirts - they are more costly than the vapor shirts you can get at conde.

 

[koolkidsclothing]

Ok I know I will get it for this but you can do 50/50 and cotton now with new transfer paper from china here is pic

whered you get your transfers and if you have bulk id like to buy some?

 

[Ice Titan]

Can you use a gildan 50/50 for sublimation?

 

[nayr]

have anyone tried to use SOFTEX T-shirt using a sublimation paper for cotton and sublimation ink?
how does it works and what about the quality of print after few washes? i brought the sublimation paper from this site Sublimation Paper for Cotton

 

[gravel]

Over here in NZ we are seeing a big market trend with consumers towards sub dye tees-anyone else seeing that?

 

[uncletee]

jersey and gildan have some great polyester shirts now. vapor shirts are great, and we all miss softlink. love old old posts. good luck uncletee.