Joined
·
18 Posts
I feel like I'm bombing this forum with threads...sorry. I just have so many questions.
My wife and I decided to start up our t-shirt design business earlier on this year, and because I am impatient, I have my website set up (I fear) prematurely. We're having intermittent problems with bleeding, fading and cracking of our tranfers after as little as the first wash. Through tweaking, we've minimized a lot of this, but I still bite my nails every time I give someone a shirt (Friends only up to this point). I have asked a few specific questions on this board, and have gotten some great info. What I'm looking for now, though, is an overview.
I would VERY much like to hear the entire process that you all are using to avoid issues of fading, cracking, and bleeding of the inkjet transfer paper printed designs. The more detail the better, but especially in the areas of printer & inks to use, paper to use, heat settings, how long to press, and pressure suggestions (although I am using an older model heat press that does not have a setting for pressure). My wife and I want to put out the best quality shirt that we can. We got a shirt done for my Mother once about 5-6 years ago, and her shirt still looks great with zero cracking. I'd go back and ask the owner what he used, but they went out of business.
Any and all information would be extremely helpful to me, so that my wife and I can throw open the doors to our business proudly, and not be so worried when we sell a shirt.
Thanks,
My wife and I decided to start up our t-shirt design business earlier on this year, and because I am impatient, I have my website set up (I fear) prematurely. We're having intermittent problems with bleeding, fading and cracking of our tranfers after as little as the first wash. Through tweaking, we've minimized a lot of this, but I still bite my nails every time I give someone a shirt (Friends only up to this point). I have asked a few specific questions on this board, and have gotten some great info. What I'm looking for now, though, is an overview.
I would VERY much like to hear the entire process that you all are using to avoid issues of fading, cracking, and bleeding of the inkjet transfer paper printed designs. The more detail the better, but especially in the areas of printer & inks to use, paper to use, heat settings, how long to press, and pressure suggestions (although I am using an older model heat press that does not have a setting for pressure). My wife and I want to put out the best quality shirt that we can. We got a shirt done for my Mother once about 5-6 years ago, and her shirt still looks great with zero cracking. I'd go back and ask the owner what he used, but they went out of business.
Any and all information would be extremely helpful to me, so that my wife and I can throw open the doors to our business proudly, and not be so worried when we sell a shirt.
Thanks,