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Interesting ...
For safety sake, first remove any woman who may be in the wet T-shirt before pressing.
InkJet ink is water base, and needs a substrate that will absorb it, else you'll get a runny, puddly mess. Transparency films have a water absorbing coating on the ink side for this reason. Inkjet ink is also not DTG (fabric) ink, so it needs to be printed onto a substrate and then a part of that printed substrate is transferred to the shirt ... though I expect this aspect would actually work to some extent. I see where you are going with the wet T-shirt, I think; that is so the ink won't absorb/bleed too far from the point of contact? That is certainly how Tie-Dye is approached. In this case, I think it would just add to the mess. As to heat pressing a wet shirt ... I think that alone might blast the pigment off.
But hell, for the sake of science, do it and take photos
For safety sake, first remove any woman who may be in the wet T-shirt before pressing.
InkJet ink is water base, and needs a substrate that will absorb it, else you'll get a runny, puddly mess. Transparency films have a water absorbing coating on the ink side for this reason. Inkjet ink is also not DTG (fabric) ink, so it needs to be printed onto a substrate and then a part of that printed substrate is transferred to the shirt ... though I expect this aspect would actually work to some extent. I see where you are going with the wet T-shirt, I think; that is so the ink won't absorb/bleed too far from the point of contact? That is certainly how Tie-Dye is approached. In this case, I think it would just add to the mess. As to heat pressing a wet shirt ... I think that alone might blast the pigment off.
But hell, for the sake of science, do it and take photos
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