[remi3297]

Hello,

I'm new on the forum, i just sign up to get informations about printing on sweaters or t-shirts. So, i was wanting to know if there is a way of printing on sweaters at home, with my own images and not with expansives machines, just to print clothing for myself, and with no limit of colours ? I searched in different parts of the forum but i didn't find what i want. Oh and i'm french so excuse me for my english ^^

thanks !

Rémi

Edit: I meant sweatshirts, excuse me !

 

[elcielo]

What are you calling "sweaters"? What material are the sweaters made of? Could you mean sweatshirts as opposed to what we think of as sweaters, i.e., something that's knitted or crocheted. Or sweaters made with a T-shirt kind of a knit?

For just a few images with lots of colors, you could use transfer material like JPSS with an inkjet printer (white or very light colors) with pigment ink. Then there're also laser printers, but others can describe that to you. Transfers on dark colors is a trickier matter as the material is kind of rubbery-feeling and a little heavy.

Do a search and you'll find your questions answered.

Your English is fine.

 

[remi3297]

Oh yes excuse me, i meant sweatshirts, 100% cotton i think or cotton and polyester.

 

[remi3297]

Ok thanks ! I've already done researches but i'm a little lost in all the differents techniques.. I think the sweatshirt will be black and the image rather big and i'm a little scared that transfer sheets will be too small.. Also i was thinking about that a website could print it for me but i think it would be expansive and also i prefer print on sweatshirt that i've at home to be sure the fit and materials are good to me

 

[Paradigmwg]

Ok thanks ! I've already done researches but i'm a little lost in all the differents techniques.. I think the sweatshirt will be black and the image rather big and i'm a little scared that transfer sheets will be too small.. Also i was thinking about that a website could print it for me but i think it would be expansive and also i prefer print on sweatshirt that i've at home to be sure the fit and materials are good to me

I've tested a couple sweatshirts with laser transfer....light color (haven't tried dark). The only issue I've found versus a standard tshirt is if parts of the image are too small, those sections tend to release from the material. For example, using a weedless paper, larger images look and feel soft and good. However, individual letters (about 3/4" tall) tended not to adhere properly. As a side note, I've not tested washing the sweatshirt yet.

 

[elcielo]

If you're going to do sweatshirts, to me it seems a rubbery feel wouldn't matter since the sweatshirt is already heavy. So you could use transfers for darks like Neenah's 3G Opaque. (I'm only talking inkjets.) Here you can easily get 11 x 17-inch paper (27.9 cm x 43 cm). Is that not large enough for you?

You would still want a heat press and maybe a cutter, so that might be the expensive part for you (approximately $800, give or take).