27/02/2009 by admin.

Modern technology has started to revolutionize the sports side of t-shirts. Man made materials like polyester offer Dry-Fit garments that give the advantage of clothing that can breathe, with the added characteristic of not absorbing sweat. This prevents them from becoming wet, heavy and uncomfortable to wear.

But from the point of view of a t-shirt printer it creates a problem. If the image is multi-coloured or has a soft edge, you cannot use DTG. DTG needs at least an 50% cotton mix of material for the dye to bind properly.

The solution is a clever product called Sublimation which creates a chemical reaction with the synthetic material and permanently dyes it. There are only a few companies like Crisp that can provide this product, but it is very handy to know you can still put sophisticated designs on Dry-Fit clothing.

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22/01/2009 by admin.

This brings us to the low volume end of the t-shirt market place.

All the techniques listed below do not have setup costs, which often makes having small quantities of t-shirt printed, prohibitive.

Transfer

DTG white only

DTG white/black

WOW

Subli-flock

Sublimation

Paper Transfer

I will write in due course, an individual blog on each of the above,. I must emphasise that all judgements and opinions voiced in this blog are based on my own experiences and not scientific testing. Having said that, if I  have said anything that you disagree with, you can aways write a comment that everyone will see.

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