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I'm trying to get a couple of sponsors' names printed to my Long Sleeve Navy Blue Underarmour Compression Top before Pan Ams this Saturday.
I've contacted 4 local Screen Printing Shops. 1 is to call me back and the others said they couldn't do it.
Risk of damaging the top. Need special materials.
I only need lettering done.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks, team.
You can get it screenprinted, but it's gonna damage the the material and it's not gonna last. To print to a rashguard, you really need to sublimate it, trust me :)
Sublimation is the noly way to go.
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Originally Posted by Kurzy
problem is you should use a stretchy vinyl siser makes some but most places dont stock it and to order it in for a small job kinda suck but call around and see what places do heat press work.
let me re-phrase that for photo-relistic yes sublimation is the only way besides DTG printing but for sponsor names heat press vinyl will work just fine and last quite awhile if its done properly
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b...ps166eb863.jpg
Heres my rash guard i made with normal vinyl not the special stretch and i have wore it alot and washed it alot and has held up just fine so far.
I called 5 or more Screen Printing Shops. All of them said they couldn't work with the material.
When I told one lady the material was Navy Blue, she said there was no way she would try heat transfer on a dark color.
Though one of the guys said he'd try it at my own risk.
I have 20 letters in total.
2 locations.
5 words.
How do I know if they're trying to take more money than is reasonable?
well that pic is of a my underarmor and its black print it and say here look its possible 315 degrees for 15 seconds but price for 5 words it usually goes more by how much material your using but i would say anywhere from $25-$40 i would do it for $20 but i know before i got into this business i got charged like $40 for a 6"x6" design to be put on mma shorts. Alot of shops charge a setup fee or design fee then also the price for the material. I have personally done navy blue for football players from the local High school. If someone says they cant prolly dont want them to do it anyways my man lack of experience and your vinyl will be peeling off in a week or 2.
If done right it'll work. The only recommendations I have are always Cold Wash and Hang Dry. The heat will wreck the lettering.Quote:
Originally Posted by James O'Brien II
Try this in the future...
http://www.mantousa.com/custom-rashguards-by-manto/
My pic the lettering is a distressed lettering so its supposed to look like that i have washed normally and dried on normal heat in dryer with rest of laundry prolly a 100 or more times yes lil cracks will form over time but I do everything from football jerseys to mma shorts and never have had a problem with washing. hurting the press. Now if it was a glitter or metallic material then yes flip inside out but even still can dry normally and wash normal.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Mejia
Like you said John getting done properly is key even many screen shops dont properly heat press stuff I fix alot of other peoples mistakes lucky thing is vinyl is pretty forgiving in that nature.
I just use a light colored rashguard and get it sublimated. They cant sublimate on dark colors or black because there is no such thing as white sub-ink. Sublimation is quick, cheap, photorealistic, and Never washes out as the ink becomes part of the fabric itself. I have successfully sublimated a basic blue starter rashy and it looked amazing but I wouldn't try anything darker.
They make a dark transfer now for Sub although i havent played with it i suspect its nothing more than a printable vinyl to give it the white base