Let’s begin this article with a quiz. Which of the following statements are true, and which are false? Dye migration happens only on 100% polyester fabric....
As styles change and consumer demands diversify, so do the types of jobs produced by garment printers. Adapting to changing trends is the only way to...
Sooner or later, you’ll consider using subcontractors. Perhaps that day will come when a customer orders $6000 worth of T-shirts and wants embroidered baseball caps to...
It’s no secret that consumer tastes in casual clothing are becoming more sophisticated. If you need proof, consider the growing number of garment screen printers who...
It’s Friday afternoon and you’ve finished working on a difficult design for a valued customer. You have mastered perfect image reproduction and are awaiting final customer...
Back in the dawn of textile screen printing (the ’70s), a customer once asked me, “Can you print on nylon jackets?” In a moment of thoughtlessness...
Dye migration and dye sublimation occur in T-shirts containing polyester when the chemicals used to dye the polyester fibers move from the fibers into plastisol inks...
What makes some T-shirts better than others? Or to put it another way, why are you willing to pay more for some brands than others? Is...
Textile screen printing has traditionally been a two-dimensional art. You could print anything imaginable, but the only directions your designer could travel were East, West, North,...
A few years ago, I decided to improve the results I was getting when printing water-based inks on dark garments. We had a toe in the...
