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printing/supplying t-shirts
We are seriously considering printing & supplying t-shirts. I know there has been many postings, but basically we would like advice on:
1. a good starter t-shirt press
2. suppliers for t-shirts and vinylis it better to use vinyl or go for the sublimation method?
also..are there any pitfalls when heat pressing..ie technique etc like applying vinyl..many more customers ask us about promotional products and t-shirts and it’s time to do something about it..
any help as always is greatly appreciated..Many Thanks
Jon
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9 Replies
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We use the garment markng film and heat press …. never done any sublimination so cant give any views on that.?
You can get the t-shirt vinyl from Victory Designs or Grafityp – see advert on home page or the magic touch I think? Victory’s stuff is ok … weeds quite well, can’t comment on the other two suppliers though?
Biggest mistake we always made when first doing tops was not mirroring the image/text 🙄 But as always you learn from your mistakes!
Cant think of anything else at the moment …. my brain has been fried in the sun today I think 😎 *hair* But if you havent done it already … its well worth doing a search of the boards and have a read through a few of the threads about garment printing.
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Edit: Oh and UK Leisure Wear do a good collection of garments and promo gifts.
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We went down the t route about 4 or 5 years ago, The basic idea was, if we sign a van for a small local company, we can sell the chap some t/sweat shirts. So we bought the press, lazer printer, mug press and the rest of it. Problem was just the maths, Most of the small companies would want 6 items, so after the artwork, and keeping or ordering 2 or 3 different sizes of shirt the profit margin was not that great.
It’s fine if you have a high street shop, near a university or the like, and have a lot of passing trade, or if you can sell in large quantities. but the t shirt market is very competetive, margins are small related to time spent in production. its fine if you specialise, but from my experience, not a “sideline”
we used http://www.themagictouch.com they were and probably still are the best company to talk to regarding advise.
Give them a call,
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carrie can see your tan from here!
Peter
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we both screen print and vinyl tee shirts.
screen printing for large numbers, vinyl for low numbers.
as peter has mentioned, if you only use vinyl, the numbers are normally small, so unless you are prepared to keep a few in stock, the profit can be a little on the low side.
one of my competitors was always asking if we ordered from the warehouse, could we order a couple for him, because he had to pay £8 per delivery.
but you can make good money with vinyl. espesially hen and stag tees. they normally have logo on the front and name and number on the rear.
we did a rush job for thomsons holidays, got the order thursday, printed and delivered on friday. they had to have the colour of tee shirt we had in stock and i charge them more for the rush job. £25 a tee shirt, printed front and back. 12 tee shirts ordered. 90 mins max work.
you could always have a minimum ordwer of say 6. we charge normally £9 + VAT for 1 tee.
hope this helps.
kev
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Yes Peter is right ….. there is not a huge amount of money in garment printing ….. we still offer it as a service … we do quite a few especially this time of year … its not too bad when you get the simple orders of just the company name on the breast …. and its surprising how many peeps want signs once they realise you do that aswell as t-shirts and vice versa!
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Peter … I wish … I am very pale … do not tan well at all … my dad is a red head or was before it turned grey … so I have his pale complection …. I have freckles across my cheeks .. they make me look tanned after too much sun :lol1: At least I cant suffer from white bits after tanning …… I go from pale to ummm pale …. ok too much information now :lol1:
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we recently spoke about t-shirt suppliers here
http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=12147 -
thank you for your replies..much appreciated..interesting to know your views etc.. i appreciate it may only be add on’s..i suppose it just working out the initial outlay against orders/ potential orders
thanks
Jon 😎
A Hot South Yorkshire!
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save me starting a new post , can somebody give me the run down on small quick print t-shirts using vinyl…..
forgive me as i know nothing about this area…..
i’m guessing i can cut some vinyl same way as for a sign/van , but then heat press this to a t-shirt instead (this is all using a special vinyl) ????
or is there and even easier way without a press ??
cheers , SD
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You pretty much described the process spot on there.
Using garment marking vinyl, you cut and weed a mirror image version of your artwork, then heatpress to the garment.
You can also build up layers of vinyl for multi-colour artwork(though after 3 or 4 it gets a bit thick for comfort)Several of the major sign vinyl suppliers (like Victory and Grafityp) also supply a wide range of T-shirt vinyl, as well as other garment only companies like Charterhouse Xpres.
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