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Printing on Workwear
Hello folks,
Anybody out there have any experience of printing directly on to boilersuits and shopcoats?
Small breast pocket logo 4`x 2`, text only, plus 8`x 10` design on the back of each garment.
Or would a sew-on or stick-on badge be best?
Must be washable in industrial laundry, presume minimum 60 degrees.
Large ongoing order at stake, so any ideas on best method, sublimation, screen-print or what. -
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screening onto pockets are a pain and slow you down ( well it does me)
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I’ve heatpressed vinyl onto my father-in-laws boilersuits before with Superflex. (He’s a plasterer) Apparantly the vinyl is washable up to 80 degrees. The logos were quite detailed, and I pressed onto the breast pocket and a large one on the back.
I’m not sure what temperature they wash them at, but the vinyl has lasted as long as the overalls. You have to use high pressure on the heat press because of the seams, or use a silicon pad over the top.
Obviously I’ve only done about 4 at a time, so on a larger scale it would be quite time consuming…….
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There is a viny cut that is suitable for this kind of application.
I can’t see screen printing standing up to a High temp wash IMO.
Give us a shout if you need any more info!
Janine
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Hi
i use EasyCut from Xpress it is a screen printed sheet which you cut an heat press on i use this on shirts etc for garages. You can wash at higher temp than the shirts etc its applied to iron over it all with no affects. If you have a lot to do, get a screen print to actually screen the design for you in the appropriate inks and glue and just apply works out very cost efficient if you have 100 or so transfers made no weeding just applyKev
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Don’t know if it’s to late to offer an opinion on this.
I was an industrial launderer for several years and I now make garments for that industry. Of the various options on offer, I’d be less inclined to use cut vinyls. In order of preference I would go for embroidery first, sew on badges, pre-printed transfers, screen print badges, direct screen print and then cut vinyl. With the quantities that you are talking about you could get badges or transfers made by someone like J&A, Target Transfers, Polymark, Mirical (no order of preference or endorsement) but do ensure that they are tried and tested workwear items. Industrial Laundries specialise boiling and beating the cr*p out of garments. Washes of up 95 deg and drying in steam tunnels of around 150 deg don’t do your decorations much good.
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