How To Screen Print: T Shirt Heat Transfers At Home Designermite T-Shirts Press Printed

[grntree1]

what type of machine is that?

[kmoney1491]

What kind of transfer paper do you use?

[LewieBrownTown]

hello. me and a few friends were wondering if you just print your image off a normal computer with normal ink and paper. is this true? please get back to me

[cutiepeace246]

cool, but where can we find a heat transfers????

[designermite]

@eStefresco - The yellowing is from too high a heat or too long a time. There should be no yellowing at all.

[mslegacy01]

So...the advice from other heat press printers about AVOIDING ink jet art is wrong and it will work very well and last without cracking?

[eStefresco]

hi I notice you didnt use teflon sheets on white t-shirts!!! cause sometimes I get a bad yellowish torch burn on the shirt ..oh well maybe is the kinds of heatpresses good video

[designermite]

I use white shirts as the color of the shirt effects how the image will show. The white background is instrumental in the vibrancy or the colors and most importantly any white or highlight areas in the artwork. Some artwork changes significantly to the point where it mutes or kills the color when you put it on a different color shirt.

[designermite]

The artwork holds up great after a couple of YEARS..with 25 years of screen printing (silkscreening) it would be hard to pursuade a purist like myself..I have been very happy...I never sell my art work that I wouldn't buy or wear. The inks I use are that of an inkjet printer with a high resolution setting for printing and using the "mirror" setting.

[sanmigu3l]

What kind of ink do you use?

I heard pigmented ink is the best for shirt transfers.

[designermite]

When you heat a transfer you are actually setting the ink into the fabric. The ink bonding to fabric gives it a better "hand" (feel ) to it. A consistant pressure and heat are very important for larger design surfaces. I have found it to last years.

[ToneLogic1]

How does the artwork hold up after a couple of washes? thanks

[designermite]

Cool!