We now do heat
transfers. To
better serve your needs, we have added the ability to do heat transfers in
addition to embroidery. This is nothing like the iron-ons that are
for home application. We use specialized inks, papers, and industrial heat
press technology to achieve results you may think were screen printed. With high heat
and pressure, the specialized inks are bonded with the fabric, rather than
merely applied on top.
Advantage over
screen printing. Heat
transfers' advantage over screen printing is that screen printing is most cost
effective for large runs (hundreds) of identical items. With heat press
technology, we can provide a cost effective solution for runs of as few as 6
pieces.
Advantage over
embroidery.
Heat
transfers' advantages over embroidery are that it is less expensive to do a very
large (such as for the back of a jacket or the front or back of a t-shirt)
design and can be done on lighter fabrics. A large embroidery design,
while more expensive gives you the most beautiful product with a higher
perceived value. Heat transfers can cover a large design less expensively.
This is a function of capital investment (embroidery machines are much more
expensive than heat transfer presses) and time (it takes less than a minute to
heat transfer a large design, while a large embroidery design could easily take
over an hour to sew). In addition, we really don't recommend putting large
embroidery designs on light fabrics such as polo shirts and t-shirts. Heat
transfer doesn't have the push and pull of the needle and thread to distort and
wrinkle light fabrics that we put a large design on. Heavy sweatshirts are
about the lightest fabric that we recommend embroidering large designs on.
General Guidelines
Size:
Larger designs cost just a little bit more than smaller designs.
Click here for pricing. Note that
there are two price levels - one for using a custom design (your logo) and one
for our stock 'Plug-ins'.
Left
Chest Design: 4.5" x 4.5" max
Youth
Shirt Front or Back: 10" x 10" max
Adult
Shirt Front or Back: 12"w x 14"h max
Transfer &
Apparel Colors: Unlike embroidery (which is
priced based on number of stitches), heat transfers are priced by size and the
number of colors. A large design will cost just slightly more than a small
design, but a one color design will cost roughly half what a three
color design will cost. Consider having us simplify your logo to reduce
the number of colors. If there's white in an enclosed space in your logo
and you will be putting the logo on white shirts, maybe you don't need that
color. If you'll be putting it on other colors, you may need the white.
Even if there's just a tiny bit of a second color in a large design, it's priced
as a two color design. You can view the available stock transfer ink
colors
here.
Because we use different types of transfers for light or dark fabrics, and for
different types of fabrics, we need to know exactly what you will want the
transfers applied to. Also, if you have a mix of colors of apparel, we may
need to use black ink for text on light colors and white ink on dark colors.
Apparel Types:
Smooth fabrics with at least a 35% natural fiber (cotton) content are best for
heat transfers. We recommend 100% cotton. In the past, 50/50
(cotton/polyester) t-shirts were significantly less expensive than 100% cotton,
but this is no longer so. Additionally, 50/50 t-shirts can "bleed" the
color from a dark color t-shirt to a light color ink due to the type of dyeing
process used in 50/50 t-shirts. We also recommend at least a 6.0 ounce
weight shirt. 5.6 oz shirts, while we do offer them in the 50/50 category
of t-shirts, have a looser weave than 6.1 oz shirts and will not produce as
detailed an image through heat transfer - the same image that transfers to a 6.1
oz shirt well may appear washed out on a 5.6 ounce shirt. We do use one product which can go on up to 100% polyester
fabrics, which makes it great for athletic uniform lettering. Most of the
transfers we do are on t-shirts and sweatshirts.
How to Order Heat Transfers
The main question to ask in doing heat transfers
is...
Are you using an existing company/group logo?
Yes, I'm using a logo
No logo
Do you want graphics in your
design?
Yes
No
Let us know what size you want the transfer (left chest,
youth, or adult or more than one size) to be and what elements are to be
what ink colors. Remember that transfers are priced by number of colors and
size. We can add text (such as adding a phone number or website) in any of
our stock
typestyles and can distort and/or shadow your text in a variety of
combinations.
Use our 'Plugins', which are standard designs which can be adapted by changing
clipart, typestyles, distortions, shadows, and wording to create a design just for you - ALL FOR OUR
'STOCK' LEVEL PRICING!
Click here to walk through the 'Plug-in' process.
Tell us exactly what you want the transfer to say,
what
typestyle(s),
distortions, and shadows and sizes you want used, how you want the design organized, and what
ink colors you want used. Consider e-mailing
or faxing a mock-up (hand drawn is OK) of the way you want the
design to look to 904-287-7525.
Because we use
different types of transfers for light or dark fabrics, for different types
of fabrics, we need to know exactly what apparel types, numbers, and colors
you will want the transfers applied to.
We'll respond
with a detailed quote (usually the next business day).
If you accept the
quote, we'll e-mail an invoice to you with a link to a secure website where
you can pay online.
We'll
e-mail a reduced size pre-production proof for
approval before we apply the transfers to your apparel.
Once we have your
approval, we'll place your order into production and ship, usually within
two weeks (sooner if required).
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