Sublimating HI-VIZ VESTS

[Dave271069]

Can i sublimate hi-viz vests with any colour logo or is it just dark or black colours. ive recieved a order and the customer wants his green(different shades) logo on them so i dont know weather to try them or not

[Justin]

Black works great on hi vis, I guess colours would change shade so maybe print a swatch and run a test vest to see how they change?

[R.Prints]

As Justin said black is fine. Colours change due to vest colour, ie green turns a shade of orange, green + yellow = orange etc.

[logos unlimited]

hi,
we have had lots of problems with high visibility vest black is the best colour so stick to that if you can.

[Dave271069]

Managed to persuade customer to use a dark green vinyl on them, he is happy with results so all good, thanks

[socialgiraffe]

Hi Dave

I sublimate colour on to my vests and have found there is no hard and fast rule. For example, one of my customers (CCF) is very green, after three or four tests I now have the colour spot on. Same as another customer who is blue and another who is red. If I need white then I use my WOW paper (for you its Sun Angle I presume)

Having said that, black is by far the best.

Use Tesco's standard paper (£2.50 a ream), I have found this better than "proper" sublimation paper for vest printing (180 @ 50 seconds). Am doing about 300 a week at the mo so its saving me a fortune

[Dave271069]

hi dave

i sublimate colour on to my vests and have found there is no hard and fast rule. For example, one of my customers (ccf) is very green, after three or four tests i now have the colour spot on. Same as another customer who is blue and another who is red. If i need white then i use my wow paper (for you its sun angle i presume)

having said that, black is by far the best.

Use tesco's standard paper (£2.50 a ream), i have found this better than "proper" sublimation paper for vest printing (180 @ 50 seconds). Am doing about 300 a week at the mo so its saving me a fortune

good info, cheers simon.

[kermit]

Hi Dave

I sublimate colour on to my vests and have found there is no hard and fast rule. For example, one of my customers (CCF) is very green, after three or four tests I now have the colour spot on. Same as another customer who is blue and another who is red. If I need white then I use my WOW paper (for you its Sun Angle I presume)

Having said that, black is by far the best.

Use Tesco's standard paper (£2.50 a ream), I have found this better than "proper" sublimation paper for vest printing (180 @ 50 seconds). Am doing about 300 a week at the mo so its saving me a fortune

Simon, I have a few vests to do next week. Do you have a product code for the Tesco paper. I couldn't see any in my local Tesco. Thanks.

[socialgiraffe]

Do you have a product code for the Tesco paper. I couldn't see any in my local Tesco. Thanks.

I am pretty sure this is the stuff. The codes etc point to this but the cover is different. It is called TESCO BASICS and not TESCO EVERYDAY, which is probably just a name change.

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/ ... =253580351

Simon, I have a few vests to do next week.

Should have got them from me

[decca591]

Hi Guys
I'm new to this world, been messing around about 18 months, just wrapping it around a fairly hectic worklife

A colleague has asked me to supply around 40 Hi vis vests, its for a fun run in aid of the Nepal Earthquake appeal, so 1, a bloody good cause, and 2, valuable experience for me

I have been using sub paper and results are good, but have wondered about the difference between sub paper and the common or garden variety - copier paper.
Is this what you guys are using, and if so - what are the results like ?
wouldn't be a massive saving on my 40 vests, but going forward could be significant, and certainly ease up the supply chain !

All the best guys (and Gals), and looking forward to your comments


Decca591

Should have got them from me [/QUOTE]