Hoodie printing

[paul 44]

Hi folks,

I have been asked to print a hoodie with simple vinyl lettering on the back. This will be a white Fruit of the loom hoodie, poly/cotton mix with the writing done in red mdp flex vinyl which prints at 150c for 12-15 secs.

Has anyone had experience with mdp flex on hoodies and will the high temp affect the material as it's a poly/cotton mix?

cheers

[ArferMo]

Yup do quite a few with MDP flex (both variants) get a bit of a shine on the hoodie quite often so I tend to use some of that forever fleece http://www.forever-ots.com/other-produc ... gory_id=19

[socialgiraffe]

Depending on the blend, why not sublimate it?

[paul 44]

Never sublimated on clothing, especially tees due to the costing of material, not sure what the blend ration is i.e poly/cotton, dosen't say on the website at all. Dont want to tinge the hoodie thats all at the said temp 150c, just want it nice and bright, i have low heat vinyl which I may use instead.

[paul 44]

ahh, found the mix:
80%/20% Cotton/Polyester fabric mix

[KathG]

We have been doing quite a lot of hoodies for my sons running club. We started out using The Magic Touch 123 Premium plus but started having a problem with it lifting so changed over to Siser Easy Weed from GrafityP, that has worked great.

[mr-gobby]

Easyweed on 50/50 as is a lower temp vinyl but can still get a press mark depending n pressure and arfermos tip is a good one, will be looking around at p&p for tips on minimising press marks! Darker colours show marks more

[paul 44]

Hoodie turned out perfect!!

[jamfer]

Hi I am a newbiw i have just got a new sawgrass virtuosa printer to do T shirts and the first thing I have been asked for is pullover style hoodies in dark colours can you give me any advice please what mixture do i need to print on to the hoodies is it 80% cotton and 20% polyester and also what about printing on to dark colours? can anyone suggest a supplier please all help would be very welcome Thanks All

[Quinsfan]

Hi I am a newbiw i have just got a new sawgrass virtuosa printer to do T shirts and the first thing I have been asked for is pullover style hoodies in dark colours can you give me any advice please what mixture do i need to print on to the hoodies is it 80% cotton and 20% polyester and also what about printing on to dark colours? can anyone suggest a supplier please all help would be very welcome Thanks All

You can't sublimate onto dark items is the first thing you need to know also sublimation needs a higher polyester content. 100% ideally but you can get some nice effects with a lower content.
I would have a good read through the forum as this has been covered many times before.


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