T-shirt Sample - Faded and inconsistent look

[Philipjbaker]

Hi all,

Need some advice from you all in the know. Here is a sample of a T-shirt I had done by a company to see how their T-shirts would look. Above is the image I sent to them. The image below is the final result on the T-shirt. I find the image looks almost washed out. The Black looks like dark Grey rather than Black and the tone is not consistent.

Is this the usual quality from sublimating onto T-shirts? I had them do a mug and a mouse mat and they look much better.

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Thanks.

[Paul]

lol no! its not usual look this company should be shame for themself! this tee shouldn't never leave the workshop!
whats the make of this tee? can you tell? maybe is not 100% poly...

[AdamB]

Looks very light to me - I was going to say what paper was used (high release paper is better for materials) but if you sent it to a company to get done you probably don't know?

I've only subbed onto a few t-shirts (not something I do a lot of) but the results were very good and didn't look washed out.

Have a look at the link below for a test I was doing on HR (high release) paper

http://www.dyesubforum.co.uk/vbforum/sh ... R-Paper%29

[Philipjbaker]

whats the make of this tee? can you tell? maybe is not 100% poly...

Hi Paul.. the T-shirt is supposedly a new one designed for sublimation. I've taken a pic of both sides of the label. I'm glad you say it's not right as I was really underwhelmed with it and thought, "crykie.. is that how they look!"

Adam, I can see the difference in your comparisons, much nicer on the HR paper but as you say I'm not sure what paper they use.

I use this company to do my canvas prints and as they do sublimation work I decided to get them to run me off a sample of mug, mouse mat and t-shirt. If this is the quality of the tees then I can't use them as it looks terrible. I'd be happy for anyone on here to provide me with a quote on printing good quality T-shirts for me, the price would need to include postage as well. Please PM me if anyone's interested?

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[AdamB]

I was printing on the AWD just cool stuff last year - it's the same material but they have made it a little thicker for sublimation - it printed fantastic and I did quite a few!

Incidently, the image I used had been used previously on mugs, mousemats etc so I could have seen the difference if it didn't print and press.

PM me some details Philip of amounts and size of print and I might be able to help you out

[Paul]

I have seen some awd tees with lovely results. this one looks like everything when wrong... moisture, pressure tc...

[Philipjbaker]

this one looks like everything when wrong...

Hi Paul, in a way I'm glad... I'm hoping for a much better finished article than this.

Adam, I've sent you a PM.