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DREAMGLASS;14930 wrote: Black cotton tees are by far the number one seller by a long margin and those are the ones that sell in volume.

And here lyes the main factor in this business
black sells better yet we all struggle to print a decent image on black
unless you are one of the fortunate ones who can afford a aDTG

how i so envy you ppl

If you are REALLY serious about printing full colour images onto dark garments, then I guess you'd save up until you could afford a DTG machine. Whilst white is the ideal colour for getting some really vibrant and colourful images onto fabric, you only have to look around on any reasonable warm day to realise that white tees are not that popular. My own subli designs are highly detailed to take full advantage of that white 'canvas'. My designs onto darks are all premium grade cut vinyl, as that is the only 'dark' print method that lasts as long as the tees themselves. They are highly detailed so weeding is a real pain.

The whole limitation with artwork onto garments, is using a process that not only suits your designs, but is also a cost effective solution to create in small quantities, till you establish the demand for your product. The last thing you want is a garage full of unsold stock.

dreamglass - could you show me some examples of your t shirts (especially detailed vinyl) ?? Looks like you know what you're doing and it would be value for beginner like me to know what quality should I aim to. I know that it should be always the best quality but thinking that way I'll be always too scared to go on deep water

If you need some T-shirt designs let me know. I made about 10 designs, there is my logo on them but I can remove it.
Or if you need something new, drop me a line.

You could always sub-contract your shirt printing to me We only use 100% cotton shirts chosen for their good printing quality. I didn't try re-inventing the wheel in my choice of DTG shirts, I just researched what others were using!

Not wishing to bore you but here's just a couple of actual shirt picture:







This is a mixed media shirt we did for a local band. It's made up of printed ink and rhinestones.


More here http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v111/ ... ?start=all

These were all printed on my NeoFlex DTG printer and I've just trained Angie on it to relieve the strain

As far as cost is concerned, I just had to produce a wholesale price list as I'm crap at pricing 'on-the fly'! I've attached a wholesale price list in .pdf format. I'll probably refine it with time and also welcome any comments.

John

can you please send me that pdf file?

I'm sure I uploaded it to the forum - dunno where it would have gone!

Let me have your email address and I'll get it over to you. My email is [EMAIL="john@stitch-up.biz]john@stitch-up.biz[/EMAIL]

Thanks

John

PS Max file size for a .pdf document is just 19k so I guess with mine at 160k, it didn't work

Lots of designs for sale on Ebay but I would make sure they are legitimate or you could find you have broken copyright rules