Been out of the loop for a while... is printing on cotton now a thing?

[Fidget242]

I have been looking at baby announcement ideas for a good friend of mine and noticed there are tons of baby grows \ body suits on Etsy that all look sublimated, but they all say they're made of "soft-feel cotton"? I could have swore that this was a no-go back in the day... Has something changed or are they fibbing? Would be really interested in getting back into this if we now a solution for printing on cotton.

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[Ravisteam]

I have been looking at baby announcement ideas for a good friend of mine and noticed there are tons of baby grows \ body suits on Etsy that all look sublimated, but they all say they're made of "soft-feel cotton"? I could have swore that this was a no-go back in the day... Has something changed or are they fibbing? Would be really interested in getting back into this if we now a solution for printing on cotton.

(Please move this if it's in the wrong section, sorry)

dtg OR dtf .Mainly DTF ..

[Paul]

Mainly DTG. Most machines comes with, or offer very small platens for baby stuff. And this is where people make £££

[Fidget242]

Ah ok, thats a shame. DTG looks like a heck of a headache compared to sublimation though... I guess it's not practical if you're not using it constantly either?

This was the other thing that made me curious - Ralawise are selling an 'all over sublimation baby bib' but it says it's 100% cotton?

https://shop.ralawise.com/en-GB/a-rtowe ... -baby-bib/

[StellaD]

You are right ....... except if you go down to the specification where it says:

The Babiezz™ bib is made ??of polyester on the front side and super soft cotton on the back side. The front side can be fully printed with sublimation designs.

Their question marks!

[webtrekker]

I have been looking at baby announcement ideas for a good friend of mine and noticed there are tons of baby grows \ body suits on Etsy that all look sublimated, but they all say they're made of "soft-feel cotton"? I could have swore that this was a no-go back in the day... Has something changed or are they fibbing? Would be really interested in getting back into this if we now a solution for printing on cotton.

(Please move this if it's in the wrong section, sorry)

I'm pretty sure they mean polyester with a 'soft cotton' feel.

[Fidget242]

Thanks everyone, it does seem to be that people are just trying to find ways to blag around the polyester situation then :rolleyes: I also asked one of the Etsy sellers who were advertising a baby grow as 'soft cotton material' if they could guarantee me they were 100% cotton and they said no it's not 100% cotton and we don't advertise it as "100%" but there is a high enough cotton content.

High enough for what? lol