I'm about to start selling t-shirts.
Should I start of with heat pressing then screen printing when I get the MONEYS.

Or go straight for screen printing?*


*limited funds.
( iainiainiainiain, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:51, archived)

no idea I'm afraid
/ac
( moohalaa, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:51, archived)

Hello
You SMELL
( iainiainiainiain, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:52, archived)

HAHAHAHAHAH
You're Welsh.

OOhburrrrrrrn.
( moohalaa, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:55, archived)

*hugs sheep*
HUSH!
( iainiainiainiain, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:57, archived)

hug shag
( LC! lyk omg, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 23:11, archived)

screen always
start as you mean to go on
( thebear is thebear, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:51, archived)

Re: google talk . . .
I have left the machine on at work, which may be the problem?
( LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:52, archived)

Oh well,
sod you then ;)
( LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 23:07, archived)

Ah thanks.
I've been looking here at Indigo and it will be costing me £40 for 5 t-shirts.

Rip off?
( iainiainiainiain, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:54, archived)

Yes
Although I can't load that page, you can get embroidered shirts for less than that!
( Sygiinu, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 23:11, archived)

press = shit and comes off easier, apparently.

( TonyUNDERSCORE from the Internet, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:51, archived)

SCREEN

( Well, not quite Will be nice for food, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:51, archived)

i love doing screen printing
it can be tricky to get the hang of though. especially with multiple colours.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:55, archived)

Make sure they arent shit t shirt's first.

( Dobsky, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:52, archived)

you and me baby aint nothing but mammals
so lets do it like they do on the discovery channel

*dances*
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:52, archived)

*unzips*

( TonyUNDERSCORE from the Internet, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:53, archived)

toot toot
*bigfishlittlefishcardboardbox*
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:54, archived)

*rars*

( Wurst Puns Inc. Back in the future., Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:54, archived)

thought it said monkeys too

(almqvist, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:54, archived)

Heat press
Because if your ideas are shit and they don't sell, at least you're not out that much.

And good luck to you. :D
( Scoopzilla http://www.slapwatch.com now get to fuck, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:52, archived)

Vanilla Ice Screens
but then his career isn't doing so well
(Mehitabel_Itrang, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:53, archived)

Unless you're tailoring the shirts yourself surely it would make more sense to sell you hip and cool designs to bigger T-shirt mongers?
Unless you're just selling cheap things with old witticisms upon them at the market. In which case you'd still probably need screen printing. Anyone can get the heat ones and make them for themselves.
( Hoohah Bibbly-bobbly-bubbly-snibbly wib-wib floppit., Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:54, archived)

A lot of the designs are on
here
( iainiainiainiain, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:55, archived)

They're nice designs.
But as the emphasis is on the design rather than the shirt you could try gauging interest by using something like CafePress.
( Hoohah Bibbly-bobbly-bubbly-snibbly wib-wib floppit., Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:57, archived)

Yea.
Or spreadshirt. Thank you :)
( iainiainiainiain, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:59, archived)

um...
twelve?


/ac
( frunt It's been a while..., Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:54, archived)

I would say go for quality from
the start and which ever is going to be the best in the long run or has the best resale value should everything go tits up.
( flurokitty 3, 2, 1 lets jam! (+.[___]·:·), Fri 12 Jan 2007, 22:54, archived)

it depends
if you are definitely going to do something like vector designs, go for screen printing. if you can come up with some designs that use lots of graded colours and less sharp edges, heat pressing is going to be better anyway. my local print shop does heat pressing much better than cafepress, and it's very professional-looking
( spacefish bong!, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 23:00, archived)

Does it last in the wash?
That is my only concern.
( iainiainiainiain, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 23:04, archived)

done properly, yeah
they only go yellow and flake if the edges aren't pressed right

and for best best results, cut around the picture so that there's ink right to the edges of the transfer
( spacefish bong!, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 23:07, archived)

Thank you very much :)

( iainiainiainiain, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 23:11, archived)