T-shirts are very popular since many years. They are very comfortable to wear and also can paired up with any type of clothing like skirts, jeans etc. and also can be added with any type of footwear. A great advancement in the t-shirts is a custom-made-t-shirt. Custom t-shirts have got prominence in the recent years.

You can design your t-shirt by yourself or you can give the order to any of the company. There are many companies today providing the services of the custom t-shirt printing. Most of the companies provide you the cheap custom t-shirts. You also have the companies that will charge you the wholesale rates for printing the t-shirts; they are termed as wholesale custom t-shirts.

With the growth in demand for customized and unique apparels, the custom printed t-shirts have become much popular. While ordering them, one should make the important and tricky decisions sometimes on the method that you wanted to use for printing the t-shirts, either screen printing or the digital one. The type of printing used will decide ultimately the quality, strength, texture and the price of t-shirts.

The quality of the print is determined by seeing how bright the printed colors are and how detailed the print are on the shirt. As the ink is deposited directly on the shirt, digital printing will provide a more detailed and high resolution print. Hence if you want the shirt quality, this method will be the best choice.

The strength and texture of the print tells how the print will feel and how long it lasts. A softer print is produced by the digital print. It really feels excellent when you touch it but doesn't last for long time as the screen print. Screen print is quite opposite to digital print. The print will be noticeably different from the shirt and is rough and thick particularly on darker colored shirts. This is due to the reason that darker colored shirts need an extra layer of white ink under the actual print. But the print will be extremely strong in this way. Screen printed custom t-shirts will last years and years.

Have your custom t-shirts printed with the high quality prints and give your t-shirts a long life. There are many companies that are meant for custom t-shirt printing, choose the best one by searching in the internet.

How To Screen Print Custom T-shirts

Silk screen printing is a method of printing that has a long and rich history and is still the preferred method of printing T-shirts and other articles of clothing. The quality you can get from screen printing plastisol inks on a T-shirt will give you a product that will last you a long time. Screen printing is also the easiest way to turn your design into a custom T-shirt.

Screen printing starts with the silk screen which can range in thread. Lower thread counts will accommodate thicker inks such as white or specialty inks and higher thread count is best suited for designs with high detail. A coat of light sensitive emulsion is placed over the screen and allowed to dry. Designs are then burned onto the screen by way of transparency and a light exposure in a light safe darkroom. The transparency is placed onto the screen in reverse and weighed down with a piece of thick glass in order to have good contact with the screen and burn the outline of the design correction. Once the design is exposed on the screen you can wash out the design with the use of a pressure washer or a hose with a high pressure nozzle. The water on the screen will make the emulsion light safe.

Once the screen is dry you are ready to set it in your press and begin printing. Place the screen in the press and set your off contact to provide enough space between the press and the T-shirt that you are printing on. Ink is then applied to the shirt by pulling a squeegee from one end of the screen to the other. The ink goes through the open areas of the screen onto the shirt and with good off contact the screen will separate from the T-shirt leaving your custom design crisp and with a good outline. The shirt is then dried by using a flash dryer which will evenly dry all areas where ink has been placed to prevent from washing out. Once the plastisol ink has fused together you know that the T-shirt has been dried. If the drying process is done right you can have your custom T-shirt last for many years.

By: Joseph Brones

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Joseph Brones is a copywriter for a screen printing company that specializes in custom T-shirts in Atlanta, GA

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Think of the fashion empires built by companies like,
Phat Farm, No Fear, Fubu, Billabong, etc.
They started with an idea printed on a T-shirt!

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