Learn about the various operating methods of T-shirt printing
May 16,2022
There is a big difference between the T-shirt printing process and the ordinary printing. If you understand the T-shirt printing methods, there are a lot of them. The most common ones are water slurry printing and glue printing, commonly known as watermarking and offset printing. The effect of the application is still ok, but there are many kinds of printing on T-shirts. So listen to our Guangzhou Elephant printing to explain, what are the main methods of printing T-shirts?
1. You can also try the method of transferring patterns on T-shirts: it is to use dark heat transfer paper and light color heat transfer paper to print, and it is more suitable to use waterproof pigment ink. Dark and light colors are used to print light-colored and dark-colored T-shirts, respectively, with no restrictions on fabric materials. For printing on T-shirts that have been coated, suitable for pure cotton T-shirts.
3. Transfer method: The dye in the ink layer of the transfer paper is selected according to the properties of the fiber. The fabric is first treated by padding with a mixed solution composed of color-fixing auxiliaries and paste, and then transferred to the fabric from the transfer printing paper by hot-pressing electrophoresis in a wet state, and then the dye is transferred from the transfer printing paper to the fabric and fixed. Finally, it is steamed and washed. Wait for wet treatment. During dye transfer, greater pressure is required between the fabric and the transfer paper.
4. Melting method: The ink layer of the transfer paper is based on dyes and waxes. By melting and pressing, the ink layer is embedded in the fabric, so that part of the ink is transferred to the fiber, and then the corresponding post-processing is performed according to the properties of the dye. When the fusion method is adopted, a larger pressure is required, and the transfer rate of the dye increases with the increase of the pressure.
5. Watermarking method: The characteristic of watermarking method is that it is soft to the touch and does not affect the breathability of the fabric, but the gloss is poor. Watermarking is generally used more on light-colored fabrics. If you want to watermark dark fabrics, you must first whiten them. Processing, pulling white is commonly known as pulling printing, and pulling printing is divided into ordinary pulling white and color pulling.
6. Offset printing method: It is bright in color, but airtight, and offset printing is commonly known as thick version. The other more common ones are gouache. There are also cracks, stone pulp, three-dimensional cloth pattern, luminous pulp and so on.
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