Great Garment Graphics

SPECTRA® Eco-Film™ Webinar 3-9-2010

gggraphics — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:53:03 +0000

On March 9,2010, we had a webinar about a great, cuttable, heat transfer vinyl SPECTRA® Eco-Film™ from Imprintables Warehouse®.

We showed how to create the following design, which also has a one color name and number on the back and is selling for $15. Our total material costs were approximately $5- we rounded our costs up to account for waste, freight, etc.

Two color shirt using SPECTRA® Eco-Film™

Winners From Flock Webinar 3-2-10

gggraphics — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:01:46 +0000

Here are the lucky winners and their prizes from our webinar on March 2, 2010 on Thermo-FLOCK®!

Julie from ASAP Signs in Montrose, CO

Judith from Embroidery Source in Dade City, FL

Matthew Althoff in Charlottesville, VA

Brenda from 1st String in New Braintree, MA

And we have 3 winners for the always popular monkey design shirt!

Terri- TnT Stitchery; Carroll- Laser Engraving/Color Printing; Bobbi- Marshall Screen Printing

Congratulations to our winners!

Different Cover Sheet = Different Finish

gggraphics — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:08:12 +0000

If you have some customers that don’t like the look of heat transfer letters, you can create a new look on some heat transfer materials simply by changing the cover sheet.

The first picture is of Thermo-FILM® letters using a teflon cover sheet. Teflon will give the letters more of a higher-shine look. You can peel the teflon sheet while it’s still warm and use it over and over and over again.

Thermo-FILM® with teflon cover sheet

Then, we took the same letters and reapplied them using kraft paper. Now, this isn’t kraft paper you’d find at a store- this is special, heat resistent kraft paper made specifically for heat application. Kraft paper will give more of a flat, matte finish. You have to allow to kraft paper to cool before peeling to get this look and you can use each sheet 4-5 times before losing the effect.

Thermo-FILM® with kraft paper

Layout Boards and Thermo-Tape

gggraphics — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:30:28 +0000

To help position small letters for application, you can use cardboard layouts and Thermo-Tape. This video shows using the straight edge and the arch edge.
-Tape the board down to a table to stabilize
-Lightly press the tape across the letters
-Tack the letters and slowly remove the tape. Using the tape for the full application will leave a permanent line through the letters.

Olympic Pride!

gggraphics — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:01:49 +0000

While watching the Winter Olympics this weekend, take a closer look at the logos on the uniforms and garments worn by the athletes- they may seem a bit familiar. Our sponsor companies’ products can be seen all over the slopes, ice and village. Here are just a few examples of using digital heat transfers to decorate some items other than hockey sweaters and sweatshirts.

These garments were decorated using full color, digital transfers. From Marc DiSchiavi, a sales representative from Stahls’ Canada:
“Both the Canadian Torch Relay uniforms by HBC (Hudson’s Bay Co.) and the Canadian Olympic Speed Skating Team are using CAD-COLOUR® Extra White full colour logos. The Bell, Cheerios, Olympic logos etc… are created by Stahls. The HBC logos were actually decorated by Stahls’ Canada as well.”