Author: Paul

Paul, a professional with high profile when it comes to sublimation printing and some other methods that are used for print on garments and other items.

sublimation on 100% cotton t-shirt -is it possible?

Paul

trying to transfer Sublimation image on cotton t-shirts its one of the common mistakes that newbie can make in this game. And I am not surprised 🙂 Cotton t-shirt are normally 3 times cheaper than dedicated t-shirt for sublimation printing, so no brainer that people trying it first. Unfortunately sublimation process will only work on polyester rich fabrics. So more polyester in t-shirt – better quality of the print. But what to do if you customers don’t want to wear sublimation (polyester) t-shirt? there is a way! There is a company www.sublitocotton.co.uk…

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DIY 4 colour screen printing carousel

Paul

Screen printing at home its great fun. Many of you probably tried to build your own home-made screen printing press. But what do you do if you want to print more than one colour? this start to be tricky as you need to have two screens prepared. On one station DIY press registration is none existent so this start to be problematic. I was in exactly same situation some time ago! I wanted to slogan print t-shirt with red star and white outline. yep, two screens needed with quite tight registration. One…

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ST-1520 3d mini sublimation iphone case corners – training video

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this video will show my way of printing 3d sublimation cases and attaching paper so we get perfectly acceptable printed corners each time. As you know this is tricky task to do. I tried loads of diferent techniques and this one is best so far. For printing my 3d phone cases I use 3d mini sublimation press code: ST-1520. I bought it of eBay from the sellerSignzworld here<–

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sublimation mugs. How do I know what ones to use?

Paul

If you are like me than you probably came across many different mugs that are suitable for sublimation. But how do we known what ones are good and what ones are bad? what mug will survive dishwasher use and what one that are hand wash only? well,  we don’t 🙂 we can rely on others recommendations on forums or suppliers web sites (most of them state that they products are best any way so no much trust there 🙂 ) or check it by our self. Not long time ago on great sublimation uk forum (forum link) someone mentioned extreme test that can be carried in…

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