How to Print on the Stretch Garments?

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When you want to make a stretching garment, the printing becomes a very hard step. Different to other fabric, printing on the stretch fabric like Lycra is easy to make the images out of shape. Then how to solve this problem?
Stretch garment printing

1. Using sticky sublimation paper in sublimation printing


  Sticky sublimation paper is designed for stretch fabric. The sticky paper has a sticky coating, it can adhere to the textiles very firmly, and it can help the paper and textiles not moving during the printing. So the images can print to the stretch fabric perfectly with out any problem.
sublimation printing

2. Stretch the garment before printing or heat pressing in screen printing

Some screen printers, who print directly onto t-shirts or who print plastisol heat transfers, will stretch the garment before printing or heat pressing. By doing this, the weave of the shirt opens up allowing the ink to better penetrate the fibers of the fabric. This practice is believed to prevent cracking of the ink.
stretch garment

Note:

While stretching garments may work when printing t-shirts or heat pressing plastisol heat transfers, you should not stretch shirts prior to heat pressing a polyurethane heat transfer film.  Here’s why. After the shirt is washed, it will shrink back to its original shape.  When this happens, the polyurethane applique will contract, resulting in the puckering of the heat transfer film.  See the photo below.

Instead of stretching a garment prior to pressing, you should pre-press it.  This causes the shirt to shrink. In addition, if there is any moisture in the fabric, pre-pressing will dry the shirt. Moisture can potentially cause adhesion problems. Pressing the garment also provides a smooth surface for the application of the heat transfer applique.

Next time when you printing on stretch textiles, try to remember these little tips, it will help you a lot.




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