How to Print on the Stretch Garments?
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? 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. 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 crackin...