problem, how the hell??

[simpletouch]

hey guys its only me, as from other threads ive posted you will see that im gettin into doing design print for t-shirts etc but how the hell do i prevent the white of the paper showing up on the t-shirt and is there a special type of transfer paper i should use? last night i did on of a sketched person standin, very urban look to it but it was all strokes and scribbles so i couldnt really cut it all out to avoid the unused white paper, so again is there an other way? how does the top bogs do it?? ( i.e the fashion industries ) help needed and coments welcome! thanks! simpletouch xD !!!!

[blueocto]

I assume alot of of them are screen-printed onto the t-shirts - therefore no need for the whiteback paper you get with DIY kits?

[L[Design]]

Screen printing. That's the best way.

[PR Design]

Or if you're doing one off budget prints use latex. The place where I used to work do short runs with it and it's great quality.

[Fatbat]

All professional quality shirts are silk screened. There is a TON of info online about DIY silk screen projects. If you've got a bit of cash there's a lot of used silk screen equipment out there to be had.

[L[Design]]

PR can you expand on the latex, never heard or used!

[mr350z2006]

I'm pretty sure they are done through screen printing. In high school (years back) I had to get a bunch of stuff made and I think thats how the customization place did it.

[PR Design]

Originally Posted by L[Design]

PR can you expand on the latex, never heard or used!

Erm, I'm not sure of the 'science' behind it, but you can buy packs of latex sheets (in the same way you'd buy photo paper) and they're like the printed equivalent of PNGs - anything that's white gets pressed transparent. They're pressed in a sort of industrial trouser press.