Influence The Quality Of T-Shirt Printing
Fabric has a very essential role in determining a number of elements of a shirt. Fabric can establish how well a shirt will be able to preserve its shape even after a good number of washing and wearing, as well as set the quality of the results of t-shirt printing.
Is there a certain kind of fabric that will fit your particular printing needs? The article below will help you discover the various styles of t-shirt fabrics.
There are t-shirts available in the market that are made from polyester, 100% cotton, or cotton/polyester blends. These fabrics are the most common varieties found. As an addition to the three common types of shirt fabrics, there are manufacturers who make fabrics from organically grown cotton and natural dyes; they do this for the purpose of saving the environment.
Stretch t-shirts are commonly made from knit fabrics (jerseys and rib/interlock rib knits). Considering that jersey is extremely multi-functional, flexible, and relatively affordable, it is one of the most popular varieties of fabric for silk screen printing or heat transfer printing.
If you like fabrics that do not shrink in the dryer or fade under the sun, then cotton-polyester blends will certainly be suitable for the purpose. Because the most popular varieties of t-shirt fabrics in the market these days are cotton and/or cotton/polyester blends, we will discuss these types in depth, as well as compare their features in relation to their usability for t-shirt printing.
Generally, there are 2 varieties of cotton fabric, which are combed cotton and carded cotton. If you run your hand over both varieties of fabric, you will feel that the combed cotton is softer to the touch than the carded one.