The products were tested on 100% cotton, 50/50 Cotton/Polyester, 100% Polyester Steel mesh, 100% Polyester patterned Jacquard, 100% Polyester 70 Denier Tricot Mesh w/moisture wicking, anti-microbial agents and stain resistant coatings and 100% Polyester Dazzle.

The products tested were Goof Proof, Polytrans, Hot Split, Reflective, Glitter, Pearl, Puff and Elasti Prints. Each was applied to every fabric and then subjected to 50 wash/dry cycles. 

Through all 50 wash/dry cycles, all of the products submitted held up through this vigorous testing. This is helpful to ensure your customers are receiving the highest quality graphics that will last them a long time.

Our Goof Proof® ink formula on a variety of fabric types after testing.

You can also personalize these stock prints by adding an Express Name or creating a gang sheet in Glow-in-the-Dark for an extra scary touch! Add the name of a haunted house or hay ride and sell for extra profits, or add the host’s name for a great hostess gift for the neighborhood Halloween party.

Halloween Extreme Shirts & More

The most durable and least expensive is our Goof Proof® in metallic silver ink. Plastisol, screen printed metallic ink transfers do have flecks of metal for some sparkle, but it is the most subtle “bling” of the three. It is the best choice for athletic or school items that need to be durable for constant wear.

The second option is glitter. This has a lot of shine and is probably preferred by females. It is still very durable since it is a screen printed ink. Cheer and dance teams seem to love the glitter as it meets both needs – it adds sparkle and is still durable.

The third option is foil. This is actually a 2 step process as you need both a transfer and the foil product to put over it. This is the look desirable for fashion items and is great because you can choose to foil just a portion of the print giving a 2 texture look at just a 1 color price. However, this is the least durable of the three but by using it with the metallic silver ink, in time if the foil does flake off, you still have a very durable metallic silver print on the shirt.

Metallic ink, glitter ink and heat transfer foil options for when you want to add bling to your screen printed apparel

Line Thickness
Line thickness varies depending on which type of ink you would like your transfers printed with:

• Our recommended line thickness for Hot Split, Goof Proof®, Polytrans and Elasti Prints® is .012″ thick for printed areas.
• Our recommended line thickness for Reflective and Glitter is .025″ thick for printed areas.
• Our recommended line thickness for non-Puff colors is .012″ thick for printed areas (This may need increased if printed next to a Puff color. Be aware that Puff ink will increase the printed line thickness. A line that is .023″ will puff up to become .05″ in the applied transfer.)

To test the line thickness in your artwork files, try doing the following:
1. Create a line in your file and make it a different color than your artwork.
2. Set the thickness of the line to .012″.
3. Now move the line around, setting it over top of any artwork that may have thin areas of color. All of your artwork should be at least as thick as that line whether it be text, outlines or objects.
4. Delete the line when you have finished checking your file.

Any portion of artwork that is less than the recommended thickness is not guaranteed to be printed.

Make sure your line thickness meets the minimum requirements for the ink formula you choose.

Show-thru Thickness
Show-thru areas are any area in your design that has no ink but is surrounded by ink. These areas need to be as thick as the following guidelines:

• Our recommended show-thru thickness for all screen printed ink formulas is .04″ thick for show-thru areas except for Puff.
• Puff show-thru thickness should be .1″ thick. 

To test the show-thru thickness in your artwork files, try doing the following:
1. Create a line in your file and make it a different color than your artwork.
2. Set the thickness of the line to .045″.
3. Now move the line around, setting it over top of any small non-printing areas. All non-printing reas need to be open at least as wide as that line.
4. Delete the line when you have finished checking your file.

Show-thru thickness is important so the artwork will not close up once it is printed and applied to the garment. This applies to any non-printing area including the open spaces within text.

Make sure your show-thru thickness meets the minimum requirements for the ink formula you choose.

Following these guidelines will help you with the amount of detail you can have in your screen printed designs.

Give them something unique with new Glow-In -The-Dark custom transfers. Your customer will have a lot of fun seeing their design illuminated when the lights go out! Glow-In-The-Dark is a frosty white color in daylight, and an illuminated green tint when the lights go out. Glow-In-The-Dark custom transfers can be applied to cotton,  polyester and cotton/poly blends in 10 seconds.

One customer told me how they used these for an 8^th grade end of year party and the kids had a blast seeing their design in the dark as they danced!

Tip - For the best effect choose bold art and text so more of the shirt glows.

Glow-In-the-Dark Easy Prints® design for school dance

•  1.  Press the transfer according to provided instructions (Goof Proof, Polytrans, Pearl Prints, and Easy Prints Numbers can be used)

First, press your heat transfer

• 2.   Cut foil from the roll, sized to cover print

Also, watch or participate in our hourly number race. Two contestants will number 10 shirts in less than 4 minutes (if they are as fast as others who have tried!) The winner of each race wins $100 in free Transfer Express product, and everyone that participates gets an Easy Prints® number Express Pack! 

We will also have samples of all of our new products—stickers, banners, wall graphics, Pearl Prints, our new full color Cad-Printz™ products and the Cad-Printz bid kit.

The show is March 11-13 at the Atlantic City Convention Center. Show hours are 10-5 Friday and Saturday and 10-3 on Sunday. See you there!

Press a t-shirt in 4 seconds with a Heat Press!

QEV-60 in Silver Glitter Ink

The use of glittery, sparkling graphics on apparel is a growing trend for girls and women who want to add a little “wow” to their custom designs.  Glitter designs can be applied to apparel using a number of different techniques but none that has the quality and durability like screen printed transfers. Like standard screen printing, Transfer Express’ Glitter transfers are printed using plastisol ink but with added sparkle. You can actually see the glitter in the ink!

 Unlike the other standard plastisol transfers created, Glitter transfers are a “cold peel transfer”, meaning after it is applied with a professional heat press the transfer paper is not peeled away until after it has completely cooled. So after each transfer is heat applied to the garment, set it to the side and go on to apply the next transfer. Once they have all cooled, peel away!

 Glitter Transfers:

            Can be applied to light and dark garments

            Heat print to any cotton, polyester or cotton/poly blend fabrics

            Look best with bold designs. Not recommended with detailed artwork.

            Are available in 5 colors; red, blue, green, gold and silver

            Can include any of the 5 glitter colors in the design.

Request a sample of these Glitter transfers to show your customers all of their printing options. They are perfect for groups such as cheerleaders, gymnasts, sororities, camps and even fashion designs.