Secrets of Top-Selling T-shirts
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was a secret formula for designing a best-selling T-shirt for a sports team, a business or for your own pre-print line?
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“Gellusion” is a special-effects printing technique that lends itself well to creating a shiny 3-D effect print on a garment.
This technique combines several different print parameters, like a thick emulsion, and high-density and gel inks.
An overprint using three fluorescent process colors results in a bright and intense RGB color simulation, creating a combination of colors that truly “pop.” A “doming” effect of the gel ink is achieved by curing the print at 375°F. Gellusion also is ideal for printing lenticular effects.
The video, shown above, shows Kieth Stevens, western regional sales manager for International Coatings, demonstrating the Gellusion technique, which he has been using since the 1990s.
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Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was a secret formula for designing a best-selling T-shirt for a sports team, a business or for your own pre-print line?
FULL STORYAs is the case with any craft, when it comes to screen-printing the devil is in the details. The best art, the best press in the world will inevitably come up short if you don’t take care of the little things as well.
FULL STORYScreen making is vital to good apparel decorating, since the quality of a screen-print design will be very influenced by, if not dictated by the quality of the screen.
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