BLEACHING SHIRTS FOR SUBLIMATION for BEGINNERS
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- How to Spray Bleach Sublimation T Shirts is a super fun side hustle if you are wanting to start up a small biz this year. I love the Gildan Softstyle shirts for Sublimation and bleaching on a T shirt. I use the Spray bleaching technique / method. I feel that spray bleaching a shirt allows you more control of the bleach and how you create your designs on the shirts. I got my spray bottles from Walmart. This is a fun DIY tutorial of how to bleach shirts and sublimate on them using a heat press. I love my Heat Press Nation Craft Pro 15 x 15 heat press. I also use my Epson sublimation printer 2720 series to print out all my JDC sublimation transfer sheets using Lucky sublimation ink.
I answer questions like “What is the best order to bleach and sublimate on a t shirt?” It isn’t wrong either way, but I do show you both methods and what I prefer. I felt that bleaching a shirt first was fine but once you go to sublimate on it, the heat from your heat press will leave a brown or burnt mark where the bleach is. Not a big deal as it washes out with having to wash it for a second time. However, with Sublimating first and then bleaching. You Wash it once after bleaching and done. It is ready to sublimate on and ship out to your customers.
I also test out if a black hoodie can be bleached on. Of course you do need to have a cotton blend of some sort as we learn in this video that the non-cotton materials do not take bleach. So, be mindful when you are ordering your materials. It is best to stick with Glidan T Shirts and Hoodies. However, I did get this black hoodie from Walmart from the brand Athletic Works.
Please note that a Sublimation printer must only use sublimation ink. My epson eco tank 2720 came with traditional ink and I DID NOT put it into my ink tanks. I bought special sub ink from the brand Lucky. Check out all the links below to the items and products I used in this Bleaching Sublimation t-shirt tutorial.
I also show you that you do not need to use CRICUT design space to printer your pngs or images. This will allow you to use your 8 x 11 sublimation sheets to their fullest extent. I also use my Urboni T shirt ruler to help me center and place my designs. I go 2 inches below the collar and place my images in landscape across my t Shirt between the 5 1/2 in marks on Both the left and right sides. This has worked beautifully for me using the 8x11 transfer sheets. If you are using a larger printer with 11 x 17 inch sheets your numbers will be slightly different. Also, be sure to place a piece of card stock inside your garments to keep from the sublimation ink bleeding through and use your JDC heat tape to keep it secure and from moving which can cause possible ghosting of your image. Wear gloves and respirator around the bleach as an extra precaution.
If you have any questions or tips you have learned along the way in your bleaching and sublimation processes, please feel free to share your knowledge :)
Have fun my sweet friends ! Please give this video a thumbs up and let me know in the comments your favorite shirt :)
Bleach and spray bottles at Walmart.
Heat Press- shareasale.com...
Epson Printer- amzn.to/3Fa3Dei
Subli Ink- amzn.to/3G8hgMu
Gildan T-shirts- I went to Ebay and bought some from Clothingshoponline :) but you can set up a biz account with Gildan and get a larger in bulk order of shirts.
Heat Tape- www.gojdc.com?aff=9
Transfer Sublimation Sheets- www.gojdc.com?aff=9
Where I get my images :P➡️www.creativefa....
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Hearts on sleeve- www.creativefa...
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Small business owner is my favorite!
The blue one is my favorite! Thanks for sharing.
What a great idea with the color swatches
I love your video,im a beginner on sublimate.the video was explained so well & easy to understand.thank you so much
💕💕aww I’m so glad you found it useful and helpful. Have fun creating some amazing sublimation creations ☺️
Yesss!! I am so glad you did this tutorial! I wanna do sublimation and the bleaching so bad but am so nervous about it! As always you do such a great job with your tutorials! My favorite was definitely the blue shirt but love them all!! ❤❤
Awww thank you my sweet friend!! Yay you gotta post pics !! It’s super fun 🥰have a wonderful weekend Becky 🥰
love how they all turned out! The one you're wearing and the blue were my favorites! Loved seeing the process start to finish!
Thank you my sweet friend !! Yesss the blue is my fave for sure!! I do love them all 🥰though. Have a wonderful weekend 🥰
Your videos are amazing 👏just got my printer and press this weekend did my first project... I'm in love. Can't wait to try your techniques for bleaching. Where i live it's winter so can't bleach outside lol Hurry up spring /summer lol
Woo hoo! I hear ya. I want spring here already. I’m so excited for you sweet friend. 💕
Great tip about the color swatches!
🙋♀️glad you found some helpful tips. Thank you for watching !
Love this great step by step clear instructions and tips👍Love your picks and results!🤗💛
Thank you so much for watching !! They are so fun to make !!! 🥰🥰
Very good video…clear instructions…Tfs.😊
Thank you so much for your feedback Pam💜💜so glad you enjoyed the video 🥰
❤I love the blue shirt ❤
Same here 🥰
If you use peroxide after you press it spray the peroxide on it let it sit for a minute it’ll turn back white.
Yes I totally will have to try that method. I have heard about it but didn’t have any on hand. Thank you Summer 💜
New subscriber !!Great tutorial
So happy to have you my sweet friend!! Oh the color swatches were so fun to work with and helpful to know the color change outcomes☺️🤓.
How do you give a white shirt a 'colored' tye dye look?
If you spray peroxide, after pressing, it turns white quicker.
I own a contract apparel decoration business. I have never understood the financial strategy behind any of these crafting decoration techniques. These videos show shirt, bleach, cornstarch or flour, peroxide, processing, rinsing, washing, drying, printing, paper, inks, pressing and so forth. All of this for one or a few shirts. Based on most videos there seems to be approx. $7-$9 in supplies and cost of consumables including a t-shirt. The power consumption and wear and tear of a heat press and a clothes dryer could easily add a couple of dollars. Then there is the question of time. By my estimates it takes around two hours to make a shirt or even a few shirts. What is your time worth? Working from home you could say your time is worth $8 and hour. In this economic climate of entitlement it would be more like $15. If you put that through a business model, it takes approx. $39 just to produce a shirt. People on Etsy sell these for $16-$17. These videos are no more than a person who has a stable provider, doing a hobby that is being financed by the provider and producing shirts at no out of pocket expense and thinking they are making money when they sell them. In fact they are losing approx. $22 on every item.
There are many successful small biz owners killing it out there that sell customized apparel and goods. I'm sorry did you have a question on this video?
What’s this business’s name?
wash out at 18:10
Did you have any problems with holes after bleaching? I’ve read some people use hydrogen peroxide too. Is that needed? Thank you for your video!
Hi Mandy. I think the bleach being on to long and also the type of material can be delicate to a long period of bleach siting on it causing holes or thinning. The longer the bleach sits it eats the material. I didn’t use hydrogen peroxide but you can. Some state it stops the bleaching process but hydrogen per. Needs to be washed off quickly as well. Have a wonderful day my sweet friend!!
Someone commented on another bleaching video that they paint the bleach on over their sublimation instead of spraying and it sounded like something to give a try.
Absolutely! There are some really cool techniques out there. :)
I thought you can only sublimate on poly shirts that’s at least 50% or more?? How are you sublimating on gildan with them being cotton??
I’m using a 65/35 poly cotton blend. These are the only shirts I used for sub/bleaching. 👍😃
Did you need to pre spray something so the sublimation sticks?
Absolutely not. You just have to make sure you have the right shirt for sublimation. I used the gildan 65/35 poly blend. :)
Love them!! Do you find that the main bleach areas(design area) come out thin after bleaching? I've been using gildan softstyle 65/35. I feel like that area is kind of see-through. I leave my bleach for about 20 mintues; I live in the desert so it doesn't take long in the sun. I sometimes spray the burned area with peroxide..so maybe that's making it more thin?
Hey Donna 🥰ya know I didn’t notice them to thin. As I had red on under lol 🤣 but I think the extra peroxide is a material eater and can cause thinning . I skipped this step and went straight to washing :). As for me I live in the desert area too so the sun is a helpful tool in this process. Maybe try not spraying and see if you notice a difference 🥰. Keep me posted and thank you for watching 😊
The design that is in your thumbnail, small business mama, where can I find that at? Thanks in advance
Hello my sweet friend, I believe I search that term on Etsy and just picked my favorite 🤓
so if i directly bleach a sublimation, the sublimation wont disappear?
That is correct my friend !! Just as I demonstrated in the video ☺️☺️
@@SolHarmonyHolistics should something be between the front and back when you are doing the center bleach so it doesn't leak thru to the back?? Thanks so much for the video!!
@@shellwash3499 Yes I would totally add a cardboard or cardstock of some sort to stop any transfer of the bleach if want to keep it just to the front of the shirt :)
Where did you get the heart imagine you put on the sleeves? Loved them all
It was on creative fabrica 🧡 if you do not see the link in the description let me know 🧡
@@SolHarmonyHolistics Thank you
The link is there but the hearts you put on sleeve are not included
@@karenkrueger428 let me check on this for ya Karen :)
I am so sorry Karen I never put them on the list. I added them. Here is the link :) www.creativefabrica.com/product/valentine-hearts-valentine-sublimation/ref/476735/
Did you do a sublimation spray before you pressed the design on the shirt? I’ve had designs fade, but maybe I didn’t press hot enough. Thanks!
Hello Georgia!! That’s something I’ll have to look into. I haven’t had any faded sublimation if I press at 400 degrees for 1 min. Now using your transfer printed image sheet more than once will give you a major faded look so I use each printed image once. :)
So if I sub first on a dark gray then bleach will this work ?
Yes that is correct. Also, I have had some gray Heather shirts not take to the bleach so just be mindful which blends don’t react to the bleaching solution.
@@SolHarmonyHolistics Thank you Thank you I’ve done two shirts like that and I’m loving how they turned out!! Thank you
what shirts do you use? and what % of polyester are they? and where did you find them? Also, do you sell ready to press transfers?
Hello my friend, I get my shirts on ebay- clothingshoponline and they are as described in my video a 65/35 Poly cotton blend. :) currently at the moment I do not sell ready to press transfers. ☺️
What is a good printer for sublimation? What kind of shirts is best polyester?
I have these all linked in my video my sweet friend. I use an Epson 2720 and I buy the gildan soft style 65/35 blend 😍
Did you turn the shirt inside out before bleaching?
No I did not :)
what do I do if when I sublimate my background goes out of the area... bleach again?
You can spot bleach to extend your border 😃
@@SolHarmonyHolistics yeah that's what I was thinking of doing is spot bleaching
so, you are sublimating on 100% Cotton?
I am using the Gildan 65/35 Poly Cotton blend shirts. They are all heather colors. See the description. :)
Can your do htv if you don’t have a sublimation printer?
Of course you can my friend- htv is heat transfer vinyl
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HTvROnT has a 10x10 press and a mini press :)
Where di you get the color samples? What company?
It’s from Gildan. :) check out the link in the description 💜
Does it have to be a heather shirt?
The heather shirts do better with bleaching 🙂
How do you email gildan to get the free samples?
Email them my sweet friend. Check the info in the video description. ☺️
Is this 50/50
65/35