How To Print On Athletic & Performance Wear | Heat Printing 100% Polyester

Learn how to print performance wear and athletic styles with a heat press!
Decorating these styles with a heat press and custom heat transfers is a common choice these days for a few reasons:
1. Lower Heat: Due to the synthetic and polyester dominant garments involved with performance wear and athleisure, avoiding the high heat needed for curing inks with traditional screen printing techniques is a good idea.
2. Stretch and Rebound: With more elasticity in these apparel styles, you need a print that can keep up to the demand! Using a Direct To Film print like UltraColor Max, you have the capabilities of a full color print and the compatibility to decorate polyester, cotton, spandex and even lycra!
Join Jenna in this video as she covers techniques for printing on these athletic and performance styles of apparel!
We'll show you the different types of heat transfers you can use that will compliment your athletic apparel styles! All featuring 3 different styles available from SanMar ( www.sanmar.com/ ) that can fit in your customer's budget: From basic to premium.
✔️ Sport-Tek ST350: www.sanmar.com/p/4349_GryConH...
✔️ Ogio Peak Crew OE336: www.sanmar.com/p/9454_BoltBlu...
✔️ Nike Legend Tee 727982: www.sanmar.com/p/10409_ValorBlue
Learn more about the heat transfers used in this video:
✔️ CAD-CUT Premium Plus Heat Transfer Vinyl: www.stahls.com/heat-transfer-...
✔️ UltraColor Max Direct To Film (DTF) Transfers: www.stahls.com/ultracolor-max...
✔️ STAHLS' Flexstyle: www.stahls.com/heat-press-log...
Learn More About The Heat Printing Equipment Used in This Video:
✔️ Hotronix Fusion IQ: www.stahls.com/fusion-heat-press
✔️ Hotronix IQ 360 Cap Press: www.stahls.com/hat-heat-press...
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[@ampuzzler2317]

Nice.

[@shoobybikes1728]

Was really excited when I saw the thumbnail. Finally going to show us how not to get scorch marks on our polyester apparel. Then you use heather colors on all your examples. These colors don’t show scorch marks. Please use the solid colors, black, red or something that will show us how to correctly heat press these garments!

[@Engraving-ld8gn]

Agreed - That’s what I came to the comments to say.

[@StahlsTV]

Thank you for the feedback. However, these techniques are recommended for even non-heathered colors as well.

[@RBLACKPEARL7]

I like that machine 😊

[@StahlsTV]

The Hotronix Fusion ( www.stahls.com/fusion-heat-press ) and the 360 IQ sure do make decorating apparel easy!
With the lower heated platen on the 360 IQ Hat press ( www.stahls.com/hat-heat-press-machine ) it unlocks the world of dimensional emblems and patches that are best used with being heated underneath during application.

[@angelicsmith217]

Should all polyester fabrics have a stretch vinyl?

[@StahlsTV]

Not necessarily! We recommend a stretchier vinyl if it's workout apparel (leggings, tank top, sports bra, etc.) but it's really up to what you and/or your customer is looking for.