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To make a design permanent and long lasting, a T-shirt needs to be
ironed out letting the heat to transfer the pattern on the surface of
the blank T-shirt. Ironing designs also seems to be the most cost
effective way as well compared to other methods of T-shirt designing is
concerned.
Designing a T-shirt through the process of ironing requires just a few
basic things like a colour printer, a 100% pure cotton T-shirt
preferably pre washed and of a light colour, transfer printer paper and
an iron.
 How to design your own iron on T-shirts
Iron on transfer involves a few easy steps that help you design your
own unique wardrobe collection. The process may be used not just to
design T-shirts but decorate garden flags, tote bags and other fun
materials too.
Compared to the store bought ironed T-shirts, self-made ironed T-shirts
are much funkier and come for a lesser price. Unlike the screen-printed
T-shirts, the ironed ones made through the use of transfer paper and
heat press offer more colour and intricacy in designs. Here is a
guide on how to make an iron on T-shirt regardless of the chosen design
pattern:
- The first step calls for gathering the necessarily materials
required for iron designing of T-shirt. These include things like
transfer paper, T-shirt, iron, software etc. While laser printers
guarantee a clearer design, good quality papers ensure a better
transferability.
- Make a selection of image using the software and conduct a test
print on a scrap piece of paper to ensure perfection of colour and
size before finally printing it on to the transfer paper.
- The paper must be positioned correctly upside down to avoid
irreversible backward texts or upturned images on transferring it on
to the t-shirt.
- For a complete and even transfer of the image from the transfer
paper to the t-shirt make sure to place the t-shirt on a hard
surface thereby allowing less dispersion of heat while preventing
wrinkles.
- The final step involves ironing out the image on the transfer
paper in evenly circular motion for a few minutes to set it
permanently on the surface of the T-shirt. Since temperature
requirements vary depending on the colour and type of T-shirt,
instructions should be minutely read before ironing. While placing a
parchment paper on top of the transfer paper prevents damage of the
image due to excessive heat, peeling off the paper reveals the
ultimate finished design.
Precautions to be taken
- Make sure to go through the instructions provided with the
Iron on transfer Printer Paper manual, to have a clear idea
about the steps involved in iron designing of a T-shirt.
- Prior to actual printing on a T-shirt it is essential to
test print on a spare piece of paper to know whether the printer
prints on top or bottom and ascertain the margin settings.
- Always check the templates as well as margin setups before
printing your image on the transfer paper.
Thus, a lit bit of effort and enthusiasm to design your own
T-shirt can gift you a wardrobe full of your own unique
collections.
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