VIDEO: How to Get Your T-shirt Designs onto Heat Transfer Paper

I was just wondering, if you wanted to hand draw a design on a piece of paper, would you scan it, open it in photoshop, then proceed th normal process? Also what company do you use to get the prints, and how much is a 16×20 press? I don’t want to go into this as a business, I just want to make myself and my family a couple shirts! So if you could reply that would be great, thanks!

If you’re not trying to go into business, it’d probably be cheaper to get a local screen printer to make these t-shirts for you. The costs are too high if your only goal is to make a handful of shirts for yourself/family.

Hey Cartess,

Pretty good info. I own a T-shirt business as well. If you don’t mind me asking what companies are you using to get your artwork printed on the paper. Or do i need to buy the book…lol

You’ll need to buy the book

Seriously, here is one source for ya, there are more in the book with great pricing:
Quick Trans

Would you recommend BestCustomizedDesigns for creating heat transfers in your book….or do you have even better pricing competition?

Hey Cartess, Im located in the UK. Do you have any places I can get the transfers made over here?
Thanks for your time.

I’m not sure I understand your question… are you asking me to include and recommend BestCustomizedDesigns in my book? Could u include a url?

Take a look here… I’ve included this file in an earlier post (it’s a pdf file, so give it a few seconds to load up):
http://tshirtriches.com/transfers/TransferVendors.pdf

Hey, I’m hoping to start a T-Shirt business later this year. Could you please send me the website link for the company you used to do the heat transfers for you?

much appreciation Brian

One such company is a site called Transfer Express: http://www.txpress.com
They are a great place to start, but rather expensive. Throughout our course, we provide much cheaper alternatives than the one listed above. The link above makes a great quality custom transfer though!

hi

could you reccomend a good source for t-shirts?
and could you reccomend a good source for big size t-shirts?

thanks

lenny

Never had to buy big big t-shirts, sorry I can’t help you here Lenny.

Can u print onto transfer paper from printer or it needs to be from a screen?

Did u watch all the videos

first where do you get the transfer paper and how would you get your images on them if you don’t prefer using your home printer. is there a certain machine you use for this.

Read this post here to find your answer:
http://tshirtriches.com/t-shirt-transfers-selfweed-pape/

Where can you buy the transfer paper?

I have a heat press and the design! Can I just buy the paper from a paper store and take it to kinko’s to get it printed out??? if so, can you tell me the BRAND of the heat transfer paper you use?
Thanks

Absolutely not

See this post here to understand why:
http://tshirtriches.com/how-to-get-your-t-shirt-designs-onto-heat-transfer-paper/

http://tshirtriches.com/t-shirt-transfers-selfweed-pape/

What is the name of the brand of transfer paper you purchase?

Dear Mr Cartess,

You vids are indeed helpful. From my observation, you could print very nicely on the shirt without first having to cut out the design. I wonder how. I’m starting to print shirt now but i have a problem that i need to first cut the design from the transfer paper before heat pressing it. Otherwise it will appear that the whole paper (inclusive of the plain part) has been printed on the garment and it looks terrible and certainly not salebale. What do you think is my problem if you dont mind? Regards

Shahir

The paper you’re using is inferior… see this video and the 2nd link under the video to learn why: http://tshirtriches.com/starting-tshirt-business/

http://tshirtriches.com/t-shirt-transfers-selfweed-pape/

Do you have to have a graphic artist do your design?

What transfer company do you use?

http://tshirtriches.com/t-shirt-transfers-selfweed-pape/

No you don’t. If you’re familiar with graphic arts software and already know how to do the designing yourself, you won’t need a graphic artist. I don’t know how to draw nor do I have the patience to learn all of that software stuff. I realize there are people far more artistic than I am with this stuff and I’d rather have them take my vision and turn it into reality.

Hello Cartess –

Thank you for being willing to share your knowledge and information. I am researching how to buy t-shirts wholesale and have read warnings regarding whom to buy from. Any suggestions for vendors that you have used? Word of mouth is the best recommendation.

Hello, I loved watching and listening. You are funny and great I love it.
Mrs. Carty

I had a question. Are we able to use the heat press machine and transfer papers on hoodies and sweatshirts as well?

I just started screen printing on a small scale. It’s definitely more involved, messy and time consuming, but I do like it. The finish product looks great. I happened to run into your website and didn’t realize that you order transfers from companies that do screen printing. This opens up a new avenue for my business. I can start to make these transfers and offer them wholesale (once I have perfected the system) to T-Shirt business owners. You have a great website and I thank you for the free advice.

Thanks for the kind words… The possibilities are endless with transfers!

Absolutely… You can even print on baseball/football jerseys, aprons, bibs, towels, jeans, etc… You can come up with some creative stuff to print onto and even start a new trend!

Thanks for the kind words… Saw your other post:
http://tshirtriches.com/call-us/

Thanks for the kind words… I’ve never had problems with:
http://www.tscapparel.com
http://www.broderbros.com

Hello Mr. Ross,
What heat transfer machine are you using in your videos? Because it doesn’t look like the “Gecko” heat press.

Lisa

The one you see in the video is a Hotronix manual press (16×20). This is the machine I keep at home in my garage. The Gecko is used at the office. I’ll get it home soon and will start using on the videos.

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Thanks, I apologize.. I am not familiar with any in the Uk.

Hi Joe,

I am not sure but most of the companies we use do ship outside the US. Please check the course out to gain access to those suppliers!

Thanks