How do you transfer design on fabric?

Nowdays, DIY has become the latest trend,more and more people like to do it at home, Especially for the young people.Because it is very interesting and easy to do it.T-shirt transfer paper is popular in the printing comsumble industry, it can be widely used in T-shirt printing, mugs and etc.So today we will talk about how to print T-shirt at home.

When we think about the T–shirt printing, we will talk about the very popular product: heat transfer paper. And for this paper, we have four kinds of, that is inkjet light color heat transfer paper, inkjet dark color heat transfer paper, laser dark color heat transfer paper and laser light color heat transfer paper. For  these four types paper, it has same function and good transfer effect. But why do we have four types? Because it is aim to meet different people’s requirement.

Before we talked about it, we should know what is heat transfer ? Heat transfer is one kind of special printing , which transfer the flower designs and patterns from thermal transfer paper to the surface of printed materials with the technology of heat transfer.

And what is the features of heat transfer? At first, it has high transfer rate and can be transfered on many colors fabric, and Second, it transfered with bright colors and realistic patterns. And after transfered, it has goos pattern adhesion. At last, after transfered, it can be washed over 33 times and it is durable. It also have good wear-resistant.

Now I will introduce the four types of paper for you, let us talk about it one by one, and if you want to use these four papers, please prepare the items as below: inkjet priter and laser printer( low temperatured) , heat press machine, inkjet light color/dark heat transfer paper, laser light color /dark color heat transfer paper and a computer.Items are very easy, so that you can do it at home.

Inkjet light color heat transfer paper

I think, from its name,  you will know its ues. For inkjet light transfer paper, it used for light colored 100% cotton or polyester cotton blend fabric. For this paper, our normal size is A4 and A3. And it is ok for all inkjet printer, you can also use pigment ink or dye ink. both inks are ok.For print mode, please just use common paper and high quality photo. Now let me tell you how to transfer it at home.

inkjet light transfer paper

Transfer procedure as follows:
1. Choose the image that you like, then print the light colored transfer paper with inkjet printer and pigment ink or dye ink.
2. After print, choose a cotton T-shirt with light color, like white, light pink or etc and then put the image down.and cover with oil paper
3. Then  use the heat press machine to transfer it , please use 165 degree and 15 seconds to transfer it.
3. After transfered, peel the back paper and all done, then you will see a very beautiful image on the fabric.

Inkjet dark color heat transfer paper

The second one is inkjet dark transfer paper, it used for dark colored 100% cotton or polyester cotton blend fabric.And others are same as inkjet light color heat transfer paper. let us see step:

inkjet dark transfer paper

Transfer procedure as follows:
1. Choose the image that you like, then print the inkjet dark heat transfer paper with inkjet printer and pigment ink or dye ink.
2. After print, choose a cotton T-shirt with dark color, like white, dark green or etc and then put paper on the fabric, and cover with oil paper
this step is different with the inkjet light color heat transfer paper, please noted.
2. Then  use the heat press machine to transfer it , please use 185 degree and 25 seconds to transfer it. temperature and time are also different with inkjet light color heat transfer paper, please remember.
3. Times up, open the heat press machine, then all is done.
So for these two papers, transfer effect are all good, and from the procedure, you can see it is very easy. it only takes few minutes to do it. And for our inkjet dark color heat transfer paper, you can also use iron to transfer it.You only needs use same temperature and time, that is ok. So these two goods are so popular in the market.

Then let us talk about the laser heat transfer paper, it also have two types:laser dark color heat transfer paper and laser light color heat transfer paper.

Laser dark color heat transfer paper

As its name shows, it needs laser printer and dark t-shirt transfer paper, For laser light color heat transfer paper, it used for light colored 100% cotton or polyester cotton blend fabric. For this paper, our normal size is A4 and A3. And we recommend HP laser color printer, If for laser dark paper, pleas use mirror print mode and label paper.this is the one difference between these two papers. Now let me tell you how to transfer it at home.

laser dark transfer paper

Transfer procedure as follows:
1. Choose the image that you like,then print the laser dark transfer paper with HP laser color printer.
2. After print, choose a cotton T-shirt with light color, like white, light pink or etc and then seperate the image from the backing paper
3. Place the image face up on your T-shirt and cover with oil paper , please use 140 degree and 10 degree.
4. Times up, open the heat press machine, then all is done. you can also use iron to heat it, that is also ok.

Laser light color heat transfer paper

The fouth one is laser light  color heat transfer paper, it used for light colored 100% cotton or polyester cotton blend fabric.And others are same as laser dark color heat transfer paper. let us see step:

laser light transfer paper

Transfer procedure as follows:
1. Choose the image that you like,then print the light t-shirt transfer paper with HP laser color printer.
2. After print, choose a cotton T-shirt with light color, like white, light pink or etc and then preheat the machine and ironing the T-shirt
3. Place the iamge face down on your T-shirt and cover with oil paper, lease use 185 degree and 25 degree.
4. Times up,hot peel on the platen. then all is ok.

transfer paper factory

After read this passage, i think you will know how to transfer it at home, and if you are interested in it, please don’t hesitate to contact us. VISION is a first class heat transfer paper factory in China and we will provide our best goods for you. We believe you will like it.