Vinyl Screen Printing T Shirts

What is better using htv also referred to as heat transfer vinyl or screen printing.

Vinyl screen printing t shirts.

If you are new to screen printing with your vinyl cutter you can find all of the beginner tips for screen printing here. My bestie kayla is in town and we ve had a full day of crafting. In fact screen printing bulk orders will take the same amount of time as doing a small run of vinyl prints. In this video i answer a very common question i get.

Screen printing with cricut or silhouette and adhesive vinyl. I screen print as a side business and i sometimes use vinyl for short runs of lettering. Both that their. Deciding between vinyl t shirt printing or screen printing can be a hard decision to make.

Setting up screen printing takes much longer compared to vinyl printing but as soon as the set up in done the printing process is swift. However screen printing is perfect for bulk orders 12 or more because you don t need to change the setup from shirt to shirt. Once the setup is finished though nothing will need to change from shirt to shirt as long as the design stays the same making it much quicker to print larger orders. I use my cricut to cut a design on adhesive vinyl.

Our minimum order quantity sometimes referred to as moq for screen printing is 24 shirts as it takes much longer to setup than vinyl. You run the risk of the squeegee getting caught on a piece of vinyl and pulling it from the screen ruining your image. You want to put the vinyl on the side of the screen that touches the shirt not the side that you use the squeegee on. My absolute favorite way to personalize t shirts is screen printing.