It’s really up to the individual person if they would wear offensive printed or rude printed clothes out in the public. People will wear rude printed clothes because they want to get their point across and maybe joking about it or wearing something funny about the subject in hand won’t cause any emotions but the minute you wear something rude will cause a bit of a stir. When you wear and offensive or rude printed clothes out on the public and you cause a bit of a stir that’s the emotion that you want to be causing because that will then get your point or views across.
I must emphasise that different people will have different views as to what is rude and offensive only because people have a different sense of humour. So what you may classify as rude or offensive other people may only grade that as a funny slogan or a picture. Vice versa, if you classify something to be funny and a bit of a laugh and a joke someone else may take it as an offensive and rude printed slogan or picture.
Why people don’t wear offensive/rude printed clothes out on the public:
The real quick answer is that people don’t want to cause any harm to themselves or to other people out in the public. The last thing you want to do is when your going out shopping on a weekend out to your local city centre and then if your eating in a family atmosphere restaurant and you’re still wearing your rude printed t shirt is a parent with their kids telling you to cover up your t shirt because it’s not setting a good example. This scenario has happened before to people and its quite an embarrassing moment, let me tell you. One moment that you wish you picked something else to wear. I can only agree that I wouldn’t want my kids seeing a rude or an offensive t shirt when we’re shopping out in the public.
The best place to wear offensive printed clothes is when you know that it will be an all adults area so like parties or nightclubs or out on a lads holiday the last thing you want is to really offend the wrong sort of people. Or you could simply buy non offensive cloths to be on the safe side and then you’ll have a wardrobe full of clothes that you can wear every day knowing you wont be embarrassed wearing it.
The writer of this article loves wearing funny t shirts and he loves writing anything to do with funny t shirt.
When you have to choose between two processes in this case âscreen printing’ or âembroidery’ it can be very difficult so hopefully the following information will help.
Screen Printing & Embroidery are mainly used for promotional clothing so choosing the best process to promote your company is a very important decision. They both have their advantages and disadvantages but either choose has a massive impact on potential customers.
The process of screen printing
There are many factors when it comes to screen printing, the artwork, the screens and the machines your t-shirts are printed on. Firstly we have to produce the artwork which is created in Adobe Illustrator and is known as Vector, this is then printed onto film which gets exposed on the light table. Screens are made up of many types of meshes from a 43 which allows a heavier deposit of ink to a 120 which puts a minimum deposit of ink down for finer detailed designs, emulsion is placed onto these meshes and then the film placed on top. These are both placed under the exposure unit to expose. The film blocks the light allowing the surrounding emulsion to cure whilst the covered area breaks down, the screen is then rinsed and ready for print.
Depending on your design this process can be done 1-12 times to produce screens for an individual job so setting up a job can be very time consuming. The screens are spun automatically around the machine in sequence whilst the squeegee pulls the ink across the screen depositing the ink onto the shirt. All colours are put down wet on wet unless we have dark shirts where a flash cure unit is used to dry the base before proceeding to the next colour. Once all the colours are completed the shirt is then taken off and placed through the dryer and there you have it a printed t-shirt.
The process of embroidery
Embroidery consists of two processes firstly you need your design digitised using embroidery software (Wilcom) this coverts the artwork into a format the machines can recognise and replicate the design into stitches onto your garments, Once completed this can be loaded into an embroidery machine (SWF) ready for sewing.
The time for processing the design can take 10 minutes to run; most manufactures machines have eight heads which enables multiple production runs.
The machine has a start point so wherever the designer has located this depends on how the image was created, most images are produced in layers and work backwards depending on the garment type. Each element is stitched with its specified colour which is taken from the industries standard (Madeira) threads with a maximum of 12 colours per head.
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Whilst we have discussed the processes we haven’t spoken about the advantages and disadvantages of screen printing and embroidery.
The major advantage between them both is speed, whilst screen printing has alot of stages to produce the screen once complete the process is minimal with some companies producing around 20,000 t-shirts a day. Embroideries downfall is the digitising, most designs are small but when you have an intricate design this can take hours to digitise and when complete only a maximum of 8 designs can be produced at one time.
Last ability is a major issue as screen printing is the choice when comparing with digital transfers but when it comes to embroidery this wins hands down. Screen Printing is produced by using inks so after time and many washes the inks start to deteriorate, this is alot slower than transfers but faster than embroidery threads losing their colour. Embroidery is the perfect choice for corporate wear as these can be washed at high temperatures and multiple times.
Cost effectiveness is the most important issue for most people as applying these techniques to clothing isn’t cheap. The majority of the cost comes down to the design, if you have a small left breast 1 colour design this will be roughly the same cost, if you look at the other end of the scale and the design is large with multiple colours, screens become very expensive and programmes can have thousands of stitches. These two basically level out but setups on Print can cost £240 and embroidery programmes around £120+.
My personal opinion on this topic is that screen printing achieves more effectiveness for promotional clothing when trying to sell a product and embroidery suits corporate clothing but overall the both have their advantages and disadvantages.
If you would like to some more information on these two types of processes why not visit www.screenworks.co.uk they offer very competitive prices and offer many other services.
Screenworks Ltd is where I’m currently employed; we are the UK’s most professional screen printing and embroidery company. Our high capacity trade screen printing and embroidery production facility is more than capable of outputting upwards of 20,000 items every day. I have worked for the company over 7 years now, I’m always learning new techniques to use within my role but believe there is alot more to offer.
This video will show how using DTG Pretreat fluid allows a direct-to-garment (dtg) printer to print bright colors on 100% polyester garments and provide good washability. A Brother GT-541 printer, Insta heat press and Champion Double Dry® Tee 100% polyester garments were used in this video. Using other garments may require changes to the amount of pretreat fluid or ink used. Sample print and wash test are recommended before going into production. For additional information, visit www.dtgpretreat.com. Video was taken at the 2010 Long Beach ISS Show. Video Rating: 0 / 5
T-shirts are the very popular advertisement medium for all types of business. It can go anywhere, cheaper than posting highway billboards and indeed, an outpouring outlet for creativity. It had all started during World War I, when European troops wore undershirts. Then the Americans followed, popularized on big screens by Hollywood actors. When people got tired of plain white undershirts, they tried tie dyeing until they discovered the process of t shirt printing or screen printing. With this method, one uses stencil where the artwork is imposed on a screen of silk or finer mesh, covering blank areas with impermeable substance, and the ink is forced through the mesh finally onto the shirt fabric.
Screen printing has expanded from Asia up to European countries. The methods on t shirt printing have diversified. T shirt UK and t shirt printing London are offering services down from t shirt screen printing up to direct garment printing and embroidery. Markets for printed clothing are soaring, branching out to custom t shirt printing. Clients are able to personalize the shirts for all occasions possible.
Thinking of having memorable tees? There are numerous t shirt printing shops available, you can browse through t shirt printing UK and t shirt printing London websites, to choose from. But before going to one, consider first the following to save time and effort. One is choosing the right kind of shirt, in terms of the cut and material. The choice mainly depends on the purpose for having such shirts. Is it for everyday use, for a specific event only, should it be unisex or should meet specific men and women’s style? Next is determining what type of printing process to use. T shirt screen printing is the cheapest way, but requires time consuming setup. One has to print out color separations of the design. The screens are to be prepared by spreading thin layer of emulsion which is very light sensitive and must be kept away from UV light. The printed artwork is placed on top of the emulsion screen and exposed to UV light. Emulsions that are uncovered by the artwork harden and the remainder is easily washed away with water. Finished screens are fitted into the press and viola, shirts are ready for printing. This method is great for bulk orders, can print solid colors even gradient and photo types. Printed clothing is appreciated both on light and colored fabrics. The other two types of printing process are transfer printing, which is not reliable for gradient prints and bulk orders, and direct-to-garment printing, which executes well on gradient or photos and light garments. The latter is also not for bulk printing. Apparently, all three processes work well with custom t shirt printing.
It is amazing how anything can be printed on everything. With all the technology we have today, nothing would be impossible. Clothing is one of man’s basic necessities in life. It is a continuous need. Therefore, people will be buying nonstop. Even if people do not need it at a moment, there would always be an urge to shop as pleased.
