Getting the Right Logo Size

Posted by Tim Geiger on September 10, 2009 under apparel, embroidery, screen printing | Be the First to Comment

When designing your logo to be printed on a shirt, one of the hardest questions to answer is what size you would like your logo.  Most chest size and sleeve logos are 3 to 4 inches wide.  Full front and full back logos can be 9 to 12 inches wide.  The size you choose depends on your logo and the product it is going on. 

A great way to help visualize the size is to print your design to the size you think you might want the final version to be.  If you cannot print that big, use a photocopier to enlarge to the desired size.  You can even enlarge a business card size logo to 12 inches wide through several enlargement cycles.  If the design has to be larger than the output paper then enlarge and print portions onto 2 or more sheets.  You can cut out the appropriate parts and tape them together.  Once you have a reasonable representation of the logo at the desired size, place it on the garment and see what you think.

Going through this process, and then viewing against the garment, will give you a good feel for whether the size you chose is appropriate.  If you like the results, great!  If you don’t, then try a different size.  This is much smarter than creating a run of t-shirts or golf shirts and then deciding that your logo should have been a different size.

Here some examples of silk screen t-shirts and embroidered polo shirts that would be great with a logo.

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Check Silk Screen T-Shirts Quality

Posted by Tim Geiger on August 5, 2009 under apparel, screen printing | Be the First to Comment

Have you ever received a screen printed t-shirt and, after just a few washings, the ink started to crack and come off?  This can be rather disappointing.  If you paid to enjoy this shirt for yourself you’d like it to last  until you want to stop wearing it.  Of course if you purchased the shirts for clients or employees you might feel embarrassed by the quality or maybe you even take some grief because of it.

You’re not alone, but this is not supposed to happen.  If the plastisol ink (truly a plastic) is cured correctly, it will behave much like a rubber band.  When pulled apart it should stretch without cracking.  Of course even rubber bands break if you stretch them too far, so proper curing does not solve reckless behavior.

The problem is that some screen printers have small electric ovens for curing.  There simply is not enough forced circulating air.  To do a great job of curing the ink you need a screen printer who has a gas oven with forced air on the top and bottom.  This way the ink reaches its curing temperature on the surface and the underside, thus curing the ink at all layers.  By reaching the correct temperature the ink is fully cured and can then stretch without cracking.  Your imprinted shirts can last until you wear them out.

Click here for Silk Screen T-Shirts with quality you can be proud to wear.

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