About
Dye Sublimation is a process for decorating polyester fabrics and materials. It is accomplished by printing a special ink onto transfer paper, applying that paper to a substrate and then applying heat and pressure to the material. The result is a soft-hand print and excellent color reproduction.
This technique works best on white or light colored polyester fabric with a minimum polyester content of 100%. Other exciting products that can be created using Dye Sublimation are patches, mouse pads, banners, and flags, which will be sure to WOW your customers!
As you can see from the samples, the colors can be made very vibrant or more subdued, based on the look you are trying to achieve. As you are selling this exciting technique to your customers, it is important to let them know that with garment decoration there will be imperfections in the print, created by the wrinkles in the garments, making each piece a unique piece of art.
Colored garments can be sublimated, however there are a few things to consider: There is no way to apply white sublimated ink to a colored garment, Anything white in the imprint will become garment color, when a colored imprint is applied to a colored garment the ink colors are altered by the garment's base color.
