Super cool Swag

[ocgrant]

So just got my artwork completed from www.thecustomcaptain.com fricken love it.... Now ordering some swag for the up comming season. Here is a 24hr deal they are running

 

[Skybolt]

My wife gave them a picture of the boat and got me a long and short sleeve shirt(s) and tumblers with the graphics. The place does really nice work and quality materials.

 

[Angus]

How much$$

 

[Angus]

How much$$

Never mind.

 

[techmitch]

So just got my artwork completed from www.thecustomcaptain.com fricken love it.... Now ordering some swag for the up comming season. Here is a 24hr deal they are running

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Me no see Dishy

 

[JHornsby3]

I checked them out a while back. DTG is what they use. Basically a printer prints it on the shirt or on a transfer paper to be heat pressed on the tumblers and cups. I see four colors in that. Wouldn't be too bad to embroider on things. Not sure what they want to do that service, but I bet it's beyond premium.

 

[flyboycj84]

I’ve had multiple photos turned into art by TCC. Aside from their slow edit process……I’m happy with the final products. The nice thing is being able to order 1 or 2 items at a time with no minimums. My local print shop has a 25 shirt minimum, lol.

 

[JHornsby3]

My local print shop has a 25 shirt minimum, lol.

I have never understood that. Minimums and setup fees. I can see with screenprinting because there is a large amount of set up. But nothing else has a big setup that requires a few. Same with the minimum. I do more one or two items than the big orders.

 

[Nick 55]

Screen printing usually has minimums. There are printers that will print on fabric medium but the local shop can only do one color. If you have a logo/image converted to a vector format, those can be embroidered easily. I had a shop do that with the boat name for my dad on 3 polos for Christmas and it was reasonable cost.

 

[JHornsby3]

The Direct To Garment printers can do more than one color. Unless your print head is plugged and only one color jet is working.

I do a lot of embroidery with just a photo. I use a company for digitizing and they prefer to have a standard image for Wilcom software. I wish I had the $8k-12k for the software. But at $20 per design, it's not that bad. I had one digitizer that charged by the stitch. He did one for me with 85k stitches and charged me $90 for just the stitch file.

I refuse to charge the setup fee and don't like the minimum either. If someone only needs a couple shirts or hoodies, why lose the business with a minimum. Hell, I really don't like passing on the digitizing cost, but don't need to lose that out of my time. Going rate is about $1.35 per 1000 stitches. Break even is about $0.68. But that cost is going up monthly.

 

[flyboycj84]

I have never understood that. Minimums and setup fees. I can see with screenprinting because there is a large amount of set up. But nothing else has a big setup that requires a few. Same with the minimum. I do more one or two items than the big orders.

That’s what I’m talking about here….screen printing. I wouldn’t want an embroidered dri fit, or hoodie, or really anything wearable other than a hat.

 

[JHornsby3]

I do a lot of embroidered shirts and hoodies. With the better threads, they are softer on the body. I have had work shirts, years ago, that would rub the skin raw. Doing my own stuff, I found the proper threads so that isn't an issue.

I don't care for how screen printing, DTG and heat press looks after a short time. The cracking and peeling. And with heat press on large areas, the swampy feel behind the design.

But we all have our preferences

 

[Nater Potater]

I do more one or two items than the big orders.

And such a nice job you do!