Printing, Trims & Decoration
Questions about prints, embroidery, labels, drawcords, zips and other trims, and how to specify and check them in bulk.
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- Hoodie drawcord tips keep pulling off. What should we specify for the reorder?
- Our left-chest embroidery puckers on jersey tees. Is it the backing, the density or the fabric?
- Our printed tagless neck labels fade and crack after a few washes. What should we require?
- Bulk screen prints don't match the approved strike-off colour. How do we settle it?
- DTF transfer or screen print for a 200-piece tee run? How do we decide?
- Customers say our woven neck labels scratch. What should we change on the reorder?
- Our puff print hoodies flatten or crack after washing. What should we specify?
- Why do our sublimation prints look dull on cotton-blend tees but bright on polyester?
- Our embroidered hoodie logos feel scratchy inside. How do we fix the backing?
- Water-based or plastisol ink for our tee prints? What changes in look, feel and durability?
- Metal grommets or embroidered eyelets for our hoodie drawcords? What should we specify?
- The factory wants to switch our sewing thread from core-spun to spun polyester. Should we agree?
- Chest logos on our tees are off-centre or crooked in bulk. What placement tolerance should we set?
- The kangaroo pocket corners on our hoodies tear or pull away. How do we reinforce them with bar tacks?
- Sublimation or screen print: which should we use on polyester activewear, and which on cotton tees?
- Should our hoodie and tee logos be embroidered or screen printed, and how do cost, durability and minimums compare?
- We want a soft-feeling print on dark cotton tees. Is a discharge print the right choice?
- Two-colour screen prints on our tees are misregistered, with white gaps and overlaps. What causes it and what tolerance should we set?
- How should we specify print colours for tees so they match our brand colours across factories?
- Our direct-to-garment (DTG) prints look faded after a few washes. What do we check?
- Should our tee neck labels be end-fold, centre-fold or printed, and how does the fold affect required information?
- The white print on our red polyester-blend tees is turning pink after storage. What is happening?
- Should the hoods on our hoodies be single layer or double layer, and what does it change?
- The heat transfer vinyl logos on our hoodies are peeling after a few washes. What do we check?
- Should our zip-up hoodies use metal teeth or coil zippers, and how do we test them?
Background guides
- Custom Hoodie Printing at Wholesale Scale: DTG, Heat Transfer, and Embossing
- Custom Printed T Shirt Manufacturer: Artwork Files, Placement and Wash Durability
- Custom Embroidered T Shirt Manufacturer: Digitising, Stitch Counts and Placement Tolerance
- Custom Embroidered Hoodie Manufacturer: Digitising, Stitch Counts and Placement Tolerance
- What Is Sublimation T-Shirt Printing Technology?
