Needed - Custom T shirts

[marc61]

Anyone have a good experience with an online vendor? and/or tips on how to save money, or what to expect to pay.

We're looking at creating a basic black t-shirt with printing on both sides. Any advice appreciated.

[8mileshigher]

Another alternative is to find a sporting goods shop in your area that makes uniforms etc. for teams. They can make up any design tee-shirt you like and unlike mail-order/on-line sellers -- you can go and physically inspect the artwork, inspect the shirt's quality, and make changes etc before they put the shirts into print.

[manta]

I've used these guys:

http://www.discmakers.com/merch/products/CustomTees.asp

Also, if you need just a few for the band, http://www.CafePress.com where the RRF sells its wares does nice work, they are quick and shirt quality good.

Otherwise, best to just find a local shop in your area if you want shirts to sell at shows, etc.

Best,

T.

[blueflamerick]

Keep looking until you find someone that will print them for $5 a shirt or less, although that may be tough since you want a two-sided shirt. The more you order, the cheaper it will be per shirt.

Some places may add additional fees such as screen set-up, artwork clean-up, etc.

I agree that your best bet is finding someone local.

[bails]

I've had plenty of t-shirts printed in the past over a number of years, and what we learnt is that it's really important to check out the quality of both the T-shirts and the print before going ahead.

Some places are just back-yard set-ups with a cheap laser printers, and a rubbish result, while others just use fall-apart shirts that won't last a single wash.

Cheap is not necessarily good if you want more than one wear out of a shirt, so like others have said, I'd go local rather than saving money over the net.

[marc61]

Thinking out loud...for the first run, probably best to find local sporting goods uniform place. They would probably have best price on small run. Did find a place in Jersey with reasonable prices, and huge selection but finding time right now to get out there is tough

Good ideas all

[blueflamerick]

If you can, so for 100% cotton shirts and silk screening. They'll last much longer. Stay away from heat transfers or laser printing. One wash and that **** is gone.

[marc61]

I did find a local vendor. for a small run we're looking at $6.25 a shirt, two color on black 100% cotton pre-shrunk shirts. One sided, silkscreen. Not bad

[doctorwho]

Sounds good, Marc.

Many years ago when I worked at a sporting goods store that did team uniforms (the shirts werre out-sourced (silk screen) locally, but we did (heat transfer) the hats in-house), we found that certain brands of shirts shrank significantly after washing, so we made sure that anyone ordering those brands ordered one size bigger.