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polyester blend shirts?

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What blend works best with sublimation?

The reason I ask is Wally World has 50/50 T-shirt 12 for $25.99

But not having done any shirts, I see a lot of places selling 100% polyester for sublimation.


So has anyone tried the 50/50 shirts?

 

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100% polyester is the best for sublimation. You can buy 50/50 blends and it will give a wash out or vintage lool. Since your getting the dye press starter kit they have a coating you mix and spray or paint it on the 50/50 to make it act like 100% polyester.

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like said above the ink will only adhere to the poly threads after a washing so it will look very old and washed out.  sublimation ink turns to a gas when heated and dyes the polyester threads permanently - it cannot dye the cotton threads

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Sublimated ink will only permanently adhere to polyester (and a few other non-natural fibers), so it will only stick to the polyester strands in a mixed fiber shirt.  If it's a true 50/50, then your transfer will end up looking like you applied a 50% transparency to it.   It may look good when you take it out of the press, but once you throw it in the wash, any un-bonded ink will wash away and leave it looking faded.

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