| reen printing t-shirts, a surprisingly important factor in | | | | adds considerable time to how long a shirt is on the |
| determining price is the color of your textile. Choosing | | | | press and incurs an additional charge. Most colors on |
| a white shirt will result in considerable savings in your | | | | white shirts can go on in one layer and rarely have to |
| printing costs. There are a number of reasons why | | | | be flashed. |
| this is the case, from initial shirt pricing to factors in | | | | A similar factor that affects price on a dark shirt is |
| the printing process. | | | | the requirement for a white underbase. Light hues |
| T-shirts are usually priced in two categories, | | | | and bright ink colors will not print well, if at all, on a |
| Whites and Darks. White t shirts are | | | | dark shirt regardless of how many layers are put |
| always the least expensive shirt when compared to a | | | | down. To overcome this, a white layer of ink in the |
| colored t-shirt of the same brand and type. For no | | | | same shape as the colored layer is printed first and |
| other reason than shirt price alone, whites contribute | | | | then flashed to dry it. Then the final color of ink is |
| to a lower overall printing cost. | | | | laid down on top of the white. Not only does this |
| There are also price advantages in the printing | | | | have the flashing charge as described above, but also |
| process itself when using white t-shirts instead of | | | | there is now an additional ink color, namely white, |
| dark. When printing on dark shirts, many inks need to | | | | which further raises the price. |
| have more than one layer laid down in order to | | | | While beautiful and striking work can be done with |
| completely cover the shirt. In order to keep the | | | | screen printing images on dark shirts (as well as |
| layers from smearing, the first layer will be partially | | | | white), if economy is a major factor for your |
| dried under a heating element in a process called | | | | project, you would be better served to create a |
| flashing. Having to flash colors in a print run | | | | design geared for white shirts. |