| Screen printing shirts are widely available everywhere, | | | | choose a specific type of cloth fiber. Some polo |
| and that goes for polo shirts as well. Polos , also | | | | printing companies give special rates if you ask for |
| known as golf shirts, have always been part of the | | | | reproduction of their best-selling designs. However, if |
| fashion trend, and they are conventional even in | | | | you prefer to submit your own design or logo, |
| everyday wear. This undiminished favoritism is due | | | | perhaps the most affordable way is to screen print |
| largely in part to the popularity of golf. You can | | | | your designs rather than have your original design |
| actually see prominent professional players like Tiger | | | | embroidered or digitally printed on the polo shirts. |
| Woods, Annika Sorenstam and Jack Nicklaus strutting | | | | Screen Printing |
| about in golf shirts. | | | | The process of screen printing your custom polo |
| Among the different kinds of golf shirts available, you | | | | begins with your design. You submit your original |
| can always have shirts that have screen printing. You | | | | artwork to the polo printing company and you |
| can even submit your own original design or you can | | | | specify that you want your order for screen printing |
| ask polo printing companies to copy the ones that | | | | only. |
| the pros are often seen sporting. | | | | You do have to remember though that the cost of |
| Of course, the pros get to wear expensive | | | | screen printing is dictated by the number of colors |
| designer-made golf shirts. Some of these shirts carry | | | | you have in your design. The more colors you have, |
| product names and they are usually supplied by | | | | the higher the cost because each color means a |
| sponsors. So, unless you are spectacularly great at | | | | different silk screen. Try to make your design for silk |
| golf and everyone knows about your so-called | | | | screen printing not too garish because this printing |
| legendary skills, you probably won’t be getting | | | | process can only follow clear and precise outlines. Go |
| your own custom made shirts delivered to your | | | | for something solid, something that will look bold at a |
| doorstep. That is, unless you decide to design them | | | | distance, something easily recognizable or even |
| yourself. | | | | readable from a few feet away. |
| Your custom polo shirt need not be expensive. | | | | If your design is too complicated, the polo printing |
| Certainly, if you want only one piece for yourself, | | | | company will have to retrace your design from |
| you shouldn’t bargain an arm and leg for it. | | | | scratch so as to make definitive outlines; and that |
| However, if you feel the golfing bug bite you, and | | | | can delay the process of your polos’ printing. |
| you want to share your screen printing designs with | | | | Once your design is approved by the polo printing |
| your golfing buddies or anyone else, you may want | | | | company, your silk screens are lined with |
| to buy a number of golf shirts to hand out. | | | | photosensitive emulsions to blot out most of the |
| For example, if the company you are working for | | | | colors until only one outline is retained. Once the |
| likes to have an annual event to foster employee | | | | screen dries, it is exposed to a 3,000 watt metal |
| camaraderie, you can volunteer your golf shirts as a | | | | halide light on a vacuum light table. |
| way to commemorate the event, and yeah, suggest | | | | The screens are then washed, dried and pressed into |
| that you all go golfing too. How about family reunion | | | | service. Each color of your design is placed on the |
| events? Custom polo shirts would be a great and | | | | shirt using a squeegee, and this process is repeated |
| reusable token to share. | | | | until your entire design is completed. Then the golf |
| Screen printing is not as expensive as you think. You | | | | shirts are left to dry. |
| can avail of some great discounts if you just take | | | | You can order bulk orders because these usually |
| the time to scout around online. Large polo printing | | | | come with lower prices per shirt. Mass orders for the |
| businesses may have the experience but you can try | | | | screen printing process are usually run by machines. |
| checking out smaller businesses, since these are the | | | | For smaller orders, though, manual processes are the |
| ones that are desperately seeking your business. | | | | norm and these may become a bit pricey per shirt. |
| These companies may just give you attractive | | | | The great thing about this is that you will have full |
| packages and faster services. | | | | control of your orders, and you can tell them exactly |
| There are many, many specialized polo printing | | | | how many pieces you want, what color and fabric |
| companies in the World Wide Web. There might | | | | they should use, what screen printing design and |
| even be some price-cuts if you order in bulk or if you | | | | when you want them delivered. |