How to Sublimate on Dark Cotton T shirts 👕 DTF Direct to Film Sublimation Hack (100%)

Excellent video, but a couple things. I do DTF and sublimation, but I have both printers. (Also, never used my Sublimation printer for DTF so may be different) 1) Besides coming in black and white adhesive powder, it comes in cold and hot peel. The manufacturer should specify on the packaging. I learned that the hard way as I messaged a lady and told her it wasn’t working smoothly and she directed me to the packaging that said peel immediately as hot peel. Tried that and worked like a charm. As for curing, it needs to be done even if immediately printing. Another mistake I learned the hard way. It can shift and leave sticky spots on the garment, and can cause ink smearing. It also will not fully cure while pressing which will leave ink behind on the film. It needs to be cured to looking like an orange peel finish. Last but not least, DTG printers (Direct to Garment) can run into 20,000.00, but DTF isn’t that high. I purchased mine for 3,000.00, new. It is the 13” wide print. It is the white ink stirrer, roll film feeder and a curing oven. Mine is a ProColored brand, which is basically an Epson L1800. I also have the Sawgrass printer so interesting that this works, but DTF prints white so would still be more versatile. For anyone considering a DTF printer, however, do a lot of research. (Another thing I learned the hard way) There is a lot of maintenance involved. A LOT. And it can be messy. You have to clean it twice a week, belts and under head. You have to use the printer at the very least, every other day. If not the printer head will clog and when it clogs, it is not easy to unclog and many times, it can’t be unclogged so you have to purchase a new printer head which is about 150.00-300.00. They use a lot of ink and the ink for DTF is not cheap.

I love how you experiment with different things and show whether they work or not. It's really helpful and appreciated. Thank you!

Thanks Chrystal, that's some good information for us, Love watching your videos! Thanks!

Thank you so much for sharing this experiment.

This work perfect for me thanks for sharing. And I did it on a 50/50 cotton sweatshirt

I love your videos. Complete directions! Thank you😊

Big thanks guys for amazing things you design 🙌 please 🙏 ❤.

Thank you so much for your hard work!!

i appreciate you for talking fast but understandable. got start to the point and i didn't lose interests. new sub here

I do really like the clear powder.

Can’t wait to see!

I have the sawgrass 800 and it did not like the blue tape so I just used regular scotch tape and it worked. I love my Grinch shirt.

Hello, thank you for your well explained videos, I always enjoy watching them. Is the powder for dark fabrics also available in Germany? I only found this for light colored fabrics. I would love to test it.

🎉 love your videos

I am now starting hope it works

The powder you were referring to for scrapbooking is embossing powder.

I could see using the black with an all black design to use on cotton. My hubby likes Cthulu, so doing tone on tone Cthulu would look cool.

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY YOU DID IT.. IM SO GLAD YOU TRIED IT... because I wondered and also if after pressing could we reuse the sheets?

i saw in another channel, she used white htv, then pressed on top is clear sublimation htv from htvront then the sublimation print. it worked

My L805 DTF got sick a few days ago and the parts have not shipped, I'm going to try your hack. Thanks