Ultraman UK Shirt Printing
Back in 2011 we printed a number of garments for a customer who was competing in the Ultra Man UK Championships. It was a challenge for both us, we had a deadline to meet but even worse than that our customer was putting himself through the gruelling competition of Ultra Man UK 2011! Rather him than me...
We printed their garments with Hot Flex Vinyl which is the same material used to print football shirt sponsors and numbers. It has its limitations but for these sponsors it was by far the best choice. The limitations of Hot Flex Vinyl include not being able to cut lettering below 6mm, you are limited to press single block colours and it can be time consuming layering all the colours when there are multi coloured logo's involved.
The Hot Flex Vinyl was an excellent choice for these garments especially on the running shirts, as the Hot Flex Vinyl can be washed at very high temperatures which is what is needed to get the sweat out of the running shirts. The overall finish was nothing but perfect, hours of weeding and pressing turned out some of the most impressive printing to date. Screen print was just not an option for this task as the washing limitations of screen print would have seen the print crack and fade after a number of washes, even less washes when washed at high temperatures. If you are looking for durability, then Hot Flex Vinyl printing is your answer! If you are looking for detailed prints then screen print is the winner.
You can read more about Ultra Man UK here, if you feel you can swim 10km, bike 420.6km and run 84.3km, good luck!
