How do you do caps?

[Sbrem]

We use full cmyk screenprinting transfer, then heat press.

We have a company here in EU and you can order as low as 10 sheets, size from A7 to A3 and it is screenprinting, CMYK high lpi + white underbase + adhesive powder !

That sounds very much like the Stretch Litho from Stahl's. I'm familiar with the printer, it's around 70K all in...

Steve

[Admiral]

Well we sold our manual, but we do have 2 Action Engineering hat clamp platens (hint hint) that we used a little bit 2-3 years ago.

Embroidery only now.

[Frog]

Well we sold our manual, but we do have 2 Action Engineering hat clamp platens (hint hint) that we used a little bit 2-3 years ago.

Embroidery only now.

I'm sure that you can find the Classifieds Section

[Shanarchy]

I voted because I wanted to see the results.

I selected direct print, flat as that is how I was doing them. I stopped printing them as the orders were usually for a dozen trucker caps, and they wanted to also print under the brim, and of course didn't want to pay a lot of money for them because they are just trucker caps. We had a high loss rate, which I'm sure we would have got the hang of, but for an order with like $50 profit it just seemed like it was more of a time suck than anything.

I am interested in seeing the results here as I have been thinking about getting a heat press for caps and doing them with some form of a transfer.

I just removed my vote. I didn't realize that there is a show results button below it.

Hmmmm, I have it set for showing the results to anyone, no vote required

[Sbrem]

need embroidery listed

Probably should have,(and still might) but heck, doesn't everyone who embroiders also do hats?
Not the case with screen printers, and I was looking at the different ways of coming up with similar looking end product.

doesn't everyone who screen prints offer embroidery?

I refuse to screen hats. did hundreds of them once upon a time. 3 color. foam trucker hats. with puff inks... Almost got committed to the nut house.
embroidery only fella

Thousands and thousands and thousands, on really shitty presses too, for the Celtics in the early to mid '80's... if the customer doesn't want embroidery, the options are few...

Steve