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Offline alan802

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Is this shirt too big?
« on: May 23, 2011, 06:33:04 PM »
Got an 8X in the other day so I tried it on.  Mind you, I'm a bigger than average guy, actually way bigger, and this shirt looks like a comforter on me.  I wear a 2XL in most everything, with the occasional 3XL, so that should tell you how ridiculous this shirt is. 

What's the largest you've seen or printed on.
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Re: Is this shirt too big?
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2011, 06:59:07 PM »
6X is the biggest I've done.  That's half a cotton field right there.
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Re: Is this shirt too big?
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2011, 07:35:27 PM »
The sad thing is the person who needs that size probably won't live past 35.
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Re: Is this shirt too big?
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2011, 08:58:47 PM »
The largest one I've seen was a display item. He got it from a supplier and it hung on his wall. I forget who it was. He might be a member here. It was what you might equate to a 14XL. It was really way to large for any human being but was a sight to see. It sure caught your eye. I believe it was hung in his store front window.
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Re: Is this shirt too big?
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2011, 09:44:15 PM »
we did an 7x for a guy last year. . .it didn't fit. . .so we ran an 8x. . .that didn't fit, so we said the hell with it, it was for a PBA bowling support crew. . . . . . I know, that's what I said. . .
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Offline DraginInk

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Re: Is this shirt too big?
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2011, 10:21:29 PM »
Done a few 10X's here. theres some big buggas over here. Used to work for a friends old shop. They specialized in LARGE garments for the "Big Bugga". There shirts started at 3X and went up. It's hard to make a print look right on such a big canvas....
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Re: Is this shirt too big?
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2011, 10:39:43 PM »
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Offline Denis Kolar

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Re: Is this shirt too big?
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2011, 11:33:05 PM »
Can we have 10 with all-over print on them :)
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Offline Mr Tees!!

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Re: Is this shirt too big?
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2011, 11:39:25 PM »
...I had a customer last year that wouldnt be satisfied unless I found a single PURPLE 4XLT. I found a place in SC that could fill it, and they stocked some bigger sizes so I bought a 10XL in yellow to use for a display. I havent printed it yet but I hope to sometime soon.

...back in about 1998 I had a another customer that wanted a 5XL pocket tee, kelly green. I had to call all over the land to find a source for it, but came across a company somewhere in TX called Men Of Measure that could make it. I casually asked the sales rep about the largets size they make....she said the made up to a 25XL! she also mentioned that at some point, the shirts stop getting longer and just get wider.
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Re: Is this shirt too big?
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2011, 09:07:55 AM »
We had a 6x jacket for a guy once, and the printer was 5'2", about a 100 lbs. She just disappeared when she held it up...

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Re: Is this shirt too big?
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2011, 09:12:54 AM »
12X and it was a Beach cover up.... now in my mind if your trying to cover up that much ya don't need to be on a beach... It may be dangerous......
There is a company in Texas that sells oversize shirts and when I say oversize I mean BIG ! If I am not mistaken they had some 20+ X's.... looked like a bed sheet.
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Offline Donnie

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Re: Is this shirt too big?
« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2011, 09:30:52 AM »
Doing this for the Biggest Looser?

Oh, it does make your ass look small though.
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Re: Is this shirt too big?
« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2011, 09:44:53 AM »
Did a 6X or 8X once, as Im 5'6" if you had a picture of me loading and unloading on the press, it would have reminded you of the "Keebler elves". LOL.
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Offline alan802

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Re: Is this shirt too big?
« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2011, 10:09:00 AM »
Quote from: Donnie on May 24, 2011, 09:30:52 AM
Doing this for the Biggest Looser?

Oh, it does make your ass look small though.

I think it was for a local church. 

Thanks Donnie, that's the look I'm going for these days, I retired my wranglers a long time ago.
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Re: Is this shirt too big?
« Reply #14 on: May 24, 2011, 11:18:47 AM »
We printed a 10x a few years back and not on a press, a 3c using overall screens and 48 in. squeegees. Made the board to load and hold the shirt, 2 guys on each side of the squeegee to print and 2 on each end of the screens, used a heat gun to flash between colors. Made the dryer look real small too!
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