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Offline ericheartsu

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anyone ever print the underside of a hat brim?
« on: June 05, 2013, 01:27:29 PM »
we had a request for this, and i'm wondering if anyone has ever done it, and if so, how did you set it up?
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Re: anyone ever print the underside of a hat brim?
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2013, 02:07:37 PM »
We did this, it is not easy, and I wouldn't describe it as fun..... Is there a lot of them? It is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay easier to have it done before the hat is assembled. This can be done in the US also so no 2 month turn time. Flat brim is the only way to go.
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Re: anyone ever print the underside of a hat brim?
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2013, 02:30:00 PM »
We do it. If printing direct, fine detail is a bit of an issue. Only 1 color prints.
We have also done it with plastisol heat transfers. If you have the time and are making a decent margin, transfers are a breeze and turnout great.
Hope this helps & good luck.
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Re: anyone ever print the underside of a hat brim?
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2013, 03:05:16 PM »
We do it. If printing direct, fine detail is a bit of an issue. Only 1 color prints.
We have also done it with plastisol heat transfers. If you have the time and are making a decent margin, transfers are a breeze and turnout great.
Hope this helps & good luck.
Paul

i didn't even think about this. this might work great!

thank you!!
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Re: anyone ever print the underside of a hat brim?
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2013, 04:10:34 PM »
I have...black brim, black ink...so it was easy...LOL...I would only do one color, darker ink color than the brim..no way we could have flashed.

When going through the dryer i think  i had to slow it down for the cure...hard time reaching temp...

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Re: anyone ever print the underside of a hat brim?
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2013, 04:38:05 PM »
Never printed but I did do heat applied vinyl and it looked good, white on a dark brim too. Never even thought about screening them. I can only imagine that using a heat press would be far easier to use.

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Re: anyone ever print the underside of a hat brim?
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2013, 05:42:52 PM »
I also heat seal the top of the brim, and it's kinda' nice, the way it follows the seams.
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Re: anyone ever print the underside of a hat brim?
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2013, 07:17:46 PM »
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his can be done in the US also so no 2 month turn time

Oh no, it would still take 2 months...well, probably 5-6 weeks actually.

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Re: anyone ever print the underside of a hat brim?
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2013, 10:18:31 PM »
Screen printing transfers is how we usually do it if the order is small enough. It can get tricky if they want a pattern covering the whole bill. The corners are notoriously difficult,  using s smaller platten has been our best solution.

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Re: anyone ever print the underside of a hat brim?
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2013, 02:45:39 AM »
Pad printing works great......

Offline shellyky

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Re: anyone ever print the underside of a hat brim?
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2013, 09:01:39 AM »
how are you guys positioning the hat on the pallets? we've done it before for kicks but you really can't get 30-40% of the area due to it being flat pallet on a curved item...i was almost thinking cut out a "hole" in the end of a wood pallet so the hat bucket sits in there while your bill is U shaped, supported by printable pallet all around there.  Of course, who has time to make that...