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Anonymous asked in Games & RecreationHobbies & Crafts · 1 decade ago

custom-made t-shirts??

you know how those websites made custom t-shirts...well for me they're kind of expensive, where can you buy those letters, or like go to a place to print it out, like is there any way you can do it at home?? thnx :)

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I do this for a living so just to let you know.. the iron on transfers that you print out at home are really cruddy, a few washes and it's gone, as far as iron on letters, they will fall off after several washes. Screen printing is VERY expensive for just one or 2 shirts, for just a few shirts call a few places around where you live and ask if they do vinyl lettering with a Cad cutter, if they do, chances are that will be the cheapest way if you bring in your own shirt and it's a simple design. Letter and vector image art.. shouldn't be more that 4-7 bucks and will last a VERY long time, heat presses that we use typically are set at about 325*F no home iron can get up to that. if you do want to do a iron on transfer that you print out at home, take it into a store to have pressed, it will last a lot longer, they typical cost of this is no more than 3 or 4 bucks.

    Hope that helps.

  • 1 decade ago

    There is actually. I have a friend that has made several shirts for me and my kids. I buy the shirts and iron-ons and he scans them and does all the work. Walmart sells computer iron-ons in the stationary aisles. Usually $10 for 6 and the more in a pack, the price goes up. My friend says its easy and they last quite a while. REMEMBER, to soak them in cold water before you wash and turn them inside out. This is to "solidify" (for lack of a better word) and keep your new shirt from bleeding into something else.

    Source(s): I have done this before several times.
  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    T Shirt Transfer Paper Michaels

  • 1 decade ago

    You can can buy a variety of stencils (Michael's) or make your own stencils and use fabric paint to customize your shirts. Make sure that you put a piece of cardboard or construction paper in the shirt so that it doesn't bleed through to the other side.

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  • 4 years ago

    Better to manufacture at sugini factory in Thailand in bulk, save yourself $8 bucks a t-shirt. They have there own fabric mill and produce the highest grade cotton in the world. One can manufacture digital and silk screen t-shirts for $2 bucks a t-shirt and receive a lot thicker cotton than the cheap t-shirts used by the printers in the states.

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    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Stencils At Michaels

  • 1 decade ago

    You could get the iron on letters, or over here at our mall theres a booth that people can go to and you just give them your design or pick one of theirs and what you want the shirt to say and they'll make it for you for $10.00. Or if you like to sew you could get the letters and sew em on. You can usually find the iron ons at walmart.

  • 1 decade ago

    There are special printers that can put a picture on a tshirt. To buy the letters, go to a rag shop and look around. Or ask if they have iron on letters.

  • 1 decade ago

    miras sports and outdoor

    does them 10 bucks per shirt

    yes it sounds like a sports store

    but they still do it

    ummm the mall where i live does it for $5 per shirt

    or u can go to stores like hobby lobby

    and get supplys and make them ur self

  • 1 decade ago

    go to a mall a shirt is ually 20 dollars with anything you want

    Source(s): i did it
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