'Check out this sublimation printer hard at work. The process involves printing on heat transfer paper, and pressing it to a garment with a heat press. \"Sublimation ink, when heated, turns from a solid to a gas that embeds itself into the polyester fabric. When it cools, it goes back to a solid and becomes a permanent part of the fabric. This means that your transferred design adds no additional layer on top, so there’s no difference in feeling between the printed image and the rest of the fabric. This also means that the transfer is incredibly durable, and under normal conditions, the images you produce will last as long as the product itself.\" Bonus! Sublimation not only works on polyester fabrics – it also works on a wide variety of hard surfaces with a poly-coating. According to @mimaki_japan, \"The images are initially printed on coated transfer paper as a reverse image of the final design, which is then transferred onto polyester fabrics in a heat press operation. Under high temperature and pressure, the dye turns into a gas and permeates the fabric and then solidifies into its fibers, The fabric is permanently dyed so it can be washed without damaging the quality of image. Printed surface of the transfer paper is placed on the polyester fabric and the two are pressed together at high temperature. The molecular chains of the fibers break on heating, and the sublimated ink molecules are caught between the fiber molecules and fixed on the fabric.\" - The fashion manufacturing industry is filled with unanswered questions. Have a watch, and see if your fashion related questions are answered. Want to ask your own question? Send us a DM on Instagram or YouTube. Check out our Instagram account for more informative videos and information: https://www.instagram.com/indie_source/?hl=en. We are here to encourage and help new fashion designers! We\'re not just a full package manufacturer - we build fashion brands. We\'re actually the only manufacturer that helps our clients sell their products making us truly vertically integrated across the entire supply chain. Website: https://indiesource.com/ Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IndieSourceApparel/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/indie_source/?hl=en #fashionManufacturers #usclothingManufacturers #clothingManufacturersusa #apparelManufacturers #fashionproduction #clothingManufacturer #clothingManufacturers'
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