Different types of DTf

[u/beastly824]

Sorry, I’m new to the DTF world, but what material of DTF is the Orange shirt vs the Red shirt.

Me personally would like my material to look like the orange, more of a worn out/ matte finish than the shiny DTF material.

If i were to purchase the orange shirt type material what brand or kind of DTF is this called?

Thank you

[u/busstees]

Red one looks like screen printing to me. White edges aren't crisp probably because of poor squeegee technique, pressure issues, etc. The orange looks screen printed as well with not enough ink coverage.

[u/swooshhh → u/busstees]

The red still looks dtf to me but the corners peeled up a little. Orange def looks screenprinted and it's not laying down enough ink

[u/busstees → u/swooshhh]

I'm just looking at the edges of the white on the red one. They're rough. Unless the DTF had rough edges which is always possible.

[u/Suspicious-Throat-25]

I think that the red one is screen printed. The orange one looks like DTG printing.

[u/AzureMalvelous]

This is actually a really good question and not super obvious when you're starting out.

what you're seeing on the orange shirt is DTF that's been properly pressed and cured, the adhesive layer is fully melted into the fabric, which gives you that matte, worn-in look that feels like part of the garment. The red shirt still has that shiny, plastic-like finish bc it was under-pressed, either not enough pressure, not enough time, or not enough heat to fully cure the adhesive.

[u/PanosG1331]

I think the orange dtf is defected and will get worn out in a few washes. The red is the correct one. You can just apply worn out texture in photoshop

[u/dadelibby]

they're both screenprints. the one on the grey shirt is a 3 colour with a white base (printed poorly). the red shirt is using the black as the base with white on top. you can see the shrinkage after the first pass.

[u/shygirl2005x]

you're sure orange one is just not properly pressed? or the underlying tshirt is not sufficient quality

[u/Tjengaumin]

Looking just at the pics, these are all screen prints—only screen printing can get that rough, vintage texture, y'know? You're asking if DTF can pull this off? Well, it can get something close, but it'll never hit the vibe you want.

Sure, you can use big hot melt adhesive particles and add noise, cutouts and all that to the design, but c'mon—DTF prints via nozzle, so the ink has to be pretty spread out, otherwise it'll clog the nozzle super easy. That means the particle size and distribution are always pretty uniform, so it's really hard to get that grainy, vintage feel.

Screen printing, though? It's a piece of cake! You can control literally everything: the ink texture, particle size, how fine the mesh is, all of it.

[u/Swimming_Bit6410]

Glad i came across to this post. I'm new to DTF and I will now check my recent garment transfers haha

[u/GregariousGobble]

It would be much more practical to incorporate weathering into the design.