T-Shirt Printing Collinsville, IL

T-Shirt Printing Collinsville, IL. Custom printed t-shirts are festive, versatile, and effective and can be used for nearly any occasion. Whether you are looking for creative marketing solutions, are looking to build team camaraderie, or just want to commemorate a sentimental occasion, Collinsville, IL t-shirt printing is the way to go. When it comes to t-shirt printing, the options are virtually limitless. To get the best possible design and print, you need a reliable t-shirt printing shop with experienced print and design team members who serve the Collinsville, IL area. You get that and more with Shirt.Co

Shirt.Co is the leading screen printing shop serving the Collinsville, IL area. We have been meeting your screen printing and embroidery needs for nearly half a century. Enjoy the Collinsville, IL t-shirt printing experience with Shirt.Co To place your order or ask us questions about our services, call 636-926-2777 or send a text at 636-299-0162 today.

The T-Shirt Printing Process

STEP ONE – Make your order.

You’ve determined you need some t-shirt printing done for your upcoming occassion, club, athletic team, or some other use. You contact your shop to place the order and that is where the Collinsville, IL t-shirt printing journey begins. When you order your shirts, you will have to decide on the:

• Brand, cut, style, material, and color of the shirts
• Ink type and color(s)
• Design to be printed

! Shirt.Co will offer guidance and support through the entire t-shirt printing process. Our professional screen printers and designers are available to help you. For assistance in creating the perfect logo or design work with our professional design team. If you want to know which shirt or colors will work best for your needs, we can help with that too.

STEP TWO – We prepare the screen

Once you determine your design, we go about preparing the screen that will be used to get your design printed on your shirts. The design is first printed on a transparent sheet of film. Based on your desired end results, our t-shirt printing team will select the best mesh screen for your order. The screen is coated with a photo-sensitive substance called emulsion. That film we printed your design on is placed on the screen and the screen is exposed to light. The design on the film blocks the light from reaching the coated screen in the shape of your design, and the rest of the emulsion hardens in the light. This creates the stencil.

If you want a design using multiple colors, we repeat the process above, making a screen for each color in the design.

STEP THREE – We print.

Then, it is time to add the ink. T-shirt printing and other screen printing usually uses a special ink called plastisol. Have you ever noticed how, on a printed shirt, you can feel the texture of the design, but it is still soft and flexible? What you are feeling is the plastisol ink. It is great because it withstands washes, moves with the fabric material of your shirt, and shows up vibrantly on any color t-shirt.

Next, we mount the prepared screens to a printing press, and each shirt is placed on a plate below. Our t-shirt printing artists take great care to make sure everything is registered and lined up exactly so we know that your design will end up in the right place on your t-shirt. We add ink onto the screen and pass a squeegee across the entire screen to apply and press the ink onto the shirt. We repeat this for every single t-shirt we print, and if your design has more than one color, we repeat it for each color on every shirt. It takes skill to get the ink precisely so it stays vibrant and keeps the sharp lines in the original design. Lucky for you, our t-shirt printing team has mad skills.

STEP FOUR – The ink cures.

The ink is now on your shirts! We aren’t quite done, though. After the ink is applied, the ink has to cure. This means we have to turn the ink from a liquid into a solid that will stay in place on your t-shirts. In order to do this we introduce the ink to heat. It takes research and trial and error to perfect the curing process. It is easy to damage the shirt or the print with temperatures that are too high. You can rest assured that we have the curing process figured out, so you know your prints will turn out great.

STEP FIVE – You get your shirts!

After the ink is cured, it means that your t-shirts are officially printed! We fold the shirts up neatly and hand them off to you. We will package them up and have your shirts or other printed items ready in only a few days. If you need it, ask us about shipping your order to you. For those last-minute situations when you need your t-shirts ready in a week or less, check out our rush printing services.

T-Shirt Printing Orders

If you ask us, there is no debating the magic and possibility of the art of Collinsville, IL t-shirt printing promises. We love what we do and won’t apologize for it. Now that we’ve gotten you thoroughly excited about the idea of screen printing t-shirt, you are probably eager to place an order. If you don’t have an immediate need for t-shirt printing, think about the following opportunities and occasions for which t-shirt printing is perfect.

We do Collinsville, IL t-shirt printing for…

• Sports teams
• Sports fans
• School clubs
• Fundraising
• Event and organization volunteers
• Bachelor & bachelorette parties
• Corporate events
• Class reunions
• Family vacations
• Company picnics
• Birthdays
• Clubs
• Swag for businesses and organizations
• Employee shirts
• Union events and organizations

…And so much more! There are endless occasions that are perfect for t-shirt printing and other garment screen printing. You would be hard-pressed to come up with a reason that we haven’t printed shirts. No matter what Collinsville, IL t-shirt printing services you need, you can count on us.

Choosing a Partner for Collinsville, IL T-Shirt Printing

Screen printing custom t-shirts are fun, effective, and personalized. However, not all t-shirt printing is equal. With printed apparel or any screen printed items, there is a huge difference between the work of a top printing shop and a school group applying iron-on’s in the basement. We applaud aspiring printers and certainly have nothing against printing out of the basement (countless great screen printing shops have started out this way!). Still, you will experience a definite disparity in the quality, customer service, and capabilities you have access to when you work with an accomplished and well-regarded t-shirt printing company for the Collinsville, IL area like Shirt.Co

To top it all off, we are a union screen printing shop. Having your Collinsville, IL t-shirt printing done by a union shop means that the people printing your t-shirts have had extensive training and have proven their ability in what they do. On top of that, going to a union shop for t-shirt printing or anything else is a way for you to endorse excellent labor conditions and support the local and US economy. For your next Collinsville, IL t-shirt printing order, make the choice to support a union print shop.

Shirt.Co: A Top T-Shirt Printing Company for Collinsville, IL

At Shirt.Co, we love t-shirt printing. You may think us a bit biased, but the fact is that screen printing on t-shirts, hoodies, and other items is an excellent and efficient way to give you quality custom apparel for your next event. Whatever the reason, whether you have been put in charge of organizing a large volunteer event or you have a last-minute bachelorette party to plan, Shirt.Co’s t-shirt printing services are ready to help. You deserve and expect top quality and great customer service when you order t-shirts. With Shirt.Co, that is what you get.

We have been performing quality t-shirt printing and other screen printing services for people in the Collinsville, IL area and beyond for almost fifty years. With highly skilled union-member screen printing experts, a rapid turnaround time, and professional design services, our t-shirt printing services are the best around. The next time you need t-shirt printing in Collinsville, IL, we are your partner. Reach us today at 636-926-2777, text us at 636-299-0162, or request a quote online to begin your t-shirt printing order today.