{"id":710,"date":"2020-10-16T13:57:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T13:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/?p=710"},"modified":"2020-10-16T13:57:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T13:57:38","slug":"cotton-for-t-shirt-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/cotton-for-t-shirt-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotton for T-Shirt Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Remember this commercial? Turn your speakers up. It\u2019s a mere 30 seconds of your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Fabric of Our Lives - more Aaron Neville!\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TJLcrYiJB14?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That TV spot ran back in 1992 to promote Cotton Incorporated and America\u2019s cotton growers. It was a subtle reminder of the cozy, comfy fabric, sung with a soft, warm touch by R&amp;B singer Aaron Neville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That may have been a long way to go for us to get to cotton as it relates to screen printing t-shirts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"353\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-64.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-64.png 353w, https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-64-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ah, cotton. A classic t-shirt fabric. Cotton is a natural product, as well as a renewable resource, which makes it very affordable to purchase and print on. Its molecular structure makes it a strong material, which provides a shirt with immense durability. In part, its strength means that instead of becoming weaker when wet, it actually gets stronger. With inks obviously being liquid, you needn\u2019t worry. A cotton shirt won\u2019t give in or give way. Bleeding (where the dye tends to run during the printing process) is a real non-factor when it comes to cotton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because it\u2019s such a dense material, it absorbs the ink better than other fabrics like polyester. This gives cotton t shirts a higher quality look, ensuring the image on your screen print shirt presents a luminous and sharp impression.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All told, cotton provides an excellent screen printing surface, making it the preferred fabric for many looking to design a custom t-shirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-65.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-65.png 624w, https:\/\/www.goodguyssigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-65-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because it\u2019s such a dense material, it absorbs the ink better than other fabrics like polyester. 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