This allows for top quality control, so when you do use discharge ink, you get a clean, sharp result. We also never over-dye our fabric, and it’s all dyedlocally at several dye houses in Los Angeles. When screen printing with discharge ink, it’s not really about the stray fibers in the shirt, but rather the quality of the dye and base fabric.Īs part of our Airlume process, we eco-dye the fabric using seven times less water than any other manufacturer. But with when using discharge ink, it actually removes the dye from the T-shirt. With plastisol ink, you just screen print the ink right on top of the garment. The ink laid flat and smooth on the surface. The Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton blank tee shirts had the best results with plastisol ink. You can also feel the rougher finish.įor standard ring-spun, the plastisol ink looks better than the COE, but since a lot of impurities are still left in most ring-spun cotton, you can still visibility see a decent amount of fibers showing through. Now that we’ve broken down the differences in cotton, below you can see how each one takes prints differently.Īfter screen printing with plastisol ink on a carded open end T-shirt, you can see the fibers of the shirt showing through. Basically, what this process results in is the best feeling and printing cotton you can get. As we mentioned above, manufacturers can take out just one percent of impurities to call it combed and ring-spun, but we remove about 25 to 30 percent of the cotton we start with because it doesn’t meet our standards. During this process, we only use long cotton staples and comb out more impurities than any other manufacturer.
Last, but not least, there is Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton, which is the only cotton we use at BELLA+CANVAS. And since there’s not much regulation in the industry, some manufacturers comb out impurities and then end up adding it back into the cotton before the spinning process so they get a higher yield.
As we mentioned in our blog post about Airlume, any manufacturer can claim a combed and ring-spun cotton by combing out just one percent of impurities. The process used to spin yarn creates less stray fibers, but there are still impurities in the yarn. Standard ring-spun cotton is a step up from carded open end. Keep reading to see results of the tees printed!
Not only does it not feel great to wear, carded open end cotton tees are also not ideal for printing. It’s usually found in a cheap, promotional T-shirt, and you’d never find it in a retail store. Carded Open End CottonĬarded open end is your scratchier, heavier cotton.
We teamed up with Shirt Agency to show how plastisol and discharge inks as well as a direct-to-garment print perform on three types of cotton. Whether you’re a screen printer or someone who is need of blank hoodies and apparel, understanding the different types of cotton available in the industry is critical. That’s at the core of our motto to BE DIFFERENT, which is why we wanted to create this ultimate cotton comparison post. But we’ve also tried to go beyond that and educate customers on why quality matters and what quality really means. Do you know the difference between Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton, ring-spun cotton and carded open end cotton? For decades, BELLA+CANVAS has been providing the highest quality blank t-shirts and garments in the industry.
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