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Sublimation
About Sublimation
Sublimation is a printing method that uses heat and light pressure to transfer ink directly into fabric, creating a permanent design. It offers limitless design possibilities — any colour, gradient, font, or effect — without adding weight or affecting performance.
How it Works
Sublimation turns solid ink from specialty paper into gas, which embeds into the garment’s fibres using heat. Unlike screen printing, where ink sits on top of the fabric, sublimated designs become part of the material. The artwork stretches with the fabric, allows sweat to wick through, and won’t crack or fade over time or with repeated washing.
Sublimation can be applied in two ways:
- Full Sublimation: The design covers the entire fabric before it’s sewn, allowing unlimited design possibilities across the entire jersey.
- Spot Sublimation: The design is applied as a localized “hit” on an already sewn jersey, adding customization to a specific area.
Full Sublimation
Full sublimation involves printing designs onto large panels of white fabric before they are sewn together, giving you maximum design space. With no artwork restrictions, you can use unlimited colors, gradients, digital effects, textures, and patterns — from seam to seam.
To ensure your artwork prints perfectly, we follow a detailed pre-production process for each order:
- Conduct a press test to match printed colors with your expectations
- Set up artwork for all panels, covering every edge
- Scale designs for each size
- Customize with individual player names and numbers
- Print panels onto specialized paper
- Sublimate artwork into fabric using a heat press
- Sew the garment together
Spot Sublimation
Spot sublimation uses the same process as full sublimation but in a smaller area with a compact heat press. The artwork is applied to a white jersey that’s already sewn together, offering all the benefits of sublimation — unlimited colors, gradients, digital effects, and fonts — in a localized space.
Looking for an affordable way to add full-colour logos to a white jersey? Learn more about our spot sublimation offering.
Sublimation Disclaimer
VC staff thoroughly reviews all orders, but since each sublimated garment is unique and handmade, some inconsistencies may occur, such as small color discrepancies, dust spots, or "ghosting" (color shadowing). These are natural aspects of the sublimation process and cannot be prevented.
If you believe there is an issue beyond these, please contact us.
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