As always, we selected 15” wide ThermoFlex™ Plus T-shirt film using the same criteria that we use for everything else that we offer: If we were still in the retail business, what would we want?

ThermoFlex® Plus combines competitive pricing along with a wide assortment of colors and film types, high flexibility, weeding ease, a soft hand and great “stick”. Properly cared for, the ThermoFlex Plus film lasts as long as the shirt.

The 15” wide rolls are necessary for the Craft ROBO Pro, described on the Graphtec cutter plotter page of your tutorial, but also works splendidly on the larger CE-5000-60.

Like the CADtex vinyl described on the previous page, we can fully recommend ThermoFlex®.

The matte finish of ThermoFlex® Plus is a “plus”, for two reasons. First, the subdued color finish keeps your work from screaming “shiny plastic”. This is highly desirable. Second, the matte finish allows the manufacturer to more closely replicate standard team colors.

It’s a fact of life that there is no such thing as matching colors. What you see, is what the customer gets. For this reason, always have your customer approve the color shade before you start a job.

This is a great day to day standard film and is easy to work with. It cuts cleanly, weeds easily (pulling the unneeded film off, before applying), has strong stick to fabric and also sticks to itself (called “layering”) very strongly, as shown in the picture.

ThermoFlex® Plus matte film works on light and dark fabrics: cotton, poly-cotton blends, polyester, spandex, wool, linen and some athletic mesh fabrics. It will NOT work with nylon.

Always, test your garment (especially something new to you) and film before you cut a large production run. With 32 years of prior retail experience, we can flat tell you “take nothing for granted”.

*The colors shown are approximated colors based on your monitor, actual colors may vary slightly

In addition to nylon and leather, ThermoFlex® Xtra will adhere to siliconized materials with sufficient surface texture for the adhesive to grip, when transfered according to directions.

The new ThermoFlex® Xtra has incorporated the desirable features of the popular ThermoFlex® Plus including easier handling, cutting and weeding from the addition of its thicker polyester carrier sheet and low-tack carrier adhesive that enables easy weeding without lifting the cut image from its carrier.

Always, test your garment (especially something new to you) and film before you cut a large production run. With 32 years of prior retail experience, we can flat tell you “take nothing for granted”.

If your customer wants to “stand-out” the ThermoFlex® Plus Neon colors gets the job done! The neon colors are just about bright enough to make you feel like you need your sun glasses!

Most little girls, in particular, (and some big girls) love the Neon Pink. We have seen some very good-looking fashion designs, using the Neon Pink and Green.

ThermoFlex® Plus Neon film works on light and dark fabrics: cotton, poly-cotton blends, polyester, spandex, wool, linen and some athletic mesh fabrics. It will NOT work with nylon.

You can NOT layer neon colors. It will not stick to itself nor will other film’s stick to it. However, neon film will stick to other types of film.

*The colors shown are approximated colors based on your monitor, actual colors may vary slightly

As the words “Antique” and “Old” imply, these gold and silver colors are subtle and subdued. They are perfect for the customers that want a gold or silver color, but don’t want to look like a “flashing billboard”.

These are two colors that “sell themselves”. If your customer really likes the look, that is what they will want and nothing else will really turn them on.

Like we state throughout this tutorial, “samples sell”! As a garment decorator, you are working with a 100% visual medium. If you are new, you will quickly find out that most customers have just about zero imagination. If they can’t see it, they can’t imagine it (and you might not make a sale)!

ThermoFlex® Plus Antique Silver and Old Gold works on light and dark fabrics: cotton, poly-cotton blends, polyester, spandex, wool, linen and some athletic mesh fabrics. It will NOT work with nylon.

*The colors shown are approximated colors based on your monitor, actual colors may vary slightly

When your customer wants “flash and dash”, show them samples of ThermoFlex® Plus Metal Flake. This film has a shimmery effect (it doesn’t flake off, that’s just the name) that makes it a real stand out.

Words and numbers really stand out. The material also adds “punch” to specialty designs, like tattoo-type graphics and Harry Potter type graphics like Unicorns, Griffins, etc.

This is the most expensive T-shirt film that we currently offer (figure $3.50 per foot) and you need to price your work accordingly. Never be afraid of charging fair prices for your work.

Also remember that creativity adds “sizzle” that helps sell. Spend some time finding or creating some really jaw-dropping graphics for your samples. Extraordinary work often makes prices look ordinary.

The most popular Metal Flake colors are: Silver, gold and red (in that order).

ThermoFlex™ Plus Metal Flake works on light and dark fabrics: cotton, poly-cotton blends, polyester, spandex, wool, linen and some athletic mesh fabrics. It will NOT work with nylon.

*The colors shown are approximated colors based on your monitor, actual colors may vary slightly

ThermoFlex film is an excellent T-shirt material but if you need or want a larger size then go to the next page to learn about CADtex 19.5” T-shirt vinyl. It’s good to review anyway because all manufacturers have slightly different shades of their colors.

Updated: Friday September 10, 2010