Textiles can be readily cut and decorated with a Co2 laser engraver or customised with a heat transfer process like sublimation.

The Co2 laser can engrave text, logo’s or images onto fabrics with a subtle effect on cotton or velour. Appliqué is a technique in which layers of fabric are cut and layered onto a base layer to create designs that would be too large or too expensive to produce by other methods. Appliqué has traditionally been used to decorate corporate wear, sports wear, caps and jackets with sports team mascots, numbers and letters.

A laser is quicker and more precise than traditional knife or die cutting and can cut multiple layers of material (as many as 10 once) and to perform intricate cuts that would be impractical with a knife.

Colour heat transfer is another popular method of decorating textiles, The MagicTouch system will transfer images onto almost any fabric or surface whilst Sublimation requires polyester to fix the dyes into.

Materials
Most natural or manmade fibres can be laser processed or colour heat transferred.

Machine
A mid to large sized laser is ideal for textiles as you’ll need to lay the fabric flat to get consistent results. To colour transfer you’ll need a compatible laser for the MagicTouch process and/or an inkjet for sublimation.

Workshop equipment
Aside from a laser and/or printer a hot press is required to transfer the image, special presses are available for caps and mugs.

Software
SureLab PhotoLaser+ is recommended for laser marking or cutting textiles. CorelDraw™, Adobe Photoshop™ or MagiCut™are recommended for heat transfer.

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+Mini ME

Sheet Plastics

+Micromatt

+Satin

Sheet Metals

+Brass

+Stainless Steel

Sundry Items

+Filler Paint

+Filler Wax

+Bobble Chain

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