Tri-Blend Burnout For JATO Project
Wildly enough, this is a burnout print. Burnout prints actually "burn out" (remove) the cotton from the shirt, leaving only the synthetic fibers, generally polyester (in this case also rayon).
Most blanks used for burnout designs will leave a white, or very lighter color, image.
We've found both American Apparel and Next Level Apparel's grey Tri-Blend's to leave a nearly black image, which we think is pretty rad!
Why is that you may ask? The answer would lie in the shirts synthetic fibers (the only remaining fibers after the "burnout"). The construction of these shirts is 50% polyester, 25% cotton and 25% rayon. Since we've "burned out" (removed) the cotton in this image area, only the polyester and rayon remain. Since the image area is now nearly black, that leads us to the conclusion what the cotton in this shirt was obviously very, very light colored cotton. We can also assume that these shirts have very, very dark polyester strands rather than white polyester like most 50/50 blanks.
That is today's Science 101.
Next Level Apparel's Burnout Hoodie
A client just brought this burnout hoodie to my attention. Great piece from Next Level Apparel, style 6521.
This would be a great hoodie to throw a simple graphic on and get some serious attention.
The issue to keep in mind when designing a graphic to print on a burnout shirt like this is the cotton/poly count. At 65% poly 35% cotton, there isn't much cotton in this piece to discharge, so lighter color inks will be very dull and muted.
That actually ties in well with yesterdays post, Discharge On An American Apparel 50/50.
Next Level does however make this hoodie in white, so if you want bright
Real Thread Emblem Tee Burnout
This is our latest shirt, the Emblem Tee. This version is printed on a cotton/poly blend which gives it subpar discharge results but amazing burnout results.
For those of you new to burnout, this printing process actually removes the cotton from the shirt, in defined areas of course. In this shirt, the lightest color in the pictures are the burnout areas, the "Real Thread", the "RT" in the middle of the shirt and the bud at the bottom of the design. In these areas, the shirt actually becomes a bit more sheer, a bit thinner since the cotton is burnt out leaving only the poly from the shirt.
The results can be wild with burnout. To a certain point, the look of the image is a bit unknown until you are able to test the specific shirt.
Where as this shirt left the burnout nearly white (from white poly threads), an American Apparel BB401 in black aqua leaves an amazingly bright aqua blue color behind. In that particular shirt color, the black aqua, the cotton is obviously the "black" and the poly the "aqua."
On American Apparel's TR401 tri-blend in athletic grey, the burnout ends up being nearly black (which is WAY cool!).
It's pretty amazing the results you can get with burnout. The specific shirt you decide to use is obviously a big determining factor in the look of the end result.
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