chromatic foil being added to a black t-shirt

Get to know foil printing.

Foil screen printing is a specialized technique that applies metallic or iridescent foil to custom apparel, such as t-shirts, hoodies, jackets, and more. Unlike traditional screen printing, which uses ink to create designs, foil screen printing involves using a unique adhesive and heat to transfer foil onto the fabric.

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A gold foil design is revealed
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Red tank top with gold foil printing saying "Tri Now. Wine Later."
zip up jacket with red foil print on it

How Much Does It Cost?

Qty

Price

20-49

+$4.00

50-199

+$2.00

200-999

+$1.75

1000+

+$1.50

women wearing a black t-shirt with black foil print

How do I care for my foil-printed apparel?

Caring for foil-printed apparel is essential to maintain the quality and longevity of the design.

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Metallic Ink Screen Printing vs Foil Printing

Explore the illuminating world of metallic ink screen printing and foil printing.

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Foil Printing Specifics

Foil Printing

There will be an additional 3 days for foil printing.

Our standard available colors are gold, silver, black, red, blue, copper and green. Custom colors are available upon request, such as rainbow, swirl and other patterns at an additional cost.

Foil is an embellishment that can be used with our SuperSoft ink. Let your account manager know which option you’d prefer.

Foil is great for large bold prints. As such, we recommend using it when the design is high impact, but not in instances when it would be applied to finely detailed elements within a design.

Foil is an embellishment that can be used with our water-based inks. The two are compatible, so it’s absolutely fine to print a design and highlight parts of the image with foil.

Foil is sent over on rolls (much like how aluminum foil is found at a grocery store). The rolls are manually cut into squares sized according to the design. Please note that we do not offer “all over” foil screen printing.

Properly-applied foil will last for a long while, but the shimmer and shine will fade with each wash. We highly recommend that you design with a distressed pattern to increase the lifespan and wearability of your foil printed shirts. If it's supposed to have a distressed look to it from the start, then it will be much less noticeable when your design begins to fade and crack over time. Due to foil’s tendency to break down naturally, consider how much of it you want to use in your design.

Other Specialty Printing

Create extraordinary custom apparel with foil, metallic, over-the-zipper, glow-in-the-dark, and specialty printing styles.

a detailed image printed using metallic ink

Metallic Printing

Metallic ink screen printing is used in the custom apparel industry to create shiny, metallic effects on garments of all kinds.

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Glow-in-the-Dark

Make your custom apparel visible in the dark with this special type of ink style.

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Tonal Printing

Tonal printing is a subtle print style that is ideal for creating a more vintage look and feel to your shirts.