Hey friends, Dave here with transfer express and today we are talking all things re-labeling for
custom decorated apparel. We're going to be covering the legal requirements of what you
need on your garments, the favorite garments with removable tags, then we have the sizing
and placement for those inside tags and then, we're even going to cover a few different ways
that you can apply them! But, we have got a ton to cover today, so what do you say let's get to it
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new videos like this one every single week now in the past few years we've seen an exponential rise
of re-labeling apparel in the apparel decorating business with many garment manufacturers taking
note and offering super easy tearaway tags on more styles than ever now these tearaway tags don't
require any seam ripping or knives or specialized sewing tools you just simply pull them away and
they are gone now one thing that relabeling really does is boost the value of your printed t-shirt
my favorite example that i like to use is hanes or fruit laloon outside of the printing industry
these companies have grown a reputation for being incredibly inexpensive garments and many customers
associate the brand names with that six pack of blank t-shirts for 12 at target now this could
hurt the value of your services when the customer sees that tag on the inside of a printed shirt
now while it may not be the same style as those bulk retail packs you pick up at walmart the
customer has already associated cheap with the brand and even if you're selling a printed t-shirt
for twelve dollars they're still looking at the shirt and wondering if your printing is really
worth that ten dollars alone well this is where relabeling comes in now the t-shirt becomes your
own your brand or your customers brand not another brand or hanes frugal loom guild and all style
none of that so that's immediately removing any preconceived notions of the cost of the t-shirt
with that aside before we dive into the how to's let's cover the legal requirements of what inside
tag prints are for here in the united states the federal trade commission enforces these labeling
requirements for all textiles footwear and apparel now things that must be present when sold to the
end user are the fiber content the country of origin the manufacturer or dealer identity and the
care instructions so keep these specific things in mind when you are designing your tag prints while
the ftc isn't inspecting every shirt on the shelf or sold from an etsy store one spot your shirts
may get flagged is the border now customs for many countries need to confirm the country of origin
as it relates to certain taxes and tariffs so if you're planning on shipping your goods out
of the country be sure to include the required information on your inside tag with that out
of the way let's chat some of our favorite garments with removable tags now the next
time that you're shopping for wholesale apparel be it at transferexpress.com and that wholesale
apparel section or even from vendors like sanmar just search the description to see if the style
has a tearaway label it will always say right there on the site so there's no guessing if the
label could be easily removed or not so my trusty favorite of course is the next level 3600 t-shirt
now it feels premium for a not so premium price and with the label removed you would think it
was an old american apparel tee the next step pretty much anything from district i love their
fashion forward modern styles and every single style of their products that i've dealt with
features an absolutely awesome paper tearaway label i absolutely love the relaxed fit and
feel on this 5.4 ounce ring spun cotton it's very comparable to other basic t-shirts
but for sometimes half the cost now no list would be complete without mentioning the bella canvas
3001 it seems to be the industry standard these days for a super soft premium tee and
also features a super easy tear away tag making re-labeling very easy for you but you get the
idea there are so many styles out there that come with removable tags so all you have to do is look
for them now even on the flip side having a sewn in garment dye label like those uncomfort colors
or the brand new beach wash series from port and company or even the comfort wash from haynes seems
to be on the rise you could still put your own branding on the inside underneath or even beside
that woven manufacturer's label this is great for skirting any requirements because the tag already
has all of those requirements covered you just have to focus on putting your own branding or logo
in there now before i show you some of the different ways that we could decorate tag prints
i want to explore some different designs and sizing now typically we're recommending to stay
within a 2.5 to 3 inch wide area for an inside tag now any larger and it gets quite large on
the inside of the shirt and sometimes could show through the back and be super distracting and any
smaller than that two and a half inches and you may have issues with some of the smaller text
closing up now an easy view online designer here at transferexpress.com we have got a ton
of different variations of inside tag prints right here that you can easily customize all
you have to do is open them up here in the design space double click and type in whatever you want
you can see here just how easy it is to adjust these to meet your needs or even make them truly
unique by also using the upload art function to upload your own logo and combine your logo with
these pre-made tags now the beauty of easy view and screen printed transfers is really the ability
to group them all on one sheet also known as gang sheeting and at that two and a half inch sizing
you could fit 30 up on one standard gang sheet or even 42 on our brand new jumbo sized gang sheets
so at say 18 sheet quantity the standard size regular 11 and a quarter by 14 inch gang sheets
we are looking around 3.87 per sheet for that one color print now that's going to equal out to
just 12 cents per tag and 10 cents per tag and that 42 number on the jumbo sheet scenario that we
mentioned earlier yeah i'm talking seriously cheap printing and much easier to print than
inking up a screen and pulling a squeegee speaking of easier than screen printing with an ink and a
squeegee let's apply some durable screen printed plastisol ink inside tags with just our heat press
now one of the easiest ways to decorate a tag with a heat press is just turning the shirt inside out
and printing that tag location on the flat heat press just like you would be printing the front
of a t-shirt another method for printing inside tag prints is of course using something like
a hat press here we're using the clam basic cap press and with a smaller platen it makes applying
the tags super easy if you have already printed the fronts maybe you screen printed the fronts or
sublimated it doesn't matter just looping the collar around that printing area isolates where
your tag will print and makes it super quick and easy now if we're talking about inside tag
printing we have to mention our tag along platen now the pinnacle innovation award winner for
2021 this single platen allows you to save time and money by printing the inside tag on your shirt
and the front in the same press saving you all the extra steps and time one impression two locations
and with our goof proof screen printed transfers it is complete and printed in as fast as four
seconds but sure enough even if you don't have a heat press we've seen some decent results using
a cricut easy press yes we were very hesitant of this method at first but after watching thousands
of creators apply their inside tags on tick tock over the past year with that qriket press we just
had to try it and with a little bit of technique adjustment we were quite surprised by the results
and even the wash testing we did too if you want to see the entire process of that journey and
using that qriket easy press mini we'll have that video linked right here now one thing
that's very common in a lot of blank garments too is the side seam tag down the left side
most often you'll find the country of origin and washing instructions there as well so you're able
to remove the label up top by the neck and the unbranded manufacturer label down on that left
hand side could cover a lot of those legal requirements that your label doesn't have to
have them but that's it 2022 is the year for you to build more value into your custom decorated
apparel or even offer your customers these rebranding opportunities that they never thought
were possible we are pushing out new videos every week here on the transfer express youtube channel
so if you're not already subscribed what are you waiting for as always we are happy to help in any
way we can for the apparel decorating community if you need to reach us you can always comment below
call or email us at info transferexpress.com but until next time i'm dave happy pressing