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- Hey, YouTube, what's up?
It's your boy, Scotty.
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- Hi, everybody.
I'm Erin with Transfer Express.
Today we're gonna talk about one of my favorite garments,
the hoodie.
As I'm sure you already know,
hoodies are a widely popular garment.
Especially this time of year.
You can wear them just about anywhere,
home, school, work, you name it.
So they're pretty universal in that aspect.
Fun fact, did you know that hoodie is actually
a British slang term for the person
wearing that style of sweatshirt
instead of the actual sweatshirt itself?
Isn't that interesting?
Yeah? Natasha?
- [Natasha] Yeah. - Yeah? Yeah?
I thought so.
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Anyways segue, today we're gonna talk about
six styles of hoodies that we offer here
at Transfer Express and how to press them.
All right. So the first two hoodies I'm gonna
show you today are lightweight.
So this one is almost t-shirt like.
It's 4.2 ounces from Bella Canvas.
So the weight in ounces is gonna determine
just how light or heavy your garment is gonna be.
So if you're not a fan of those heavy hoodies,
this one's perfect for you.
Like I said, it kind of gives that feel of a t-shirt.
The next thing is this one doesn't have a pocket.
So you're not gonna have to worry
about those pesky seams.
You're not gonna have to worry about the pressure.
It's perfect.
You press it just like a t-shirt.
You just gotta worry about that hood up here.
And then the next cool part is,
this one has a tearaway label.
So you can just tear that right out of there.
Throw your own label on there, and you're good to go.
So we printed both the front and the back
and the sleeves using one single Goof Proof
screen printed transfer sheet.
So we always encourage you to gang sheet.
Second style here is from Sport-Tek.
So this is a 4.4 ounce hoodie.
This also has no pocket as you can see.
It also has a removal tag,
like we talked about earlier.
This one is a tri-blend.
So this has rayon in there.
So you want to make sure that
when you're using a heat-sensitive fabric,
such as rayon, that you are using
one of our lower temperature applications,
such as the Elasti Print, or the UltraColor Soft,
depending on how many colors.
We usually tell you a rule of thumb,
Elasti Prints, one to two colors,
anything more than three colors,
you're gonna get more bang for your buck
if you go with the UltraColor Soft.
All right, so we're gonna go ahead
and use the three finger rule
when we're applying our transfer here
to make sure it's centered.
Let's see here.
That looks pretty good to me.
Now, as always, with UltraColor Soft,
you're gonna want to make sure
that you're using your cover sheet to reduce the static,
since this is a plastic transfer sheet,
and as opposed to our standard screen print just has paper.
So we're gonna go ahead and apply this
for 15 seconds at 290 degrees.
Now the cool thing about the Hotronix Auto Clam
is it opens automatically.
Voila.
So now this is a cold peel.
So you want to make sure this is cool to the touch
before you do any peeling.
Now that it's cool to the touch,
we're gonna go ahead
and pull in a one swift, smooth motion.
Like Jason says, like butta.
So the next one I'm gonna show you here
is a mid-weight hoodie.
So this one is 6.5 ounces.
So it's got a little bit more heft to it,
still not that heavy though.
So this is actually a new style that we've added recently.
This one is from Sport-Tek.
So as you can see here, we applied one color Goof Proof.
And again, we gang sheeted.
So we went ahead and saved ourselves some money there
using multiple logos.
Then we have is a mid-weight hoodie from Alternative.
So this is actually the softest style that we've tested.
This is Natasha's favorite.
- [Natasha] Yes it is. - Yeah? Absolutely.
So this is 7.7 ounces.
So again, we're getting a little heavier there.
And we, again use the one color Goof Proof
and gang sheeted.
So we went ahead and put a sleeve print on there.
Again, there's plenty of room,
as you can see here in the Easy View Online Designer,
to throw a couple of smaller prints on there.
You can throw those on masks,
can koozies, anything, you name it.
You want a hat? You got it.
Okay, so our fifth hoodie is your all around basic
cotton-poly blend.
This is from JERZEES.
This has your most color choices.
I believe 32 options for this one right here.
This is an eight ounce hoodie.
So this is a little bit heavier.
We're gonna apply our two color Goof Proof transfer.
Now, as you can see, this one does have the pocket here.
So we're gonna go ahead
and change out our interchangeable platens
to make it a little easier.
We're gonna make sure that our pocket
and our hood are off the platen.
And we're going to, do what Natasha?
- [Natasha] We're gonna pre-press.
- We're gonna pre- press our garment.
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We're gonna do the three-finger rule,
make sure we're nice and lined up here.
Which I think we are.
I'm a little bit perfectionist here.
Alrighty.
So that is a hot peel.
Voila.
All right, so our last hoodie
we're gonna talk about today is from District.
So this is a heavier 8.3 ounce hoodie.
So this one is ring-spun cotton,
so it's still got a little bit of a softer feel.
But again, it's heavy.
This is kind of your typical hoodie that you're expecting
when you purchase a hoodie.
Today we applied a two color Goof Proof on this one.
And these are two of our new colors for 2020,
which I'm a huge fan of.
So this Robin Egg Blue, and our Rubine Red.
This one, again utilizing our gang sheet.
If you can't tell I'm a huge fan of the gang sheet.
Save your money where you can.
So we have a sleeve print on this one,
and we even went and put one on the hood.
All right.
So there you have it, six of our best-selling hoodies,
and how to apply them.
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Happy pressing!
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