Services
Screen Printing
This is our speciality! With more than 20 years printing experience, you can be assured your prints will be the finest possible.
We specialize in High-detail Multi colour prints, which means we can bring your illustrations to life on a T-Shirt!
Whether it’s a 1 colour print or an 8 colour print we’ve got you covered!
Embroidery
Against The Grain works in close conjunction with a number of local Christchurch embroiderers to provide you with a one-stop-shop for all your embroidery requirements.
Embroidery is very versatile & is suitable for all types of garments, whether you are a business or sports team/club, embroidery is a perfect way to get the professional look for your logo.
Transcreens,
Supacolour Transfers &
Vinyl Heat Transfers
Transcreens/Heat Transfer
Your logo's are screenprinted in reverse onto a transfer paper that has a wax coating, this allows the print to transfer onto the garments once heat pressed, then we peel the paper off to reveal the finished print. Transcreens are very strong & Durable, they are great for workwear, headwear & wet weather gear.
Supacolour Heat Transfer
Supacolour is a game-changer in the digital heat transfer world. It’s a technologically innovative way to produce digital transfers, it uses a hybrid of water-based and digital inks to give a print with amazing colour brightness and vibrancy, tonal gradients and the ability to render photo-real images. It also has a much softer feel than traditional digital transfers or vinyl transfers.
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With Supacolour, you have the ability to print very fine lines and detail that would be difficult with traditional digital transfers. This allows us to replicate your logo to a higher finish without the need for any additional block colours underneath to attain the same level of detail.
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Another great thing about Supacolour, there are no colour limitations, you can have as many colours in your artwork as you like and it doesn’t affect the price. There is a minimum order quantity of 20 units and we price Supacolour according to the size of the artwork e.g. 60mm x 60mm, 100mm x 100mm, A5, A4 and A3.
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Vinyl Heat Transfer
Vinyl heat transfers are logos or text, that are contour cut in a plotter/cutter. We use polyester sheets that have a glue backing that melts when heat pressed.
These sheets come in a wide range of colours, this heat transfer method is perfect for one off single colour prints, individual names/team names & numbers.
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DTF Heat Transfers (Direct to film)
DTF transfer printing involves printing a design onto a piece of PET film (a special film with a coating that helps transfer designs) using water-based inks and a special adhesive powder. Then, the design on the PET film is heat-transferred to fabric using a heat press machine. These transfers are idea for small runs & great for one off prints onto various garments.
Like Supacolour there are no colour limitations, you can have as many colours in your artwork as you like and it doesn’t affect the price.
DTG (Direct to garment)
Is a process of printing on textiles using specialized aqueous ink jet technology.
The Garment typically requires pre-treating with a pre-treatment machine, Which allows the following:
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Stronger bond between garment fibers and the inks
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Flattening of loose fibers to provide a smoother substrate
Since this is a digital process, the print can have sharper, higher resolution print.
Unlike screen printing, there is no long setup or clean-up process, and is the ideal option for single garment print options!
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Garment Supply
Garment Supply is a large part of what we do. We used a wide range of suppliers to give you a very extensive range to choose from.
We are official Re-sellers of the entire AS colours range, we find AS Colour garments to be second to none for printability, style, cut and quality.
Whether it Tee’s, Bags, sweatshirts, tees, caps, polo’s or dress shirts, if you can wear it, we can supply it!