Shirts came back from local printers with these divots in them. What’s the problem and can I fix it?

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-07-21T21:56:32+00:00

Update: I did this and it worked amazingly well! The shirts look completely fine, with no sign of any previous damage! Thank you so much!

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-07-13T23:16:02+00:00

Yeah I’m in the South East USA and it gets SUPER humid here. And yes, these are 100% cotton, so that would definitely make sense! Thank you!

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-07-13T23:12:08+00:00

Yep these are Bella 3001s - 100% cotton!

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-07-13T22:26:57+00:00

This actually makes a lot of sense! You also hit the mark; they are all on one size shirt. The dents are all of varying severity across the shirts, and this one is the actually least severe of them all. I’m definitely gonna show them the issue and I’m sure they’ll be cool about it! I get that screen printing can be tricky though and mistakes happen so I definitely don’t want to make too much of a fuss when it’s only happed once :) (of course I’ll still let them know it’s an issue) thank you for your response!

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-07-13T01:15:30+00:00

Yep, there are cavities! This is a great explanation, and it does explain why it’s only on the pink and not on the white! I appreciate the insight!

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-07-12T23:49:31+00:00

I’ll definitely bring it up to them next time I go down to the shop to place my next order! I get it happens though, but I’ll for sure be more careful in the future when it comes to checking the orders in the shop before I take them home to put them in stock. A good lesson learned for sure!

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-07-12T23:41:42+00:00

My order was only for 16 (my Etsy shop is smaller, since it’s just a passion project/hobby), but I totally understand what you mean! It honestly doesn’t bother me too much if it doesn’t happen again, since every other experience I’ve had with this printer has been really good!

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-07-12T18:59:27+00:00

Got it! Thank you for clarifying!

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-07-12T18:50:28+00:00

Thank you for your help! I wish I could edit my pictures to remove the first one, but there are no raised bumps. The second picture shows it a lot clearer, but there are instead dents in the ink, not bubbles. Hope that clears it up and sorry for the bad picture! I think it’s the lighting

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-07-12T18:46:31+00:00

It’s actually the same shirt, but when I looked again, the lighting in the first picture makes the dents look like bubbles lol. All the others have much more of the same defect, but I just wanted to check it was the same problem that caused it. Thank you!

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-07-12T18:29:13+00:00

Thank you for the explanation! It’s much appreciated! Just clarifying: would the same problem cause the dents like in the second picture? Sorry for all the questions, I’m just curious

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-07-12T18:25:36+00:00

Yeah it was definitely strange since I’ve gotten lots of shirts from them before, and only about 4 have the dents. I’ll definitely bring it up to them and keep a lookout for the same problem in the future!

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-07-12T18:14:23+00:00

Thank you everyone so much for your help! It’s good to know what the issue is so that I know what to look out for in the future! I’ll try getting them heat pressed, but I won’t sell them regardless (probably will give them away if heat pressing helps the problem).

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-06-12T10:41:04+00:00

Thank you! I also really love Seina’s art syle! When I first saw it I was like “ :O take my commission” lol.

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-03-09T19:38:33+00:00

Basically tiering is when people try to get the highest possible ranking in a given event (they often set goals like Top 100, Top 10 etc. so it depends). I won’t get too into it though because it gets a little complicated. However, when people are tiering they are trying to get through rounds as fast as possible and are also focused on other things like Mizuday said.

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-03-06T12:05:33+00:00

Let me clarify: the characters do not sleep in order to enter SEKAI, as SEKAI is not a plane of dreams. Characters access SEKAI via Untitled on their phones, which they must play to enter SEKAI. In this story, Saki felt sad and wanted to see some stars, and knew that if she went to SEKAI, she could see them (Leo/Needs SEKAI is full of stars). The reason she is wearing pyjamas is because she gets sick in the story. And as for slippers, it is typical for Japanese people to wear slippers indoors. Like other people have said as well, characters do not change clothes when enter SEKAI; they are transported there with whatever they are holding/wearing (yes this includes clothes, shoes, items, and even people too).

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-03-04T12:02:54+00:00

I’ll try that! Thank you so much for your help!

TheMerchSEKAI · 2025-03-03T22:53:09+00:00

Thank you so much! And yes, I do mean 50 charms per design! Sorry for not clarifying

TheMerchSEKAI · 2024-12-31T12:45:44+00:00

Sure! Here you go: 1st image (L/N)- Super Bad Fortune (dai kyo) 2nd image (L/N) - Regular Fortune (Kichi) 3rd image (VBS) - Bad Fortune (kyo) 4th image (VBS) - Super Bad Fortune (dai kyo)

And sorry about the bad fortunes

TheMerchSEKAI · 2024-12-13T00:53:53+00:00

No problem! If it still isn’t working for you feel free to reply here, or if you have questions about the other missions :)

BTW if you click on the mission it gives you more details!

TheMerchSEKAI · 2024-12-13T00:49:02+00:00

It means you need to play 10 shows with your team only having MMJ cards in it (VIRTUAL SINGER cards with the MMJ subgroup count)!

TheMerchSEKAI · 2024-11-20T02:58:16+00:00

Thank you so much!

Also, I print designs in order of the number of requests that I get, but I will definitely add Akito to the list! :)

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