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Title: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: alan802 on May 23, 2011, 06:33:04 PM
Got an 8X in the other day so I tried it on.  Mind you, I'm a bigger than average guy, actually way bigger, and this shirt looks like a comforter on me.  I wear a 2XL in most everything, with the occasional 3XL, so that should tell you how ridiculous this shirt is. 

What's the largest you've seen or printed on.
(http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr211/alan802/SRI%20Pics/IMG_2367.jpg)
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: Clark on May 23, 2011, 06:59:07 PM
6X is the biggest I've done.  That's half a cotton field right there.
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: screenxpress on May 23, 2011, 07:35:27 PM
The sad thing is the person who needs that size probably won't live past 35.
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: Dottonedan on May 23, 2011, 08:58:47 PM
The largest one I've seen was a display item. He got it from a supplier and it hung on his wall. I forget who it was. He might be a member here. It was what you might equate to a 14XL. It was really way to large for any human being but was a sight to see. It sure caught your eye. I believe it was hung in his store front window.
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: Homer on May 23, 2011, 09:44:15 PM
we did an 7x for a guy last year. . .it didn't fit. . .so we ran an 8x. . .that didn't fit, so we said the hell with it, it was for a PBA bowling support crew. . . . . . I know, that's what I said. . .
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: DraginInk on May 23, 2011, 10:21:29 PM
Done a few 10X's here. theres some big buggas over here. Used to work for a friends old shop. They specialized in LARGE garments for the "Big Bugga". There shirts started at 3X and went up. It's hard to make a print look right on such a big canvas....
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: Evo on May 23, 2011, 10:39:43 PM
It's hard to make a print look right on such a big canvas....


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Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: Denis Kolar on May 23, 2011, 11:33:05 PM
Can we have 10 with all-over print on them :)
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: Mr Tees!! on May 23, 2011, 11:39:25 PM
...I had a customer last year that wouldnt be satisfied unless I found a single PURPLE 4XLT. I found a place in SC that could fill it, and they stocked some bigger sizes so I bought a 10XL in yellow to use for a display. I havent printed it yet but I hope to sometime soon.

...back in about 1998 I had a another customer that wanted a 5XL pocket tee, kelly green. I had to call all over the land to find a source for it, but came across a company somewhere in TX called Men Of Measure that could make it. I casually asked the sales rep about the largets size they make....she said the made up to a 25XL! she also mentioned that at some point, the shirts stop getting longer and just get wider.
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: Sbrem on May 24, 2011, 09:07:55 AM
We had a 6x jacket for a guy once, and the printer was 5'2", about a 100 lbs. She just disappeared when she held it up...

Steve
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: sportsshoppe on May 24, 2011, 09:12:54 AM
12X and it was a Beach cover up.... now in my mind if your trying to cover up that much ya don't need to be on a beach... It may be dangerous......
There is a company in Texas that sells oversize shirts and when I say oversize I mean BIG ! If I am not mistaken they had some 20+ X's.... looked like a bed sheet.
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: Donnie on May 24, 2011, 09:30:52 AM
Doing this for the Biggest Looser?

Oh, it does make your ass look small though.
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: BBB on May 24, 2011, 09:44:53 AM
Did a 6X or 8X once, as Im 5'6" if you had a picture of me loading and unloading on the press, it would have reminded you of the "Keebler elves". LOL.
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: alan802 on May 24, 2011, 10:09:00 AM
Doing this for the Biggest Looser?

Oh, it does make your ass look small though.

I think it was for a local church. 

Thanks Donnie, that's the look I'm going for these days, I retired my wranglers a long time ago.
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: woodrow on May 24, 2011, 11:18:47 AM
We printed a 10x a few years back and not on a press, a 3c using overall screens and 48 in. squeegees. Made the board to load and hold the shirt, 2 guys on each side of the squeegee to print and 2 on each end of the screens, used a heat gun to flash between colors. Made the dryer look real small too!
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: Catnhat on May 24, 2011, 11:30:22 AM
10XL is the largest we've printed.  We have a local radio DJ that used to be an 8XL.  Now he's down to a 6XL, so it's pretty common to see one come through.
No matter how big you make the design, it always looks funny on that much fabric.  Especially when it's just a crest.
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: Command-Z on May 24, 2011, 01:33:45 PM
That dress makes you look fat.
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: alan802 on May 24, 2011, 02:37:16 PM
That dress makes you look fat.

I thought my face did!  Rimshot
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: stitches4815 on May 24, 2011, 07:34:50 PM
I printed a 5X once and I hope I never have to print anything that big ever again.  I had to string it up so it wouldn't drag on the floor, it was a real pain to handle going from the press to they dryer.......  what the hell, you know what I am talking about.  If I ever get that big I will beg my wife to smother me with a pillow to put me out of my misery.
Title: Re: Is this shirt too big?
Post by: DraginInk on May 27, 2011, 04:21:13 PM
It's hard to make a print look right on such a big canvas....


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