Understanding Double-sided Fabric Printing for Bedspreads

Understanding Double-sided Fabric Printing

The term double-sided fabric printing for commercial projects refers to dye sublimation of the face side (right side), and the back side (wrong side) of a textile base cloth. In double-sided printing the base cloth is subjected to extremely high temperatures during sublimation twice over!

Textile base cloths
Not all base cloths are suitable for double-sided printing. Those with waterproof backing treatments such as Zircon or Crypton, lined blackout curtain fabric and extremely translucent fabrics cannot be printed on both sides.

The most popular base cloths for double-sided printing are:

Bruge: Bruge – Base Cloth – Materialised

Span: Span – Base Cloth – Materialised

Ritz: Ritz – Base Cloth – Materialised

Palermo: Palermo – Base Cloth – Materialised

 

All fabrics are prone to shrinking during sublimation. On average 1-3cm shrinkage would generally be expected. However, up to 5cm of shrinkage may occur during the first round of sublimation in some fabrics. In double-sided printing, additional shrinkage may occur during the second side sublimation.

 

 

 

 

See more here: Understanding Double-sided Fabric Printing – Materialised