Detailed description
Branding pieces are bought on how they survive the wash and the iron, not on how they look in a render. The specification that decides both is the material and the way it is attached.
Where it is used
It goes onto polyester sports fabric, cotton drill, nylon outerwear, canvas bags and caps. The one combination that fails most often is a heat transfer onto a coated or water-repellent fabric, because the coating releases before the adhesive cures.
The material question
The backing is pressure-sensitive adhesive rather than a heat-seal layer. It applies without a press, which is what makes it right for retail packaging and wrong for anything that is washed, because the bond is only as good as the surface it lands on.
How it is quoted
Minimum order is set by the sheet, not by the design: several small designs can share one run, which is how a club with six logos keeps the unit cost close to a single-logo order.
What ships with the goods
Each carton is marked with the design reference, size, quantity and lot, and the artwork reference is repeated on the packing list so a mixed shipment can be checked without opening every carton.
Checking it on arrival
Wash three pieces before you approve the bulk. One wash tells you whether the bond is right; three washes at the temperature the garment is actually laundered at tells you whether the edge will lift in service.
Send the artwork, the fabric and the quantity and the quote comes back split into tooling and piece price so you can compare it against your current supplier line by line.
