{"id":4802,"date":"2026-08-21T21:12:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xipidsports.com\/uk\/guides-what-is-sublimation-printing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T21:12:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:12:47","slug":"guides-what-is-sublimation-printing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/xipidsports.com\/uk\/guides-what-is-sublimation-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Sublimation Printing? Sports Kit Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4802\" class=\"elementor elementor-4802 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w6k1uva e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"w6k1uva\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-updosdk elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"updosdk\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xvroot\"><div class=\"xv-hero\"><div class=\"xv-wrap\"><div class=\"xv-crumbs\"><a href=\"\/uk\/\">Home<\/a> \u203a What Is Sublimation Printing?<\/div><h1>What Is <em>Sublimation Printing?<\/em><\/h1><p>The technology behind every modern sports kit, explained in plain English, and why it changed custom teamwear forever.<\/p><a class=\"xv-btn\" href=\"\/uk\/contact\/\">Get a Free Mockup<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"xv-trust\"><div class=\"xv-wrap\"><span>\u2714 No Minimum Order, from 1 piece<\/span><span>\u2714 Free 24-Hour Design Mockup<\/span><span>\u2714 Fully Sublimated, Never Fades<\/span><span>\u2714 Our Own Factory = Better Prices<\/span><\/div><\/div><section class=\"xv-alt\"><div class=\"xv-wrap\"><article class=\"xv-guide\"><h2>The two-minute explanation<\/h2><p>Sublimation turns solid dye into gas, skipping the liquid stage, using heat and pressure. Your kit design is printed in reverse onto transfer paper with sublimation inks, then heat-pressed at around 200\u00b0C onto polyester fabric. At that temperature the dye vaporises and the polyester's pores open; the gas bonds into the fibre itself and is sealed inside as it cools.<\/p><p>The result: the design isn't ON the fabric, it's IN it. There is nothing on the surface to crack, peel, or wash away.<\/p><h2>Why it beats every alternative for sports kit<\/h2><p>Zero feel: printed areas are exactly as soft and breathable as unprinted fabric, no vinyl patches trapping sweat. Zero weight: a fully-designed shirt weighs the same as a plain one. Zero fade: wash it hundreds of times; the colours were dyed, not applied. Unlimited design: gradients, photos, all-over patterns and twenty sponsor logos cost nothing extra, because it's all one print.<\/p><h2>The honest limitations<\/h2><p>Sublimation needs polyester (or high-poly blends), it doesn't work on cotton, which is why your fashion tee is screen-printed but your match shirt is sublimated. It also works best on white\/light base fabric since dyes are transparent, which is why kits are designed digitally in full colour rather than printed onto pre-coloured shirts.<\/p><p>For raised-texture club crests on hoodies and tracksuits, embroidery still wins, see our embroidered vs sublimated guide.<\/p><h2>What this means when you order<\/h2><p>Because every Xipid kit is sublimated to order in our own factory, 'custom' is the default, not an upcharge: your design, any complexity, from one piece. It's also why mockups matter, what you approve on screen is literally what gets dyed into the fabric.<\/p><\/article><\/div><\/section><section><div class=\"xv-wrap\"><div class=\"xv-answer\"><b>Sublimation printing dyes your design directly into the fabric with heat, so it never cracks, peels or fades, unlike screen print or vinyl.<\/b> It&#x27;s the method Xipid uses for every custom kit, which keeps colours vivid wash after wash and the whole shirt breathable.<\/div><\/div><\/section><section><div class=\"xv-wrap\"><div class=\"xv-band\"><div><h3>Ready to kit out your <em>team<\/em>?<\/h3><p>Free 24-hour mockup \u00b7 no minimum order \u00b7 UK-wide tracked delivery.<\/p><\/div><div><a class=\"xv-btn\" href=\"\/uk\/contact\/\">Get Your Free Mockup<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":"","rank_math_title":"What Is Sublimation Printing? 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