Rhinestones

Rhinestones (also known as diamantes) are imitations of diamonds made from glass or plastic with a reflective base that causes them to shine and sparkle. Using hot-fix rhinestones, you can decorate almost any fabric by simply heat applying the gems under a heat press which fixes them in place as each gem has an adhesive backing. Some companies use a process that consists of creating a template by cutting holes for each rhinestone in a rubbery plastic which will be layed out flat and brushed over with the gems to fill each hole that makes up the design. When each hole is filled, they then use an adhesive sheet to lift the gems from each hole in the template where then can then be heat applied to the desired garment this is both time consuming and costly.

At Shirt Shack when we customise a Hoody or T-shirt we use a Rhinestone Robot that is computer controlled and is capable of placing over 100 stones a minuite.Look at the video below to see our Robot in action..

The custom Printed Hoodies on our website are using a combination of heat applied transfer vinyl with an outline of rhinestones to create a bit of bling.

We can recreate any logo or design in rhinestones but like embroidery there is some cost involved in setting up the file that converts your artwork to something the rhinestone machine can understand. This is not usally a problem for those needing 12 or more items decorated but is not cost efficient for small orders..