Backing Info
Fabric Backing Recommendation
Knits
- Light Pique
- use a medium cutaway, wet-laid style preferred, or nylon-spun bond combined with a crisp tearaway next to the machine table.
- Heavy Pique
- multidirectional tearaway is ok for low stitch counts, most designs require a light to medium-weight cutaway.
- T-Shirts
- most designs require a cutaway, choose light to heavyweight cutaway, depending on the stitch count.
- Lycra
- use a medium cutaway, pressure-sensitive tearaway backing with a layer of standard multidirectional tearaway backing next to the machine table.
- Traditional
- one or two layers of multidirectional tearaway for a low to medium Fleece stitch counts, use a medium cutaway for medium to heavy fabrics& high stitch counts.
- Canton
- one layer of multidirectional tearaway for low to medium stitch Fleece counts, use a light cutaway for medium stitch count & a medium cutaway for high stitch counts.
Wovens
- Denim
- crisp, non-directional tearaway (tears easily in all directions)
- Sheer tearaway/washaway
- or a burn-away backing, use a water-soluble wovens sandwich (one layer above the fabric & one beneath the fabric).
- >Densely
- one or two layers tearaway woven synthetics (GoreTex, Supplex)
- Oxford
- one or two layers tearaway cloth