When DTF printing started gaining attention, we noticed it right away.
Customers were asking for it. Other shops were jumping in fast. Social media was full of claims about how easy and perfect DTF was. From the outside, it looked like something we should jump into immediately.
But we didn’t.
And that was a very intentional choice.
At Liberty Screen Printing, our name has always stood for quality. If something leaves our shop, we want to know it will look good, feel right, and hold up over time. DTF had a lot of potential, but early on, many of the products simply were not consistent enough for real production work.
We tested a lot of materials.
Some films pressed great one day and failed the next.
Some powders cured unevenly.
Some inks looked fine at first but cracked after washing.
Those issues might not show up in a quick sample, but they absolutely show up when you are running real orders for real customers.
And that is where our hesitation came from.
We never wanted to sell something just because it was popular. We never wanted to put our name on supplies that we had not fully trusted in our own shop. If a product could not meet our standards day after day, it was not something we were willing to offer to another printer.
So we waited.
We tested more. We adjusted settings. We tried different combinations of film, powder, ink, and curing methods. We ran the same products across different garments, colors, and order sizes. We washed them. Stretched them. Pushed them.
Only after everything worked consistently did we move forward.
That is when Liberty Inks became a reality.
DTF is a powerful tool when it is done correctly with the right materials. When it is rushed or done with low quality supplies, it becomes frustrating and unreliable. We wanted to be on the right side of that line.
Today, the DTF supplies we offer are the same ones we trust in our own production every day. We know how they perform because we rely on them ourselves.
Waiting was not the easy choice.
But it was the right one.
And it is the reason Liberty Inks exists.