Help and Education
Material/Fabric Selection Chart

Need help deciding which heat transfer material best suits your substrate? This reference chart makes your decision easier by cross-referencing some of the most frequently used fabrics with our heat applied materials and showing you which materials are suitable for application to your fabric.

100% Cotton 100% Preshrunk Cotton 100% Polyester Lycra®/ Spandex Blends Nylon Nylon Mesh Sublimated Polyester Cordura® Small Hard Goods Leather Neoprene
3M™ Scotchlite™ Reflective 5807 yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
AirFlow™ yes yes yes
Carbon Fiber yes yes yes yes yes yes
Econoprint™ yes yes yes
Fashion-FILM™ yes yes yes yes
Fashion-FILM™ Electric yes yes yes yes
Fashion-FILM™ Metallic yes yes yes
Fashion-FILM Metallic II yes yes yes
Fashion-LITE™ yes yes yes yes yes
Fashion-REFLECT™ yes yes yes yes yes yes
Flock yes yes yes yes
Glitter yes yes yes
Glitter Flake yes yes yes
Gloss yes yes yes
Glow yes yes yes
Gorilla Grip® II yes yes yes yes yes
Hologram yes yes yes
Neon yes yes yes
Patterns yes yes yes
Pebble Puff yes yes yes
Premium Plus yes yes yes yes yes
Pressure Sensitive Poly-TWILL™ yes yes yes yes
Pressure Sensitive Sign Vinyl yes
Silver Reflective yes yes yes yes yes yes
SportFilm Lite™ yes yes yes yes yes yes
Super Film™ yes yes yes yes yes
Thermo-FILM® yes yes yes yes
Thermo-FLOCK® yes yes yes yes
Thermo-GRIP® yes yes yes yes yes yes
Classic yes yes yes
Crystal Clear** yes yes yes
Crystal Clear Matte** yes yes yes
Express Print yes yes yes yes
Extra White yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
FlockPrint™ yes yes yes yes
Glitter yes yes yes
Solutions™ Airtech** yes yes yes yes yes
Solutions™ Clear** yes yes yes yes yes
Solutions™ Metallic yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Solutions™ Opaque yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Solutions™ Sub-Block yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Solutions™ Vintage Puff™ yes yes yes yes yes
3M Scotchlite™ Reflective 8710*** yes yes yes yes yes
Acrylic Felt yes yes yes
Applique Fabrics yes yes yes yes
Felt yes yes yes
Glacier Twill yes yes yes yes
Perma-TWILL™ yes yes yes yes
Poly -TWILL™ yes yes yes yes
PS Poly-TWILL™ yes yes yes yes
Thermo-FILM® yes yes yes yes
Thermo-FLOCK® yes yes yes yes
Thermo-GRIP® yes yes yes yes yes yes
Uncoated Poly-TWILL™ yes yes yes yes
Vinyl yes

Please Note: Due to the combination of fabrics, weaves, coatings and dyes used in the textile industry, Stahls’ recommends and provides samples of our materials and medias for testing.

**White or Light Colored Fabrics ONLY

***Nylon in Silver only