brent

A buddy of mine is releasing a cd later this year. He really wants me to screenprint cardboard cd sleeves, which I think would be cool, but I see inherit problems in the printing. They might bow a little, and lift with the screen? I think my matsui waterbased would work fine on the cardboard itself, but I just think the sleeves may move around...
Anyone done this? Have any tips?
I have a pocket printer attachment. I was thinking maybe putting the cd sleeve on that so I could tack it down may work well.
Thanks

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ffokazak

I've done this!

It was a breeze. Almost the easist 250$ Ive ever made

Here what I did.

-Light spray adhesive. Tex-tac would be better. that stuff rules. {Its waterbased glue that goes on with a squeegee/spray gun}
-I use poster printing "Clips" To setup my job. They are used to register each piece of flaststock in the same spot. YOu can use Coins, too. Just glue em, or tape them down so each piece sits in the same spot.
-I used acrylic ink. Its all I had in orange, and it worked fine. The adhesive kept the sleeves nice and flat, and they didn't stick to the screen.

-I then setup my conveyor on really low, with a fast belt, and jet-air on. I them them down the conveyor, and dried them a bit. They didn't bow, and were dry to touch afterwards.

It was so easy!
I hoped more people would get them, but I haven't had any more orders yet.

Good luck! Easy money!

Cheers

 

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