madaradio

Hey guys,

I'm about to purchase my first set of screens and I was looking for advice on the best mesh counts to get for "basic" tshirt printing.

I'll probably start out doing one, two, and maybe three colour jobs, but I want to make sure I have enough of the right screens just in case.

so this is what I'm thinking I'll get.

2 - 110's
2 - 155's
1 - 230

does this look acceptable for your basic printing? Should I bump up the 155 and 230 to say, 173 and 255?

any info is much appreciated. Thanks!

 

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Steelheader100

That looks pretty good but I might go,
2 - 140's
2 - 175's
1 - 230

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Solmu

Seems like a reasonable start to me. Different printers might argue about different counts, but ultimately you've got to commit to something, and that seems reasonable. If you're using waterbased ink I wouldn't bump the counts up, if you're using plastisol... maybe (not my area).

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n.signia

Quote: Originally Posted by Steelheader100 That looks pretty good but I might go, 2 - 140's 2 - 175's 1 - 230

john,

not a fan of the 110's?

is this to preserve ink?

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DeuceDime

You may want to grab an 86 mesh for printing sparkly inks, if you're going to get into that. I've found having a few lower-mesh screens very useful. Chicks dig sparkles.

 

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