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Hello! A few questions about the process.. when coating the film, is it just a regular plastisol white ink? Or is there something else? Plus, can I just let it air dry after powdering? For how long if so? About the screen, what Mesh is the best?

Hello! I don't know if this is the right forum, but I eventually want to print my own shirts and need advice. I'm working on starting a brand of t-shirts, and I started off with creating a black design on light blue long sleeve shirt. Since this is my first design, I had a local company screen...

I'm recently starting a brand, and looking for ways to relabel. I have a screen printing press and a heat press. I first tried using HTV but the label I wanted was too small for my Cricut to cut. I also tried screen printing, it works well on 100% cotton, but on the inside of 50/50 cotton it...

If I want to do sublimation on a black shirt, can I use screen printing to create a white under base and then sublimate on top of it? If not, then what are some alternatives?

Hey there, Has anyone ever kept their emulsion in a container with a tap or dispenser to make poring it into the scoop easier? No matter how hard I try I always make a mess and get too many bubbles in my scoop when poring straight out of the tub. Would love some advice!

Hi! I haven't been in here for a while but if I can find the printer I'm looking for, it'll be in this forum. So as stated above I'm looking for a shop with experience printing water based and discharge inks. Specifically printing WB on 60/40 and even tirblend shirts. My standard offering to...

I am very new to screen printing, so I am not really sure what is going on. I am using two brand new aluminum 160 mesh screens, that were exposed by the Speedball Diazo light kit for 8 minutes. Before anyone asks, yes my prints were solid black ink printed off by a local screen printing shop on...

Purchased a custom exposed screen online, test printed the design perfectly onto card stock to ensure the design fully passed through the screen before immediately after printing onto a tshirt. The first print came out perfectly onto the card, however when using the same method to printing on to...

I recently did an order of 400 koozies only to find out the ink started bleeding on the koozie once they started using them. What are some important things I should know when customizing koozies? What ink is best on what material koozie? What temperature should I have the dryer at? Is there...

Hello World Printers Where can i find screen printing cool designs. Need 3 or 4 colors or 5 colors cool design. Buy or something. Or maybe do you know screen screen printing designing online course ?. I really need learn spot color saperation. thanks Eddy

A “vintage t-shirt” is a t-shirt that is not new. That leaves a big grey area, but suffice to say they don't mean one year old. Some say 10, we say at least 15 years old. On Defunkd, a t-shirt must be at least 15 years old to be considered vintage. There are a lot of T-shirts out there in the...

Hi ive recently invested myself in a screen printing setup but I have trouble washing my screens out after I burn them. When I first soak the screen for around 30 seconds I can see the design but is very faint no matter how long I wash it for. So I resort in using the pressure washer, in which...

I am printing with 2 160 mesh 20x24 screens. I'm printing with 2 colors and I don't have a flash right so I use my heat gun for my black base then print my white on top of it. I noticed some fibrillation so I don't know if the durometer of my squeegee blade has anything to do with it, the amount...

Hey T-Shirt Forum Members, Lawson is excited to join the community! We look forward to talking to you and hearing about your printing experiences, along with helping others with any printing troubleshooting. Lawson Screen and Digital Products has been in the screen printing equipment...

Hi there, I am new to screen printing. I would like to print something on ABS plastic Boxes. But the problem is it has a crescent hole at the center and has a crescent-shaped button through it... How would I go about printing it? How would I ask this at a print shop? Also, it is a red box and...

After much planning and research, I am finally starting my Screen Printing Business (side-hustle actually). However as an engineer I plan to make my own Micro-Registration equipment. Primarily for the fun of it, but I am sure it will speed up the registration on my "cheaper" carousel. Has...

I am looking for cover sheets to use on light and dark apparel items that are a. screen printed with plastisol ink, direct to garment printed with water based inks, screen printed heat transfers and vinyl. My press is a HIX HT-400 15x15 manual heat press. I understand the cover sheet protects...