screen printing

Hey everybody so I’ve been printing my positive films/ transparency sheets on a canon pro 100 with NO accurip. The films/sheets are coming out fine but some letters or lines look jagged. BUT when I burn the screen and print, the jagged lines doesn’t show on my shirts/hoodies and looks smooth...

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...

Hi, I've got a Hopkins tunnel dryer which I'm using to cure my prints. It has a fairly short tunnel and pretty basic controls. Best I can do to cure waterbased inks is slow the belt down as slow as possible, with the heating element as high as possible, and the belt as low as possible. This...

Hello lovely people I'm from Algeria. We don't have agents for all the companies that make screen printing machines ( Roq - M&R - MHM - TAS - Anatol - Workhorse - Printex - Adelco - KTK - Lawson - Mismatic - Tekind.......) I want to ask the experienced. What's the best between these two...

Hey everyone! i'm new to this forum and hope someone can help me out! I'm building an UV led exposure unit, and trying to figure out if one of these aliexpress lights would be a good fit for my box. I'm not good with electricity :) so I would be grateful if someone could advise me on the links...

Hi, I know similar questions have been asked here but my situation is a little unique so maybe someone can guide me in the right direction. I am currently working out of a very small space and I am considering moving into a larger one, but the building is divided into multiple offices and...

Hi All, First of all, I know that Speedball isn't the best, but it's what I have. Comments just for buying non-Speedball aren't helpful and frankly are frustrating and a little gatekeep-ish, so please do your best to be a little more considerate. Thanks. I've had this problem before where the...

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...

Hey friends. I'm in the process of putting my little screen printing set-up together. Because of budget I'll probably have to start curing shirts using a flash and heat press (I have a good quality Adkins). But I know that's time consuming and want to use a dryer asap. Problem is I'm really...

Hey Guys and Gals I have been having a complete nightmare the last month. I have decided to attempt to get into t shirt screen printing. Starting with a simple one colour t shirt. The issue is making the screen 😭. The screen I have is a 77T mesh and I am using Flat fox emulsion. I have made a...

i'am buying 110 v flash dryer from (vevor) and the electric here is 220v, can i plug immediately in 220v or i should use a voltage reducer?

Hello lovely people - Johnny here in the UK. I'm about to start screen printing again after many years away. I current use HTV and heat press (DON'T HATE ME!!!!) but you'll be pleased to know am making the move over. I need to start small (literally as I don't have the space for a floor...

Hello! First my Green Galaxy colors are WAY too thin. It’s 4:30pm right now and I left them outside to evaporate since 10am but I don’t see much difference :( and it’s just too horrible having to deal with milk like ink 2. I screen printer with yellow. Used white green galaxy for the...

Hello, I'm new to the forum, and I started screen printing on shirts a few weeks ago. I noticed I messed up a bunch of shirts already due to either a ink or curing problem. I'm using a gallon of speedball water based white fabric ink, and is using a heat gun. I do not have the money at the...

Hi a long time customer had asked me prices on 4 brands of hoodies... I gave him various prices of the blank hoodies(marked up of course) and for whatever reason later that day he made an account and "corrected me" on the prices i gave him 🙃 He knew i used ssactivewear because for previous...

What makes good t shirt design? Obviously, not every t shirt design appeals to everyone. Sometimes it’s just a matter of personal preference or style. But the next time you’re walking around the mall or through a busy neighborhood, notice just how many people are wearing t-shirts. It’s a huge...

Hey guys, I found this very useful video for those of you who want to learn screen printing yourselves. Hope it helps! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwfbFZ98uMs

London UK: The short sleeve season is upon us once again and we are here to give you some t-shirt design tips for our favourite time of year. We print t-shirts all year round but summer is obviously a boom time for t-shirt printing with summer events and festivals needing merchandise or groups...