It’s true. Screen printers hate cleaning screens. If it’s not the scrubbing that they hate it is the time that they waste reclaiming screens. Cleaning screens is simply one chore that screen printers wish would go away. There is an alternative to the time wasted at the washout booth. Adding...
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How to Remove Screen Printing
This may not seem like something that one would see on a screen printing blog, but it is valuable for people to know how to remove screen printing from garments. The reason is because a screen printer may have made a mistake and want to save the shirt that they are working on. There are...
Screen Print Tags
Nothing is worse than putting your favorite t-shirt on and feeling that scratchy feeling on your neck from the label. Some people won’t even buy a shirt if it has one of those hanging labels. What’s funny is that people have been putting those tags in shirts for decades and...
Should You Switch from Traditional Screen Printing to Direct to Garment Printing?
There are a lot of ways to decorate garments. You can screen print, embroider, applique, and heat transfer. Truly the list can go on and on. One of the most popular ways to decorate garments is to use a method called direct to garment (DTG) printing. Many traditional screen printers...
The Definitive Guide To Curing Ink
The final step in the screen printing process is curing. It is a very important step. Ink must be cured for it to set. If the ink is not set it will deteriorate quickly by cracking and chipping. There are many methods for curing the ink and this helpful guide...