Screen Printing Blog

Learn how to do a basic underbase separation in Photoshop for screen printing. There are a couple techniques we use to create an underbase. In this tutorial we duplicated the spot color channel seps and choked each channel before adding the channel to the underbase channel. Using this technique of...

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Screen printing tri-blend t-shirts and garments are a great way to increase your profit margin if your printing for customers. But they can also be a quick way to lose money if the prints don't look right and the customer isn't happy since the blank cost for tri-blends is more than cottons tees. So take a couple steps to ensure successful prints on tri-blends and watch your temp, inks and mesh count. When printing Tri-blend garments steps to ensure a successful print are as follows;

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Screen printing discharge ink is water based ink with an additive (Discharge Additive). You can add pigment (color) to your water based ink and also add the discharge additive to the ink to change the color of the fabric by "replacing" the color of the t-shirt with the color of the pigment in the water based ink.

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Film positives for screen printing will give you the best results when your films are dark and opaque. The film positive must be dark enough to block light from your exposure unit during the screen exposure process. If your film positives are not dark enough then light will creep in...

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Tips for Screen Printing with Plastisol Ink. Use as high mesh count as you can! Plastisol will go through high mesh screens. Don't force the ink into the shirt fabric. Plastisol is meant to sit on top of the fabric- Forcing ink into the shirt fabric actually makes plastisol muted. Use enough force when printing to clear the ink through the mesh and leave the ink on top of the fabric.

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