RECLAIMING SCREENS – MANUAL vs DIP TANK

RECLAIMING SCREENS – MANUAL vs DIP TANK

THE BASICS Reclaiming or de-coating a screen simply means completly cleaning off the old image to allow you to re-use your screen. WHY RECLAIM? Well, quite frankly, its going to cost you a bomb if you are purchasing a new screen everytime you want to change your...
FLASH DRYERS : THE WHY, WHAT AND HOW

FLASH DRYERS : THE WHY, WHAT AND HOW

INTRO A flash dryer is used to gelcure plastisol ink after an underbase or inbetween colours. You would also use a flash dryer to achieve a perfect white on black print using plastisol ink. We recently upgraded our studio with a brand new flash dryer and this is what...
6 HELPFUL TIPS FOR MIXING PHOTOSENSITIVE EMULSION

6 HELPFUL TIPS FOR MIXING PHOTOSENSITIVE EMULSION

TIP 1: GET YOUR HANDS ON SOME DECENT EMULSION Cheap emulsion is not good emulsion and good emulsion is not cheap! You can get your hands on hundreds of varients for different jobs but we prefer to use an ‘all rounder’ emulsion which comes in 2 parts...
3D T-SHIRT INK, AKA:  PUFF ADDITIVE

3D T-SHIRT INK, AKA: PUFF ADDITIVE

WANT TO MAKE YOUR PRINTS POP? RAISE THE BAR IN YOUR PRINT SHOP? YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE! We have been playing with some screen printable puff additive. This is a professional quality plastisol base used for adding height to your design. Check out our video:...
8 STEPS TO COATING THE PERFECT SCREEN

8 STEPS TO COATING THE PERFECT SCREEN

STEP 1: USE A GOOD SCREEN PUT DOWN THAT STAPLE GUN! It’s not welcome here. If you want to create a beautiful, smooth and silky screen print, then you need a good coat of emulsion. If you want a good coat of emulsion, then you need a good screen. Simple. We...
SCREEN PRINTING WITH DISCHARGE INK

SCREEN PRINTING WITH DISCHARGE INK

SCREEN PRINTING WITH DISCHARGE INK SUPER SOFT FEEL SHIRTS! Check out todays video of Chessie printing with discharge ink. We will update with lots of information about this soon. Let us know in the comments what you would like to...