A few weeks ago we were able to hang out with all of our industry pals at Panther City Print Party. The Post in Fort Worth was nice enough to host us and after all of the good times and shenanigans that you already read about, we tallied up a bunch of cash that we…
Rick wrote an article recently about cleanliness. Cleanliness is something that is often overlooked in print shops, because print shops can get dirty so easily. Printing thousands of shirts a day creates a lot of lint and when you are moving too fast, you don’t stop to clean up the ink that spilled on the…
Over the years our floors have gained a level of crust that is very hard to clean. We always wipe up ink when it is spilled, but alot of times a stain is left over. Just mopping is not really enough to get the floor clean. A month ago I decided to invest…
One of my favorite parts of business is meeting new people. Throughout the several years that we have been around, there have been so many wonderful people that have come through my life. When you can establish great relationships with people and take care of them well, your business is bound to grow. A couple…
So, I own a skate shop that is right down the street from my print shop. Because of this I decided that we should print our own skateboards. Last year we purchased this fancy little press: http://www.neverthelessscreenprintingsupplies.com/silk-skates-deluxe-skateboard-screen-printing-press/ Really, we probably could have just built a jig and used some hinges, but these press has a couple…
We recently had a client come to us asking to print a 10 color job with a huge amount of ink coverage. The artwork consisted of mostly solid colors butt registered, which included some small details. Ohhh…. and its just a few thousand prints. These types of prints require a little extra thought from the…
I know we all have a different opinion on the shirts we like to wear. I have to say my absolute favorite shirt is the American Apparel TR401 tri-blend. This shirt also happens to be one of the most expensive to purchase… Although American Apparel has superior quality and is made right here in the…
Occasionally we make bad calls on the production floor. Recently we had an order and the pantones were all specified. When we printed the blue that the design called for, it looked nothing like the mockup. Someone made the call to print the job anyway… Of course when the customer received the shirts, they didn’t…
If you hang out with any emulsion company, you will hear them talk about the importance of each step of the reclaim process. EVERY STEP. I have seen so many forum posts about how degreasing is a waste of time. C’mon people! The screen is the most important part of screen printing, let’s treat it…
A couple months ago I posted a warning about ship timing. Before the holidays carriers are covered up with Christmas gift deliveries. Well… the saga continues as the winter weather takes it’s toll on cities in the North. A week ago I fell victim to a horrible shipping error. We were shipping 3 pallets with $25,000…
