Comments on: Printing Shirts with Forward

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:25:41 +0000

sebastian, sorry for the late reply. We have a RIP program that is used to print out half tones. It is a bit expensive, but necessary for the screen printing process, and creating nice half tones. The program is called AccuRip.
For the wattage, I am not totally sure, but with that kind of set up you will need to experiment a bit to see what works for you. I would start with a high wattage bulb, and experiment with the timing and distance from the bulb. At my shop we expose the screens for 1-2 minutes, but that is using an exposure unit.
James..in order to cure either water based ink, or plastisol ink, it will need to hit a high temp. Plastisol requires 330 deg to cure. Water based ink just needs time in the dryer to evaporate the water in the ink. I dont think sun exposure would get hot enough. Maybe a blow dryer would work…maybe..

By: James

James — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:37:50 +0000

Just wondering if there is a way to dry the ink without an oven, like leaving in the sun or something??

By: sebastian

sebastian — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:37:14 +0000

also if you dont have an exposure unit what watt light bulb would you reccomend and how much timing to you expose the unit to the light bulb using the book method

By: sebastian

sebastian — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:45:57 +0000

thanks sean another question what software did you use to get the halftone on the picture or was that just a picture

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:35:54 +0000

Sebastian, we used a 200 mesh count for that print. 200 works great for a wide variety of prints. The higher the mesh, the more detail it holds.

By: sebastian

sebastian — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:46:58 +0000

what was the count on the screen for that print

By: Tights & Hosiery wholesale

Tights & Hosiery wholesale — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:55:13 +0000

Hi,what a damn good shirt,thanks for sharing.I will get one like that.bill

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:13:52 +0000

Sean is rad! Good on you guys for covering his fine work