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Why Gold Foil Popping your prints with gold foil transfers is a great way to spice up your shirts for the upcoming holiday season. The flash of the foil will not only help your shirts get noticed, but will also increase the value of your shirts. Gold foil transfers are easy to do when you […]

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In 2015, BigPlanetApparel authored an excellent blog post on why you should go local for your screen printing needs. The advice they shared then is still relevant now, so we thought we’d share a three key takeaways with you on the benefits local screen printers can offer you! Better Service Sure, online shopping […]

Your ambitions are big, and so are your screen print designs. But what happens when you want a full-size print and you only have access to a small output printer? Sometimes you just need a bigger film positive than your output printer can handle. Don’t worry; you can go as big as you want when […]

And what happens if you touch it? Ever wonder why you shouldn’t touch the bolt that says “don’t touch this” on your Riley Hopkins press? You know, aside from the obvious warning. We know, it’s like the big red button – you just have to push it to find out what it does! So, instead […]

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Choosing a press is a big decision, and it’s easy to get overwhelmed in the process. When evaluating presses, here are three questions you should ask yourself: 1. Manual press or automatic press? In other words, how many shirts are you planning to print? If you’re planning to just print by yourself, start a small […]

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Are you new to screen printing? Don’t know where to start? Or maybe you already have a shop and want to expand? The information out there can be overwhelming! How do you know which screen printing kit is right for you? Let’s break it down. DIY Kits: If you are just getting started in screen […]

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“Should I get joystick or a micro registration print heads?” This has been a hot topic for Riley Hopkins manual screen printing press fans since he released the Joystick option with his WIN line of presses back in the late 90’s. A lifelong artist and doodler, Riley actually invented the Joystick Registration system during a […]

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Check out the Riley 500 by Riley Hopkins here: Riley 500 Press Line Transcript: Introducing the Riley 500 by Ryonet. This heavy duty manual screen printing press is the next generation of the time-tested manufacturing of the Riley Hopkins line. Registration has been simplified for faster setup and ease of use. A printers press, the […]

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It’s a new year with new possibilities. Screen printing may seem like a fixed medium with the screens, exposure, washout, and curing, but quite the contrary can hold true. Screen printing on-site at events, festivals and other types of gatherings can provide a great opportunity to show and sell your products and your company. Approaches […]

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Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of the year to appreciate what we have, cherish our loved ones, and… whip out your screen printing gear? Exactly 😎 First we started by heating our all-veggie Thanksgiving feast with our Hot Roq Quartz Flash. This got the internal temperature up and primed the meal for a good crisping. […]

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First and foremost, cancer sucks, a lot. Anything and everything we can do to better ourselves and work for a solution to fight and eradicate cancer is an endeavour worth fighting for! Enter: Breast Cancer Awareness (BCA) Month. This is a very important month dedicated to communities coming together to improve awareness and raise money […]

Arguably one of the best business reads of all time is Stephen Covey’s classic book “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. If you haven’t read this work, get a copy…especially if you are not as effective as you would like to be. It is Amazon’s #1 bestseller in business books every year. So if we […]