Every print shop owner hits a wall where grinding longer hours stops fixing operational headaches. You pull late nights pulling squeegees, quoting custom jobs, and reclaiming screens, yet your bank...
This week on Shirt Show, Dylan Gilligan sits down with Bruce Braden of Kong Screen Printing in Austin, Texas. After connecting online for years and finally meeting at ThreadX, they...
What happens when a customer asks for a single custom jersey with a full-color photograph, or a dozen coffee mugs for a corporate gift? Traditional silkscreen methods might not be...
Every manual printer knows the heavy weight of a high-volume production day. By the time you hit that four-hundredth shirt, your wrists are buzzing, your shoulders are tight, and your...
High quality films and reliable transfers are the foundation of every successful print shop. If your film positives lack UV density or suffer from blurry halftone edges, your final prints...
Reclaiming screens is one of the most fundamental skills in any print shop. If you do not remove your old stencils & emulsion correctly, you are setting yourself up for...
This week on Shirt Show, the microphones directed at a guest who usually provides the tools for everyone else's story. Dylan and guest host Dewey Halpaus sit down with Ryan...
You have seen the struggle: you try to print 4-color process on a black t-shirt using a standard white plastisol underbase, and the result is a dull, muddy mess. Because...
Setup and teardown are often the biggest friction points in a print shop. Whether you are running a manual press or a high-volume automatic, the goal is to keep the...
You have a customer bringing you a big order, maybe 300 pieces, with everything from youth small to 3XL. Now you are wondering how to size that graphic for all...
You have likely seen it happen: a customer wants a detailed, full-color design on a black t-shirt, so you reach for your CMYK process inks. You lay down a solid...
Selecting the appropriate blank for a premium brand is a fundamental aspect of producing high-quality apparel. When you are building a brand or printing for a high-end client, the garment...
This week on Shirt Show, Dylan connects with Brandon and Hailey, the owners of Jaded Creations in Indiana. Their path to business ownership is as unique as their product line,...
One of the most common questions we hear in our classes and from printers at every level regarding screens is: what mesh tension is considered too low? At what point...