Growing interest in water based screen printing.
Thu, 18/02/10 – 20:41 | 2 Comments

Slowly there is a growing awareness to  the advantages of  a water based screen print. Customers are also showing a certain amount of understanding regards its limitations, and prefer to be flexible in their requirements …

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Easiway: a quick method of reclaiming silk screens after use
Wed, 24/02/10 – 19:29 | No Comment

Reclaiming screens in a busy work shop can become a real problem for screen printers, we have tried many methods and products over the years, most are unpleasant to work with, expensive and time consuming.

Easiway systems inc. seem to have found a formula which is quick, effective and more importantly a biodegradable, low odour product which is less hazardous to work with.

EasiStrip

Dip tanks, used for reclaiming screens, have been filled will all manner of chemicals over the years, nearly all giving off vapours as they evaporate, this makes the work environment unpleasant and unhealthy to be in. Easistrip has none of these associated problems, and its effectiveness in producing a thoroughly clean and degreased mesh makes the screen making process a breeze. We have been using the system for nearly 3 months now, we have found it to be quick and clean.

dip tank
Textile&Graphics Solutions Ltd are supplying the easistrip and easiway dip tanks in the UK, and can be contacted via e mail

textileandgraphics@yahoo.co.uk

or by phone Tel:+44 116 253 0090

It is pretty much essential to have a streamlined solution for screen reclamation, hours of work can be saved in this department. Poorly reclaimed screens will potentially cost a printer time later in the process too.

2009 Cornwall Film Festival
Sun, 18/10/09 – 13:45 | One Comment
2009 Cornwall Film Festival

Thought it might be a good idea to write a post before the festival starts this year. The  8th Annual Cornwall Film Festival is going to deliver a huge variety of Film in just three …

Epson 4880 as imagesetter?
Wed, 30/09/09 – 20:20 | No Comment
Epson 4880 as imagesetter?

Years of  printing excellent ultra black film on our epson 3000 lead us to believe a similar size, brand spanking new, epson printer would do the same job or an even a better one, but …

Newly installed T-shirt printing machine
Sat, 26/09/09 – 12:06 | No Comment
Newly installed T-shirt printing machine

It is never a good time to install large machinery, and the interruption in production certainly makes the busier periods a time to avoid. When you add the removal of a wall to the scenario …

Making way for new auto.
Thu, 30/07/09 – 17:42 | No Comment
Making way for new auto.

The arrival of our second auto is getting closer, but preparation for the machines delivery is nigh on impossible with our current workload.

The new machine will bring much needed added capacity, and make better use …

Discharge T shirt print using index separations
Thu, 2/07/09 – 19:43 | No Comment
Discharge T shirt print using index separations

Index separations are very fast to create and very effective with some designs, the T-shirt design below is a good example of the kind of design which works well using this process. We chose to …

Text only T shirt designs
Sat, 27/06/09 – 18:40 | No Comment
Text only T shirt designs

Designing a T shirt using text only requires more skill than many might think, if aesthetics are important to you then there are plenty of things you need to consider, one of the most important …

Red discharge print, earth positive T shirts
Fri, 26/06/09 – 20:49 | One Comment
Red discharge print, earth positive T shirts

Obtaining a good red when discharge printing is difficult, bright reds are not easily achieved. We have had good results Screen printing earth positive T shirts with discharge inks, no difficult batches as yet, and …

Screen Printing of Water based inks
Sun, 31/05/09 – 11:41 | 5 Comments
Screen Printing of Water based inks

May has been a very busy month for us, this blog has only seen one post at the beginning of this month, as printing T shirts has been required from waking to sleeping. Our new …

Spring clean and mesh tensions.
Mon, 4/05/09 – 13:56 | No Comment
Spring clean and mesh tensions.

Space is always an issue for a busy screen printing shop, the more space you have the better. It is also essential to use your space efficiently. So with this in mind we have finally …

Butt or Trap? Spot colours.
Mon, 27/04/09 – 17:36 | 4 Comments
Butt or Trap? Spot colours.

This is first thing we think about when separating your design for screen printing.

Butt or trap registration? What are they?