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Gas dryer for water based screen printing
Thursday, 19 Mar, 2009 – 20:22 | No Comment
Gas dryer for water based screen printing

Our new, or not quite so new gas dryer, is finally up and running. It is not pretty, and took far more time than expected to install (Finding a gas fitter for commercial appliances in …

Our web of life T-shirt
Thursday, 12 Mar, 2009 – 1:12 | No Comment
Our web of life T-shirt

Delivery of a new gas dryer has held things up a little this week, but all being well we should be up and running again by the weekend. Once this oven is fired up we …

New coal Tshirt
Monday, 2 Mar, 2009 – 15:12 | 5 Comments
New coal Tshirt

Environmentally sound T shirt printing was the request from TANC. So we supplied the Earth Positive T shirt, printed using an opaque water based ink. Find out more about open cast mines and plans for …

Newman Roller Frames
Saturday, 28 Feb, 2009 – 13:51 | 2 Comments
Newman Roller Frames

The recent purchase of some used Newman Roller Frames from MHM has forced us into adjusting our whole approach to screen making.

The Newman screens have been a massive investment in terms of time, but the …

Tony Plant scores another cover shot
Tuesday, 17 Feb, 2009 – 17:50 | One Comment
Tony Plant scores another cover shot

Another cover shot from surftwisted photographer Tony Plant. Taken in the dead of winter on the south coast in freezing temperatures, Tonys commitment to photography from the water paid off. Take a look at the …

Printing Hoodies: 6 colour spot separation
Wednesday, 11 Feb, 2009 – 19:55 | 4 Comments
Printing Hoodies: 6 colour spot separation

A nice colourful design came through this week for Celefest. Initially this job was more than 6 colours, a little reworking made the design more affordable but had little effect on the impact of the …

Chickens in the snow
Tuesday, 3 Feb, 2009 – 10:46 | 3 Comments
Chickens in the snow

How often do we see this in Cornwall? It will be a slow start to the day with our staff scattered about Cornwalls minor roads. Our admin has decided to take a walk into work …

Metallic inks, screen printing
Thursday, 29 Jan, 2009 – 10:13 | One Comment
Metallic inks, screen printing

More metallic inks are added to the our range, we are currently experimenting with new binders and pastes from Grafco. Such was the response to our new gold ink solutions, we are now taking a …

Large and oversize T shirt designs
Saturday, 24 Jan, 2009 – 12:37 | 6 Comments
Large and oversize T shirt designs

For any design up to 14×16 inches most screen printers will have no problems or restrictions, however, all over T shirt designs and large T shirt designs can be problematic.

More Cheerleaders T shirts
Thursday, 15 Jan, 2009 – 16:03 | No Comment
More Cheerleaders T shirts

In the space of a couple of months we have printed two cheerleading T shirt designs, this is up on the previous 30 years, in which time we printed absolutely zero. We are interested to …

Fluorescent T Shirt Printing
Tuesday, 13 Jan, 2009 – 11:49 | 6 Comments
Fluorescent T Shirt Printing

Now classed as a retro look, fluorescent T Shirt Printing is synonymous with the 80′s. It is not a regular customer request, but now and again it crops up. The key to a good quality …

5 reasons a screen printer should not be without water.
Thursday, 8 Jan, 2009 – 20:08 | 3 Comments
5 reasons a screen printer should not be without water.

Iced up pipes bringĀ  our workshops to a virtual stand still this week

Photography by Tony Plant