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Water based screen print for Hayle Pioneerium
Tuesday, 24 Aug, 2010 – 16:18 | No Comment
Water based screen print for Hayle Pioneerium

A promotional T shirt printed for the Pioneerium which is is bringing cinema to Hayle for the first time in 30 years. In addition to screening the latest blockbusters, the screen machine will show short …

Good single colour Screen printing deals
Saturday, 8 May, 2010 – 17:38 | No Comment
Good single colour Screen printing deals

As previously mentioned in this blog short runs of screen printed T shirts are best kept to one or two ink colours if cost is a consideration. Each design colour in screen printing requires its …

Screen Printing foil on T-shirts
Thursday, 15 Apr, 2010 – 20:39 | No Comment
Screen Printing foil on T-shirts

Advertees will finally introduce foil to the range of screen printing techniques on offer, just a few more trial runs using different screen meshes and pressing times and we are good to go. This is …

Are Retensionable frames worth the time and money??
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 20:24 | No Comment
Are Retensionable frames worth the time and money??

Possibly the only reasons any screen printer can give for not introducing retensionable frames to their workshop would be the costs. And all the time involved in maintaining mesh tensions. Having used Newman frames for …

Advertees spring clean complete
Tuesday, 23 Mar, 2010 – 19:19 | No Comment
Advertees spring clean complete

February into March is always spent making preparations for the busy season, and this year has been a good one in terms of getting things done. Machines have been fully overhauled replacement valves, o-rings and …

Growing interest in water based screen printing.
Thursday, 18 Feb, 2010 – 20:41 | 2 Comments
Growing interest in water based screen printing.

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 …

Screen printed T-shirt for Enochian Theory
Thursday, 1 Oct, 2009 – 22:30 | No Comment
Screen printed T-shirt for Enochian Theory

Prog Metal Band Enochian Theory recently supplied a very challenging design to us. We immediately thought the design would be suited to the waterbased bleaching method known as discharge. The distinctive artwork was created by …

Formaldehyde Free discharge printing on T-shirts
Saturday, 18 Apr, 2009 – 15:01 | One Comment
Formaldehyde Free discharge printing on T-shirts

Screen printing light colours on to dark T shirts is unlikely to become environmentally friendly any time soon (our recommendation to anyone who has a strict environmental policy is to print on to lighter T-shirts …

Frenzy in the ball pool
Tuesday, 9 Dec, 2008 – 10:09 | 2 Comments
Frenzy in the ball pool

This T shirt design from Chris Lanyon speaks for itself.

Cheap T-shirt printing can be good
Tuesday, 25 Nov, 2008 – 18:09 | One Comment
Cheap T-shirt printing can be good

Making money go further is likely to become a necessity in the very near future for many businesses