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Printing detail on a pique knit polo shirt
Monday, 15 Dec, 2008 – 17:02 | No Comment
Printing detail on a pique knit polo shirt

A pique knit polo can present problems on very detailed prints

Glow in the dark T shirt print
Monday, 10 Nov, 2008 – 18:41 | No Comment
Glow in the dark T shirt print

Glow in the dark ink is a combination of a pigment (looking like a strange planet in the picture above) and a binder, either plastic or water-based binders can be used.

New T shirts and Hoodies from the Rebus Collective
Wednesday, 15 Oct, 2008 – 18:35 | One Comment
New T shirts and Hoodies from the Rebus Collective

“The Number One Cornish clothing label” The Rebus Collective release new Screen printed T shirts and Hoodies. Rebus love their Graffiti, Hip Hop and street clothing. This collective of DJ’s, artists and writers are responsible …

Water based T shirt Printing part 3
Sunday, 5 Oct, 2008 – 12:24 | 8 Comments
Water based T shirt Printing part 3

For a long time the majority of what Advertees knew about using waterbased inks for screen printing was based on our own experience, and what little information we are able to glean from on line …

Gold Fever, and a little silver too
Monday, 29 Sep, 2008 – 20:42 | 3 Comments
Gold Fever, and a little silver too

We have observed an interesting surge in the demand for gold and silver prints, It is the trend of the moment, in our world at least, a sudden interest in gold t shirt printing. We …

Back to screen printing hoodies
Monday, 22 Sep, 2008 – 20:37 | 5 Comments
Back to screen printing hoodies

Well it seems that is it for the summer, and it has been confirmed for us in a switch to printing hoodies.

And while we at Advertees are busy using our gold waterbased inks to print …

Screen Printing Gold Ink
Friday, 12 Sep, 2008 – 18:25 | 11 Comments
Screen Printing Gold Ink

One of the advantages of screen printing over Direct to garment printing is the variety of special effect inks that are available (although direct to garment and screen printing combinations are possible), printing T shirts …

Water-based T shirt printing | Part2
Wednesday, 3 Sep, 2008 – 18:26 | 2 Comments
Water-based T shirt printing | Part2

Having outlined a few of the main differences between plastic and water-based inks in a previous article we can now take a look at some more factors which can help us make decisions about what …

Waterbased T Shirt Printing | Part1
Friday, 29 Aug, 2008 – 14:38 | 4 Comments
Waterbased T Shirt Printing | Part1

Hopefully we can outline some of the benefits of T shirt printing in water based inks, and explore some of the possible reasons many screen printing companies are so reluctant to advertise or use these inks. Here are just a few benefits we feel waterbased inks have to offer.

* Environmentally sound non spirit based formulas
* Breath-ability on large prints
* Soft and sometimes imperceptible hand
* Very long lasting print
* Diverse range of special effects

Silk Screen Stencils
Sunday, 27 Jul, 2008 – 21:27 | 3 Comments
Silk Screen Stencils

Good stencils are key to screen printing, getting all the variables correct for each T shirt printing job is essential. With plastisol inks it has always been about finer mesh counts, T shirt printing using …

Organic T shirt printing
Tuesday, 1 Jul, 2008 – 20:38 | No Comment
Organic T shirt printing

It is turning into another very busy month at Advertees, and the blog is being neglected, we are seeing some really nice jobs going out of the door unrecorded as we pull out all the …

Coarse screens and half tones
Thursday, 19 Jun, 2008 – 0:18 | 8 Comments
Coarse screens and half tones

It is pretty standard practice in screen printing to use very fine screens where a half tone is required, but unfortunately fine screens and water based inks do not work well together. So what do …