This was extremely informatice and pretty entertaining too :) You did a really awesome job of showing just how painstaking spot process is to get it all dialed in. Bravo!
nice, finally a video actually kind of showing a little in depth on how to use the press. I'm hoping to get the same press soon. would love to see more videos on actually using the press.
That's awesome to hear. Thus far, it's been a great press. I'll do a video going a little more into depth about how to use the controls, when it's a good idea to do double print strokes, and the settings that work for us as far as squeegee print / flood angles and how much pressure we use with the pressure knob.
You can use application tape also.... from the sign industry. Save u a little bit of time. Instead of using the box tape. Its the R-tape series in clear from Fellers sign supply. Hope this helps. Great job on the auto by the way!
Thanks for the tip, and thank you! I knew there was some tape out there (Ryonet has some and calls it registration tape), but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Now that I know I can use application tape, I'll have to grab some up.
Great job on the seps. How much do you charge for multiple colors on the front and back of shirts? It makes production time a lot longer, when printing multiple colors on the front of shirts (pocket prints).
Matt, that is AWESOME, all your hard work on that press paid off. My hat is off to you. What is your total investment in the used automatic with all the parts you had to purchase?
Thanks! I'll have to take a look and get a true total. I'll upload a video with a breakdown of everything, but off the top of my head I spent... $6,500 on the press $150 lift gate truck rental $90 to have a flatbed tow it $2,200 roughly on parts (I'm thinking $300-$400 wasn't even absolutely necessary because I bought parts the tech told me to, to have a spares) $840 on the press tech (Howard) $4,100 on a new compressor and chiller $200 on hard airlines / soft air tubing $1,100 electrician to upgrade panel and install lines $80 pallet jack rentals $900 on having 42 23x31 screens remeshed (got 70 total with the deal) and new squeegee rubber... I may be forgetting something, but about $16,160.
It keeps up no problem. Plastisol and one loader / unloader. I can dial this thing to 700 an hour, but at that rate it would crushing it's capacity. One day when we get to that point, it will be time for a larger space and drier. For now, it'll handle 350 an hour without an issue.
I know the feeling!!! It will fit in a two car garage. The press is about 14' wide with the flashback attached. Let me double check that though when I get to the shop. Just remind me tomorrow in the comments.
You can run the press in either auto or foot pedal mode. Foot pedal mode rotates the press to print the next shirt and you can do it at your own pace. So if I had to stop for whatever reason, talk to a client, I could come back and start where I left off.
@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 that's what I figured. I'm trying to find a way to improve the efficiencies around vector/clipart designs like that. Do you use anything like action illustrated or something similar to help with that process?? I need to add something to help with design creation work flow when it comes to vectors and I'm desperate for some good recommendations. Any advice is appreciated man.
@@shtewps For the most part, I just dig in and design everything from scratch based on ideas my clients have. It's not very often I'll use clip art in my designs.
@@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 Appreciate the response. I was just at a show not too long ago and there were a few people selling logo "generators" and sportswear design tools, etc. and of course they have the demo tailored to look incredibly fast. I do everything from scratch as well, but of course, it takes a lot of time - especially with revisions, etc. Curious, do you charge your clients additionally when you are designing for them for a project like this?
Thank you! One Strokes NP white (let them know Mikey Designs sent you if you grab some), GSG's house brand colors, and Wilflex as well. Whatever we can get a deal on for colors.
hello I’m a printer in Minnesota and would like some info about mesh count ink and just over all how to do this with just flashing the white underlay thanks
hello Randay! 230 mesh, all screens. Just regular ol' screen printing ink, plastisol. Anything you can get your hands on. With spot process, you print wet on wet (most jobs), aside from flashing the base. Give it a whirl!
