Screen Printing Bright Colors On Black T-shirts / How to Print A Good Underbase 

Bro I love this guy! Literally heaven sent I kid you not, every time I run into a problem which rn is under base. God just throws your video out for me to watch! Thank you so much for this 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 god bless you

Thanks for the vid bro. One other thing I think is worth mentioning. you are using an aluminum platten. The wooden platten's warp over time and make color registration more difficult. The colors May line-up in some areas and then not in others. Really frustrating. All you screen printers out there who are just starting out, it is worth getting the aluminum platens for color registration accuracy and of course they will last feasibly forever.

We are just busy with a printing job now that someone else is doing for us with a very intricate pattern and white and orange on black so thank you for helping us understand why our printer is waiting for their specialist to get back😂😂😂😂

Great video! Informative, no pseudo drama, great tips, and great B roll.

Love that liquid Gold! It came out great!

As always, thank you for your tips!!

Great video thank you so much. I just started screen printing doing everything off of a table right now, but hope to do good enough to build up but this has helped because I do mainly everything on black and I haven’t been getting the brightest colors Without doing multiple layers I’m definitely gonna give this a try

thanks for this tips sir! thats why i love this channel

Beautiful work!

Great Tip! This is Awesome 👏🏻

I’m a beginner! I worked with free screens (not in a press) for a few projects to get the basics over the years. Now I have a five color press. I have more tools than knowledge at this point and I have no idea how I got here! But we are rolling forward by the seat of our pants and have produced team t-shirts of silver on a black shirt yesterday. I wish I had watched this video BEFORE I had started. The shirts came out beautifully though, and just in time for our event. The next run though, it’s gonna be gorgeous! I’m following now and will study all the videos you have. I come equipped with an artistic hubby and endless options for either vinyl cut outs or photosensitive emulsion, and a heathy dose of ‘hey let’s try this’! I can’t wait to see your other videos and gather the courage and wisdom to try new things.

great video john awesome tutorial thks

Thank you John for this video. You are awesome!

thats the same type of tape we've used for laying vinyl on vinyl for years ... Never thought to use on screen. Very creative 👌

yes white t's love your video!!!

Ordering that tape immediately - what a labor-saver!! Your videos are always great and inspiring, thanks for that. Have you ever done a video about how you handle art fees with clients? If so please share. We are getting off the ground and have struggled with how much “free” to give as a means to build the customer base.

Great Job you're such a good inspiration for me and my business best wishes for you

you are bestest teacher for me. amaging! oh my god..... you are amaging~

Great content and tips thanks

Another Fantastic TEACHING VIDEO thanks again for sharing the small details that makes a BIG deal. Keep on TEACHING MEEEEE

Dope video and good printing! Might have to try that clear tape to align prints. Thanks! Keep it up! God bless you.

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Nice man. cool, really cool vid.

You always give great advice

el comienzo es inspirador y el fina del video es mejor ,l is great kjjv god blees you.

Thanks brother God bless you too this video help me a lot

Thanks for sharing ❤️

As usual a great video John

4:54 I love your reaction here! I'm subscribed.. Have learned so much from your videos and like the blessings at the end of each.. Thanks!

Loves the video I’m going to try a 3 color with a under base.

Wow nice! Great tip cause i always go off the lines lol. Thanks for the tip

like all the artwork on the walls nice

Another great video brother

Thank's Sir.

I have been trying to register this screen for 2 days lol jus started not to long ago. I only put one pixel less on the underbase and I was having a lot of trouble with the white poking out. I didn’t want to do more cause I was afraid of the color hanging off and not being as bright as it is over the underbase. Yours looked pretty goo though

Another great video. A quick question did you flash the white color? Did you flash each color? Uuff not easy but thanks for your videos.

Those shirts look awesome. How do they feel with the underbase?

What's up buddy! When I use to make the art for screens for my silk screener I had to put a 2 point stroke around the color that goes on top of the base color. It covers up the white and has a very slight bleed over the base. On black you can't even tell.

Hello I wanted to do you make the under base a little smaller? Thanks nice work.

Great video and final job. I was noticing that when using the squeegee you pull to flood, then you push for the actual print. My question is, does pushing leave a better print than pulling or it doesn't make much difference to you? Also, what squeegee durometer do you use for the 110 screen and for the 160 or do you use the same durometer for both screen sizes? Thanks in advance.

Great video who made the beats?

Will this apply with a 3 color halftone or do I leave underbase halftone alone with no choke stroke. Thanks

Clear transfer tape comes in 16 or wider inches at the place where you get vinyl tape. You want the stickiest tape you can get. The thinner your registration marks the better and the center line on the platen should be thin also. It's easier to set up and I put tape where the reg marks will be on the center line to reg multi color jobs.

Love the video I think you are on a Riley press? We have the joystick also hate it not as good as micros what's your though?

How you be? I've been subscribed to your channel for about 3 weeks now, and I have watched many of your videos. Thank you! I have learned soooooo much. My question is: How much would a newbie have to invest money wise to get into the game and be able to truly competitive? In your opinion...

Nice video!! Have you tried the ecotex water base ink from screen print direct? If so, what are your thoughts?

How do you keep the shirt from lifting off the board? My shirts still lift with the tack.

Clean work! What white ink are you using for the underbase? I’m having a hard time with my underbase

Great video! Quick question. How many extra shirts do you usually order in case you mess up? Especially for a beginner. Thanks.

What did you put for test printing?

Thank you for your videos! One question...So after I contract the selection, it's only contracting the selection lines. How do I get the actual image to contract? Did I miss something?

sir suppose i want to print metallic gold plastisol ink(single color design) on black t-shirt, is white underbased is required?

What mesh do you use when your print wet on wet?

How can I get that design in ur shirt u wearing that's 🔥

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How do we get registrations marks when we invert a image I set my canvas size to 13x19 so and image 10 inch so I can have room to add registrations marks but when I invert it to get my white undervas the canvas as well inverts black to and I can see my registrations marks please man help me out

Nice work. Do you use water base ink or just plastisol ?

Great video, but I have a few observations.when you say 3 pixels in Photoshop, what resolution are you using (this makes a difference)? I always use 300 dpi resolution when using Photoshop. The second observation, I appreciate you telling us what inks you used, but you failed to mention the screen mesh size (also important), it would be nice when people post videos on RU-vid about screen printing techniques, you include all the variable information, like the screen mesh size. Please don't misunderstand my comment, I think you make great videos, and I am a BIG fan, I just think it would be more helpful to include the specific details I mentioned Thanks

I have a question.. how far do you put your artwork from your registration marks? In Photoshop

great video... maybe I missed it but what ink did you use for the underbase?

Do you use a 110 mesh for the underbase? Or do you feel it would leave to much ink on the shirt?

What size screens can you use for the Epic liquid gold? I need to print coozies. Can you use a 125?

hey taino any way you can provide a link to were i can buy this tape? awesome videos by the way i soak up allot of information with your uploads thank you!!!

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Hola senor. Like always, nice post. What ink do you use for the under base?

How can I seperate colors for different screens without using sep studio

Hi, you said you use Photoshop and contract 3 pixels, would that be the same as illustrator choke? On illustrator you choke the underbase (.5 - 2) to make smaller than top image. Is contract the same as choke as far as the numbers? Thank you

Taino, did you print wet on wet or print flash print for each color? I worry about curing the underbase before printing my last color.

Ha ur opening was in my hood !

It would be wonderfully helpful if you would link the items you show in your videos, like the clear registration tape.

You could use regular piece of clear tape

Do that but my top problem is that wen I do a underbase the top my top color bleeds

Great video, how big is your studio ?

Which Adobe should I subscribe to for color separation, and general design?

What were the mesh numbers you picked for all the colors 👌🏾

Hello sir what is the cost of a plain tshirt that you use for printing???

That clear masking is not 100% guarantee all the time. The ink goes on flatter than on a shirt, so it gives a false registration at times.

Hey brother quick question i just start playing with Screen printing no i have a design i originally did with HTV black shirt red vinyl the shirt started pealing off after some time not i want to screen print black shirt with red Speedball paint do i need an underbase?

would it be possible to come to see your work in person?

Now that you have the Anotal are you still choaking at 3 pts. ?

What is the most sceen number you use? Like 110 or 230

Can you tell me the name of the beat at around 5 mins? Learned a lot tho 🙏🏻

Very new to screen printing, where can I find that printing tape?

I'm here for the grill, how is that going?

Friend why red are not show much if we print on black t-shirt please?

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Do you sell glow in the dark clothes? I want to buy pants and tee shirts for rave festival.

I have asked the same question 3 times but never got your reply??? What sort of printer you are using for positive film???

10k, I can almost smell it

Where's your shop??

I need a file for mark points. Do you have it. thank

why don't you say where you get your tees from or other materials?

How did you make those marvel paintings

Sign of the times… when I started 33 years ago , 95% were white shirts. Times have changed.

Well that was a waste of 10 minutes of my life! You didn’t do anything to teach how to print a good underbase!