The Correct Way To Screen Print T-shirts | Full Tutorial 

Just always try to keep it the same for all jobs. I use reg marks at top/bottom. I always center art in corel draw. I mark all screens 5' down from both sides and burn it there from where the print will start. I hardly ever have to adjust the platens on my manual or automatic.

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Hello, I am a beginner and I have some questions that I am spending a lot of time with. 1.- I use glue for the plate but when using the dryer the glue fuses (if I can put it that way) with the ink since when you lift the shirt it stays stuck to the shirt and on the plate the ink is still there as if it were They would have mixed, I use a hair dryer and that doesn't happen, what could it be? 2.- I want to make a design with many details but also letters that come out clear but when I apply pressure with the squeegee the design overflows and loses details (I use 200 and 110 mesh and the same thing happens) I try to give it a height of 1/8 but I don't know what's going on, help please :(

@@BrayanC_C. 1. Watch Golden Press Studio's glue video which covers most things and should answer questions unless I'm able to answer it below. When you apply the glue to the platen you have to flash (or use your hair dryer if you don't have one) to dry it and then you can load the shirts on. 2. There are lots of factors that go into achieving a clean print so here's a few questions to get you started. -Are your screens tight with proper tension? -Are your screens coated too thick? -Did you dry your coated screens properly with shirt side facing down (dried the same way it looks on press)? -Can you split up your design into 2 screens (1 for the more detailed section on a higher mesh and one for the less detailed on a lower mesh)? Or are you on a single station press? -Is your flood stroke causing issue? Should be light to just cover the image -Are you pushing or pulling the squeegee? Pushing, while easier on the body, tends to create problems for beginners who slam and drive the ink smashing through the screen verses pulling the squeegee toward you-start with more of an upright angle and adjust from there. Avoid "smooshing" and watch a few other pull printers to study their technique. -Is your squeegee nice and sharp? If you're pulling (which I'd recommend), ensure you have a little bit of flex on the blade but not too much. Also use a higher durometer squeegee if needed. -Is your off contact even? If you have too much of a tilt between the front and back of the screen (or side to side) that can cause problems-as long as it's pretty close it should be fine. -Are you measuring the off-contact from the shirt to the screen or the platen to the screen? Do it from the shirt. You want approximately a nickel's thickness between the shirt and the bottom of the screen to start and you can adjust from there...As long as your screen pops off the shirt after you print you'll be good (less is better than too much). And Mylo would probably add, stir, STIR, STIIIRRR your inks!! Hope that helped and I'm sure others can also help if you're still having issues with the print. Keep practicing, don't give up, keep adjusting tactics until you find what works. God bless

Brother this is Gold Thank you ❤️🙌. Yes my goal is to definitely move to a 1 pass on each side when coating. Specially when I’m printing high detail designs. Thanks again 🙌

Yes its a bit complex in the beginning but as soon as you find that Rythm is just repletion after repletion.

Yes, practice makes you get better, but always after each burn whether fail or pass. Write down what you do. So, you won't repeat the same problems again.

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Market your business on social media, creating video content will help you get sales and new clients.

@@myloprints got it, Thank you Sir!

Lol, been cleaning them for around 30 years w/o a mask or gloves, I am fine besides a 3rd arm growing on my back, lol. I do wear gloves when removing tape, etc. I use leather gloves then because the tape does not stick to the glove.

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Are you applying pressure on your flood stroke? If you are then you may be pushing ink through the screen and when it gets set on the garment for your print stroke you will just squish all that ink onto the garment. How liquid is your ink? To runny and you may kill your design and to thick it won't push through nicely. Great thing about not enough is you can hit it again lightly to try and get a better impression.

@@chankarchandra Thank you so much for your insight. You know, I think I might be applying pressure to the flood. I never thought of that. I feel like my ink flow is pretty good. But also, I'm not sure. I am using water based ink, which I've learned is more challenging to start with. It has been very cold where I live and my set up is in my garage. I was thinking that might be impacting my ink flow. *shrug* It's been a few weeks since I've practice (because of the weather). But I am itching to get back out there to practice.

@@monikanimated Sometimes with waterbased ink a higher mesh count helps. Have fun.

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thank you . Yes its a bit expensive to start. If you want to start the correct way

it's not a big difference, but you just have to hit that single pass pretty perfect. The less layers of emulsion you have should decrease the exposure time depending on your exposure.

If you get too thin of a coat you could get a lot of pinholes to block up.

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Use the finger method, just touch it. If ink comes off, flash it longer. I can tell if the ink is good by the eye method, if it is shiny, flash it again.

Use plastisol ink remover to clean it up …. If it’s water base ink it should come off with water …..

@@myloprints thanks - that totally makes sense but also shows how new! ;)

That’s the the Off Contact … around a quarter apart … around 1/16 of a inch..

@myloprints thanks bro!

I have no idea to be honest, But it has to say 160 mesh, read the description to double check.

@gazofr3924 Don’t mess with 160s…. Find someone who has 123/55 yellow mesh… game changer 🦍

Buy good emulsion. I have had 100's of reps come here and tell me how good their emulsion is. I still use elano 1 step emulsion. I burn at 50 seconds, I have an MR exposure unit, which is top of the line. The exposure time would matter to what kind of exposure unit you have. My old one would take 3.30 minutes.

$500 bucks can get that motor running …. But I honestly understand …

@@myloprints $500 sounds like a good starting point. Just trying to see how good the heat press is going to treat me and from there i am planning on jumping to screen printing.

Yes 110 is equal to 43T. The T numbers are mostly used in Europe

Start saving up, I started with only $500

Yes that could be part of it, having smooth inks also helps and having the correct mesh.

It's done the same thing to me with both a 305 and a 160 mesh so that's why I was thinking maybe it's that, I also didn't know about the mixing the inks part... Your video was the first I found that talks about mixing it for a few min so need to give that one a try now.@@myloprints

Have you add adhesive to the platen so your t-shirt could stick to it

Been doing it 30 years. Like he said, use glue or you have to clear the screen with ink, use more preasure.

what material is it ?

@@lainzmedia Ink Jet Waterproof Film most likely. You can also use vellum but film is easier for exposing.

My flash heats up to 700F …. So I leave it under the flash for 10-13 seconds

@@myloprints thanks

I have a video for each topic you said ..

I'm currently watching one about the registration marks. The thing is I don't use Photoshop the costs. I use Inkscape and it can do a lot of some of the things that Photoshop does but as for the other things I mentioned I will search for them in the videos. Thank you for responding! I love the content and the positivity that you bring. Stay blessed@@myloprints

Haha very true ..