How to be a Screen Printer with Screen Printing Q&A

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How to be a Screen Printer with Screen Printing Q&A. In todays video I test out some new inks from Matsui and Permaset Aqua. We get stuff done and I answer a few questions from The Print Life facebook group.
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@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

How Hot is Your City? Tell me in the comments!

@vinnyvince23 6 жыл бұрын

Mesa...AZ... well...you know... LOL!

@Tim.Howard 6 жыл бұрын

74 today 90 yesterday. Michigan

@MrBreeze66 6 жыл бұрын

90 - Coastal Georgia

@finallychurro-mn1mu 6 жыл бұрын

It's 115 in SoCal area

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

Damn 74 in the summer, Love that but your winters are torture.

@dalethr3se7ens74 6 жыл бұрын

this is the most rewarding unforgiving business i've ever got into the only job where training is irrelevant instead fucking up and learning from your mistakes is a must . you have helped me out more than you will ever know my man,keep up the great work

@nobsky1 3 жыл бұрын

True true you need them darn primary colors ready to go!

@andrewfarias2658 6 жыл бұрын

We are in az as well. We have a big dryer and a couple flashes running during the day and it gets hot up in the shop. We try to start early and leave early. We also just got a swap cooler that has vents just over the printing stations. It helps but both our dark room and washout room are like sweat rooms.

@onewest126 6 жыл бұрын

Print Fam! Niagara Falls Canada...was about 97 degrees all week. Got some rain last night and cooled things off. 77 right now...perrrrrrrfect!

@blackheartteesclothing 6 жыл бұрын

Great Content as always Cam. San Antonio right now 92 degrees 47% Humidity

@madisonsmith3424 6 жыл бұрын

Congratz on 12k subs!!!!!!

@AS-cy1jt 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a newbie, loving the videos.. always wanted to do this,

@ClaptonCheeks 4 жыл бұрын

Watching this in az in the winter and it’s a nice 70

@bryanquenga2145 6 жыл бұрын

Keep it growing. 🌱 Print fam!

@Demon2049 6 жыл бұрын

Nice vid. Glad your back. Print fam!

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

Thans man, glad to be back.

@ImBritoEric 5 жыл бұрын

im trying to learn this thanks

@cr8zyeditor 6 жыл бұрын

Just out of a heat wave, a cool 18 C/64 F 99% humidity in Digby, Nova Scotia. Rain just ended and back to sunshine for the weekend.

@shirtpeddlerrob6583 6 жыл бұрын

sick holmes! like this one. get some!

@darknytestudios 5 жыл бұрын

I love the same color contrast shirts

@madisonsmith3424 6 жыл бұрын

What up!!! Great video as always brotha. Did I see you burn a screen, put the screen in your dip tank, and then washout the stencil?? That’s a new one for me, very curious! Thanks for all the juicy content you put out here man

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

we have a small dip tank that is just filled with water it pre softens the emulsion makes washout allot easier.

@geeky1818 6 жыл бұрын

Print Fam yo!!

@tyrelyazzie1919 6 жыл бұрын

Seattle and it’s in the 70’s... I’m from Arizona so I definitely know what 100 and 101 degrees feels like.

@noimdaveman 3 жыл бұрын

Subbed as soon as I saw you crack open a Zevia lol

@angelitovijuk 6 жыл бұрын

Raining Greensboro NC. Print fan

@tataygemspub3385 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Cam, can you make a mini bio pic video of your business? from the beginning to date a little bit background and idea how to start the business, or if theres already, hit me a link.. Ever since i got the idea of making instead of buying, and also, im a big guy, so there is limited clothes to buy, first thing came to my mind was screen printing DIY clothes. ever since your channel popped in my home page, you got me man.. i like how hard working you are same time fun and cool at all times.. keep it up man! godbless!

@RSM1 6 жыл бұрын

PRINTFAM!!!

@prototypeeight9503 6 жыл бұрын

Austin cooled off a little thanks to some rain this week - 95F with 46% humidity.

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

ga dang 46% would drive me nuts.

@blacksheepserigraphie9209 6 жыл бұрын

16 Celsius which is 60 Fahrenheit 52% humidity in Seytroux France. It’s also 10 pm after a rainstorm. Normally around 27 Celsius = 80 Fahrenheit

@kevinbermudez710 5 жыл бұрын

sup dude . I use to work for a circuit board company and we used little disposable Dixie cups to mix colors. just a idea. not sure if its cost affective but worth a try to get those equal portions.

@inkingsink 6 жыл бұрын

Print Life..!

@danielmullins572 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Cam Awesome video! I've had that happen with the ink spot drying in the screen during production it's pretty annoying. If you use a pump up water spray bottle used for gardening you can get those out. Or if you clean the screen and use some water-based screen cleaner with a paper towel it seems to work well. This way you don't need to remake the entire screen.

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

We tried it all, I think if was Jesses greasy ass sweat, I would not come out for anything. Good advice though I will try that next time.

@danielmullins572 6 жыл бұрын

The Print Life lol that's funny. Also our environments are very different. You guys have way dryer heat than NY.

@Sundheden 5 жыл бұрын

A year late, but wouldn't it be easier to mix them using a huge syringe for measuring each pigment precisely compared to a scale?

@ThePrintLife 5 жыл бұрын

Its crazy, I for sure never thought to try that!

@kathy5939 4 жыл бұрын

9 degrees celcius, Ontario Canada (a year late) but just found your channel.... so interested in starting up. Need equipment!!! ...

@jacobhoskins7224 6 жыл бұрын

New guy looking to get into screen printing. Why do you tape the top of the screen before you ink it? As always, love the videos!

@xderiwx 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Cam, Are you guys washing out images with the actual pressure washer pressure or is that normal hose pressure? Thanks!

@eddiebutler3196 5 жыл бұрын

print fam bam

@sentry9834 6 жыл бұрын

You mentioned that you're not comfortable recommending the starter kits. Just wondering if you could do a video on how you would start a shop knowing what you know now. What equipment you would recommend a beginner start off with.

@kevinbermudez710 5 жыл бұрын

dixie cups might help with the color mixing.

@JMike-gz5co 5 жыл бұрын

I ran that 4 color with no micros for about a year out of necessity. I became surprisingly skilled with my "registration hammer" XD

@TheFrankd70 6 жыл бұрын

Scented inks? That could really be on to something!

@willisthehy6961 5 жыл бұрын

You walk with your arms out 😂😂

@terryschane1251 4 жыл бұрын

@ThePrintLife, Do you store screens from a repeat job/repeat clients without reclaiming/re-burning each time? If so, how do you store them?

@joechabaks7733 6 жыл бұрын

we are in the middle of a heat wave here in norff jersey so it's gets up to 95-96 in the shop (4th floor) w/ the ovens on. ink flows nice tho. sometimes i just print at night. speaking of heat, dude, stop drinking soda in it. really bad for you in hot conditions. water baby water. i recently did a job w/ matsui discharge but those shirts faded quite a bit. also when you stretch test it really cracks up. anyone have a good discharge recommendation?

@serigraf28 6 жыл бұрын

ello friend greetings from argentina .... I would like to know if the inks you used in this video are water-based inks or plastisol? I told you here in my city we have a temperature of -2 ° much much cold.

@jvzqz13 4 жыл бұрын

For any normal ink, does the shirt HAVE to go through the heater belt? or can flash dry be okay? why does the shirt go through the hater belt?

@michaelapplewhite4715 6 жыл бұрын

Jackson Ms. 85° 70% only 85 because it rained today.. been 92° plus all this week

@collinvassell12345 6 жыл бұрын

Print fan

@joseluisbermudez2722 6 жыл бұрын

Hi print Fam . here in Buenos Aires, Argentina 11°c/51°F 84%H

@glynishughs1048 6 жыл бұрын

And here we are in the uk getting excited about 77 degrees with a humidity of 41 :-)

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

Damn, thanks for watching all the way from the UK.

@STOPTHECAPPLEASE 5 жыл бұрын

What ink mixing system are you using

@distortedcrab 6 жыл бұрын

Print Fam

@genelarose3055 6 жыл бұрын

Print Fam! 95 degrees - 86% humidity

@rrobinjoe 6 жыл бұрын

Today it’s 114! Riverside, CA

@alanfields001 6 жыл бұрын

It's 90° with 70% humidity in Miami

@optimumgraphicsllc3837 6 жыл бұрын

78 degrees in Eastern NC Real Feel of 81 degrees and humidity is 81 percent....not hot here!

@pwalshKansas 6 жыл бұрын

In my experience most ink companies use proprietary color matching formulations for Pantone simulations and don't rely on the percentage of mixing colors called out on the Pantone fan deck

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

That may be the case. Im excited to mix more colors and see how many are accurate.

@hotboxprintstudio 6 жыл бұрын

Shirt turned out clean by the way IMHO.... *regardless of the color not being exact

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

I agree. The shirt looks better in person. The system is pretty cool I mix another color later and I worked great, So it seems like some colors will be closer than others.

@WyndellEarles 5 жыл бұрын

I realize this is an older post but I just wanted to comment on it. Whenever you use transparent white, ALWAYS mix your primarily colors first and then add to the transparent white. You can measure the primary colors separately from the trans white. Also, if you convert the percentages to grams, you can set your scale to grams and it works out perfectly. Those Pantone formulas are not forgiving. I’ve been printing for 30 years and have mixed hundreds of pounds of ink colors. Your posts are fantastic! Keep up the great work.

@rrittenhouse 6 жыл бұрын

New subscriber. Reyes The Entrepreneur sent his viewers here to check your channel out. I love it! Also, 71F / 91% humidity @ 12:45AM

@myoung48281 5 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know about using permaset premium on coroplast?

@zeyah9374 5 жыл бұрын

print fam

@oshyn5131 6 жыл бұрын

Its 118 here in PHX, AZ

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

Hey man, my god damn thermometer in the shop must be busted or something. It's brand new, piece of Chinese crap!

@oshyn5131 6 жыл бұрын

it certainly feels like 118 haha

@patcairncross7161 Жыл бұрын

You are TOOO!! FUUCCKKIIN’ FUNNYY !!!!!!

@shawnsderbyden1032 6 жыл бұрын

In iowa its a nice 80° with65% humidity

@grizzly168 5 жыл бұрын

5 degrees in NY

@robkaisher2831 6 жыл бұрын

Madison WI 90* 81% humidity

@joshuahayden784 6 жыл бұрын

Cam, my shop just started using the adhesive glue to put on platens so we don’t deal with all the particles getting in our lungs from the spray adhesive. The glue adhesive is not keep the platens sticky for very long. How do you keep the platens sticky or do you have to keep re-applying the glue adhesive? Thanks

@UFF-ChadHolcombe 6 жыл бұрын

Joshua Hayden At our ship we can generally print several hundred shirts before needing to reapply. We usually clean the pallets and apply the water based adhesive in the morning and are good to go for the day unless we have a ton going down that day or are Printing on fleece.

@joshuahayden784 6 жыл бұрын

xcellentgraphics is the water based adhesive something sold separately? Or can we just use normal tap water?

@UFF-ChadHolcombe 6 жыл бұрын

Na. That’s what you are using is water based adhesive. Sometimes if your lint buildup is t too bad later in the day you can take and spray some water on the pallets and send to the flash and it will bring back some tackiness as well.

@joshuahayden784 6 жыл бұрын

xcellentgraphics okay. I’ll test that out. Thanks for your input.

@advancedtshirts 6 жыл бұрын

Why did the color match it not work? I can tell you why. Pantone is not based on a color model so how can you match a color without a color model. But thank God you got lucky! And you right about primary colors.

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

as far as I know, They built the pigment system of the color model Pantone uses. When I mixed the darker purple it seemed to get real close. So I have high hopes for the system.

@advancedtshirts 6 жыл бұрын

Pantone is not a color model it is color matching system with numerical values and names give to the colors. So it just just spot color system which is why you will not find it in the color models of the graphics applications. You will only find it as list of spot colors to choose from.

@advancedtshirts 6 жыл бұрын

You can see the science here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mbedZsR5qqrRY5c.html

@papii_uzumaki7365 5 жыл бұрын

What city are you in and do u think I should get a job at a screen printing shop before I start my company or should I learn through experience

@ThePrintLife 5 жыл бұрын

Its not a horrible idea to get a job in a shop first to see if the process of screen printing is something you will enjoy.

@jasonenz4238 6 жыл бұрын

100% humidity and it's not raining

@SevenSlotSociety 6 жыл бұрын

#PRINTFAM

@netwrkops 3 жыл бұрын

Print fam

@lord-skinner 6 жыл бұрын

Nashville 86° & 86% humidity...

@APPOID 6 жыл бұрын

What do you think about the future of screen printing shirts? Will DTG displace it? There are so many websites like spreadshirt making it easy for customers to order some printed shirts. Why should they call a local shop and try to explain what they want? Some clicks on the internet are much easier. I have problems to get new customers for my local business.

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

To some degree I think it will. Those Kornit whatever machines are getting very fast and color accurate. I'm not sure were screen printing fits in the future but I don't think it will go away completely. and even if dtg dose take over, the need for local printer will always remain its just hard to predict what we will print with.

@thevictoryreport1 6 жыл бұрын

Printfam

@jasonenz4238 6 жыл бұрын

Wash that permaset! Inquiring minds...

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

after running another job Jesse was having some issues with the ink crawling up the squeegee blade.

@jasonenz4238 6 жыл бұрын

The Print Life - my black does that bad but it don't bother me. There's ways to combat that. :)

@hotboxprintstudio 6 жыл бұрын

Hows the M&R been treating you now Cam???

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

So good. all the registration issues were because that bolts that go through the head needed to be relocktighted (that aint a word) once that was fixed and the pallets were leveled properly every things works like a charm.

@Tim.McElheny 6 жыл бұрын

100+ in Los Angeles

@gregmcglothlin3708 6 жыл бұрын

Today it was 114 outside inside my shop was 120ish

@jerrygarcia9393 6 жыл бұрын

San Bernardino ca 115° __ 8%h 3:41 pm

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

Worse than AZ

@4F_ranch 4 жыл бұрын

What was he doing with the squeegee between the pieces of wood? Cleaning? Sharpening?

@ThePrintLife 4 жыл бұрын

Sharpening the cheap way. A hot knife is ideal but sanding work just fine for us broke folks.

@dickprintz6018 6 жыл бұрын

Cold as shit in Brisbane #printlife

@menakrose7162 6 жыл бұрын

INDONESIA unch

@sophiedarling1979 6 жыл бұрын

Liverpool UK 15 but its night time

@bernyarellano357 6 жыл бұрын

115 degress yuma ,Az

@robertkaule5344 5 жыл бұрын

Why not discharge the water based ink, would have looked better and maybe closer the color you were looking for?

@Yendi233 5 жыл бұрын

Yep it’s definitely HOT AS SHIT IN AZ

@maynor128 6 жыл бұрын

Florida 90F 94% humidity

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

Im gonna be in Orlando next week. I dont know If i can handle that humidity.

@maynor128 6 жыл бұрын

The Print Life don’t plan anything outside unless it’s dark lol

@tataygemspub3385 6 жыл бұрын

Philippines has only 2 season, if its HOT, is f'in HOT, if its raining, its RAINING! You should go in the Philippines man..

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

Arizona is the same way. Shout out to the Philippines.

@richardabril7445 6 жыл бұрын

San Jacinto ca. 107. But the sweat running down my ass kept me cool.

@ThePrintLife 6 жыл бұрын

😄

@aldodiaz8536 4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes is 28 c And sometimes is 39 a 40 c

@advancedtshirts 6 жыл бұрын

55°s but I am on the other side of the planet.

@HiramJuarbe 4 жыл бұрын

Soulfart i cant find it

@ThePrintLife 4 жыл бұрын

Soul fart.

@gabriellimon757 6 жыл бұрын

@papii_uzumaki7365 5 жыл бұрын

@VidarSaeberg 6 жыл бұрын

hehe ;) 54 F and 68%

@jamesmalett402 6 жыл бұрын

°100\48% Dallas Texas

@davt007 6 жыл бұрын

52F today

@visionsscreenprinting3135 6 жыл бұрын

Upper 90's w/ 50%-70% past few weeks. Ya need some damn gills ta breathe!

@dalethr3se7ens74 6 жыл бұрын

oh Louisianan is .......... HOT !

@jamesmalett402 6 жыл бұрын

Broke2Ballin_Apparel on IG

@jamesmalett402 6 жыл бұрын

Print Fam

@jimmyrios6815 4 жыл бұрын

Print fam

@richardberry4748 6 жыл бұрын

Print Fam