Screen Print Hacks and Tips | Load a T-shirt Straight and Center

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Screen Print Hacks and Tips | Load a T-shirt Straight and Center
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@brotherpantichrist 5 жыл бұрын

First time I've seen this fine and important detail. Printing is easy, centering a shirt is an art!

@ThePrintLife 5 жыл бұрын

Yea just grab a stack of shirts take a few hours and just practice the load with no prints over and over,

@kuyajapes 5 жыл бұрын

This is what I like with this channel, even the simplest thing has its own systematic way of doing it. Thanks Cam!

@TheInkBuildUp 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome tips. I just realized that I do take to long to load shirts. Can't believe I haven't thought about having the print side of the shirt down on the table to make loading faster. Thanks.👍👍

@iamuglypeople 5 жыл бұрын

Hands down the best video I’ve seen yet for loading shirts. Great job Cam.

@printittowinit 5 жыл бұрын

great tip on one of the most important yet overlooked parts of the job. tanks brudder!

@philipmazonson4694 Жыл бұрын

so ive had a shop for about 30years, and now that i don't have enough help in the shop ,I'm doing shit i haven't done in well over 20+ years ...your vids have helped me get back in to the production ...thanks man!

@visionsscreenprinting3135 5 жыл бұрын

Good tips Cam! I never worked in a print shop before I started mine 7-8 years ago. Loading correctly takes a lot of practice. I still wouldn't call myself proficient. Your grab is a bit different than mine, and I'm going to give it a shot. Very efficient!

@johnphillips4733 5 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot for that. I've just started my self and struggle with this, only have a single station press from ryonet but will definitely practice this technique.

@desparzaification 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, finally something that made sense after three years. Thanks

@MrXrayPL 5 жыл бұрын

That was a nice surprise to see something so much related to printing yet so fresh Man. Thanks for this video.

@tferguson17 5 жыл бұрын

Hey man, love your videos, just starting and learning a lot. Just watched your testing discharge red vid, and realized today was the 8th, so Happy Birthday!

@prototypeeight9503 5 жыл бұрын

Nicely done. very close to my method too... I do wish i had seen training on this topic before i started. I began with bad habits that I had to over come.

@alsouthern7190 4 жыл бұрын

Just learning how to screen print. Just found your channel with loads of very useful info...Sweet!! Liked and subbed and great channel!

@fbcruiser1 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cam! I need all the help i can get..

@calilivin2475 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome tips. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@reamerone 5 жыл бұрын

thank you for the great tips

@FlexMckenzie 5 жыл бұрын

Karate Chops, I like the way that you explained it. Time for me to go practice that way. Thanks

@boneheadscorner8286 5 жыл бұрын

Thanx dawgie 😜🤟💯 helped me out like fow real👊

@ScottKingDesigns 5 жыл бұрын

Welcome back PIMP!

@jimkozikis892 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the share.

@brittelliott207 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Man. I worked in a shop in Tempe mostly catching. No one trained with such detail. I want to learn more and work in a T-shirt shop part time, hopefully near the Garfield District.

@frankyfreedomsp8974 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this quick tip I'm always loading crooked and always getting caught up on the bracket. Keep it pimpin..lol

@sony111111111111 5 жыл бұрын

Good vid thanks!

@BroTVBicol 3 жыл бұрын

I love the way how you instruct 😍👏

@tourinojacks5844 11 ай бұрын

Epic!!

@madisonsmith3424 5 жыл бұрын

Great video!! A lot of us needed this one

@Factory928AC 5 жыл бұрын

Madison Smith very true

@ThePrintLife 5 жыл бұрын

Knife hands, and Katate Chops

@ThePrintLife 5 жыл бұрын

Karate Chops, and Knifehands coming in hot. Share and comment #knifehandskaratechops

@nadimhassan6695 5 жыл бұрын

how many t shirt i can print with 1kilogram plastisol link

@ThePrintLife 5 жыл бұрын

@@nadimhassan6695 what's a kilogram?

@jamestudor9633 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful.. Thank you very much

@phobosnation8220 4 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah Cam

@litterboxftw 5 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah gonna practice my chops and kicks today. girls like guuys with skills

@143aphrodite9 2 жыл бұрын

Hellow..new subscriber here from Philippines...thanks for the tutorial..

@franciscocervantes4679 5 жыл бұрын

My two cents, I find that if I set the shirt print side up with the bottom opening of the shirt facing away while having a stack of shirts halfway off the cart, so the bottom is closer. Next, I pull the shirt from the bottom right and running your other finger next to the other and as you are turning and sliding your left-hand finger, opening the bottom wide enough to shove the shirt to the back of the platter. For shits and giggles, I tried to apply your technic but found it adds a second to the whole process, but I think with practice, yours should be just as fast. I hope this alternate technique helps.

@joseluisbermudez2722 5 жыл бұрын

Great tip!!!.from Agentina, Printfam

@thippeswamy9780 4 жыл бұрын

nice and clean thanks Cam, from India. Please do a video on how not to get dirty, inked on self and greased on hands while working. Thanks and respect.

@hotboxprintstudio 5 жыл бұрын

First prints I ever did were a 2 color... nailed the print, failed terribly at the loading, LOL.

@ThePrintLife 5 жыл бұрын

every 8 shirts or so I have a load blunder. the more I print the more shirts in can load with out a oops.

@bboy_noiz9572 3 жыл бұрын

The mr miagi of screenprinting

@jonathanzambrano6349 5 жыл бұрын

Nice!! I get more anxiety from loading shirts than I need to!! LOL Good tips for sure! #KnifeHand

@ThePrintLife 5 жыл бұрын

Knife Edges, and Karate chops will get it done!

@ThePrintLife 5 жыл бұрын

Coming in hot with the #knifehand

@jonathanzambrano6349 5 жыл бұрын

@@ThePrintLife where I come from we don't play! We keep our #KnifeHand STRONG!

@zombieprinting2670 4 жыл бұрын

Cam! WTF is wrong with me dude lol I have been having issues for a while getting shirts straight on my pallets and I just re watched this, went out and Bam! 6 tries 6 straight shirts. I'm slow lol but I should have listened to you a long time ago. Not brand new to printing but obviously not the brightest hahaha thanks bro

@inkingsink 5 жыл бұрын

PRINT LIFE..!!

@terrywalber1527 5 жыл бұрын

Best shirt loading video on the net. What platen size are you using in this video?

@ThePrintLife 5 жыл бұрын

These are 16x22 I believe

@radleymartin3536 5 жыл бұрын

gotta load quicker than that on an auto.. but solid tips and tricks my dude. long time sub new commenter. i just vibe with your attitude so much man. you got the mind set and the vibe to take over printing. i hope to see you do so.

@RookieMistakeYT 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of tape is that that you use on the inside of screens? The white tape. It always comes off super smooth.

@hellboxartscreenprinting6289 5 жыл бұрын

Lock & Load 👕🔫⚡️🤘

@JustSaytheWordLLCGINAGIL 5 жыл бұрын

I'm not a screen printer... YET.... Thanks for the tip though!!!

@trapcard8996 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Print Life, I want to start printing on the lower right of a shirt. How would I set this up?

@bilbryink9929 4 жыл бұрын

In one of your videos you were talking about water based printing and that if a shop does it about 50% of the time a method we can use is to use the same emulsion we would with plastisol ink but after you expose it and wash it out you can apply a hardening agent. The next step is to expose the screen on the exposure unit, then after you wash it out apply Chroma set and leave on for about 3-5 mins. then rise that off, set it dry in the sun or once it is dry expose it again for 30 sec on the exposure unit and that will harden the emulsion enough to use water based inks without purchasing a water base emulsion. This should work fine right? :) Thanks in advance!

@ThePrintLife 4 жыл бұрын

From our experiance hardening agents are ok for runs up to 100pcs after that the emulsion starts to get soft.

@100pushups6 3 жыл бұрын

What size pallet are you using?

@FIGHT101TV 4 жыл бұрын

The adhesive spray is what stops my shirt n makes wrinkles...how can i make it smoother? Just spray where im printing?

@reneestruwe7205 3 жыл бұрын

nice moves Bruce Lee

@SodaCityWerx 5 жыл бұрын

Press Reveiw Coming Soon

@lylenewton5381 5 жыл бұрын

Great tip...I don’t see the blue flash from China 🤷🏼‍♂️ did it finally crap out ?

@ThePrintLife 5 жыл бұрын

well I for sure got a new better one, It works ok but it over heats. so it has to sit in the corner and think about what it has done.

@lylenewton5381 5 жыл бұрын

The Print Life I was gonna get one ..but not now 👍🏻

@jodypratt2365 4 жыл бұрын

I have tried this and just have trouble. I have wood platens and wondering if aluminum platens would be a better option down the road. I have such a problem with getting them crooked. Any addition help??

@ThePrintLife 4 жыл бұрын

Loading a shirt straight is a knack that you develop almost exclusively through practice. as for the pallets as long as you are registering the screen straight to the pallet it should not matter, unless each pallet has a different angle. I think aluminum pallets with precision cut adapters do help remove the variable. so in the long run you should strive for and upgrade in your equipment, but for now, use a square to make sure all your pallets have the same even angle. register you screen to the pallet, and you will have a good starting point.

@jodypratt2365 4 жыл бұрын

@@ThePrintLife that's what I did last night for a couple of hours.. still getting the shirt on there with more on one side than the other. Not really crooked ...just off center.. thanks for your help I'll keep trying

@Factory928AC 5 жыл бұрын

Sshhhhweeeet tip Are u a one man band again?

@ThePrintLife 5 жыл бұрын

No sir just not processing orders at this time.

@dimpletoadfoot8631 Жыл бұрын

Karate chop, lobster claws

@mictlanone6198 4 жыл бұрын

How you keep ink off your hands though lol do a video on tht

@ThePrintLife 4 жыл бұрын

Practice, If you ask me keeping ink off you and everything else is the sign of a good printer. Everything else is bulshit. Good idea for a video. Coming soon.

@mictlanone6198 4 жыл бұрын

The Print Life i agree. The shirts wuld be the only problem lol