Post 1: Quality takes time

Quality takes time.

Take a look at the picture above. Notice how the top two shirts have a yellow-greenish hue to them?

That’s not how they are supposed to look.

Dye Migration is what happens when the ink is not cured at the correct temp for the substrate it is being applied to.

Now look at the bottom shirt…see how nice and white it looks? When a customer like Maxbauer’s Meat Market(no joke, best steaks and beef jerky around!) asks for their logo to be printed in white, THIS is what they want. Not the pasty yellowish prints from “those other guys.”

In the end, it all comes down to taking the time to do things right. Before I met Chris, our “Screenprint Scientist”, I had NO idea how much needs to be done BEFORE we put ink onto the screen! The dryer needs to be calibrated for the type of material and apparel we are about to print (because a hoodie requires different temps than a t-shirt, and cotton requires a different temp than a tri-blend). The inks and platens need to be warmed and prepped with adhesive, so shirts do not slide around mid print. Half the battle is in the preparation, and if you are not seeing great results from the printers you are currently using, it means they are either not taking the time to dial everything in before printing, or they simply don’t know that screenprinting is a science, and needs to be treated as such.

Beau, T-Shirt Robot LLC