 This print was a bit more complicated than usual. In addition to the gold foil used for the medallion, the leaves in the center are made up of about fifty rhinestones for additional shine. Another interesting challenge was ensuring the placement of the print so that it would appear like a necklace, even going all the way up to the shoulders. Needless to say our client (and us of course) were very happy with how these turned out!
 We’ve printed shirts for the Celtic rock band Tempest for years, and for this run they wanted something a bit more eye-catching. We printed this design in gold shimmer, and added a drop-shadow effect as well. The shirts turned out amazing, making their 25th anniversary tour that much more special!
 Super soft waterbased white As much as we are always talking about the benefits of waterbased and discharge printing, they do have
some limitations. One of those is that certain colored fabrics do not react with discharge inks and will
not print properly. Royal blue is one of those colors, and if we were to print this shirt with standard
discharge white, the end result would be a powder blue print. HIGH SOLID ACRYLICS TO THE RESCUE!
Pictured above is our new super opaque white waterbased ink. This is not a discharge product, and
will sit on top of the fabric as opposed to in it. It does have more hand than a discharge print, but
the feel is super smooth and soft compared to plastisol. It’s really neat stuff and we are one of only
a handful of shops offering it.
This print was a perfect candidate, Berkeley based Flux Coffee ordered several different colored shirts
for their order and one of them was Royal, so we discharged the rest and used our opaque waterbased
white for the royal. Result – perfection. (Good art always helps there too!)
Here’s a 4 color waterbased print on light shirts
that we did for the Montclair Elementary Metrathon.
We used Port and Company Organic cotton shirts,
and waterbased inks. Not only do these shirts have
a very nice feel, this is arguably the most
environmentally friendly way to screen print
t-shirts.
Of course, great artwork always helps as well.
We printed these shirts using 4 color process on White and Ash Gildan 2000 shirts.
4 color process is a print method of using only 4 colors (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and blacK, CMYK)
to reproduce many different shades of additional colors. It works well for photographs
and colorful artwork, on white and light shirts.
 Single color discharge print across the zipper Here’s a single color discharge print across the zipper for the Fillmore. Pretty neat!
 Here’s a three color distressed print we did for a Winger reunion promotion, complete with a weathered/vintage feel, waterbased
discharge inks on Sun Apparel garments. Yeah buddy!
 This print is made up of two different inks. The red background is waterbased discharge, our secret mix that results in a very bright red that washes well. On top of that is black plastisol. We went with plastisol for the black as we wanted the print to have a bit of gloss to it to stand out from the ground, Gildan 5000 Charcoal shirts.
Yet another oversized waterbase/discharge
(noticing a trend?) print for an MMA clothing
line. Simple 2 color on Alstyle/AAA shirts.
Here is a 4 color oversized waterbased discharge
print we did for a local high school club. There are
not many shop that print waterbased discharge,
and if this particular print had been executed
using standard plastisol inks the result would
have been like wearing a heavy shield on your
chest. Waterbased discharge inks actually
become part of the fabric, and after washing can
not be felt by the hand. They are also bright and
breathable, which makes them preferred for many
designs.
 Oversize over the seam and off the bottom of the shirt printing All over and off the bottom of the shirt with a single color makes for an interesting
and inexpensive print.
 Custom Foil Screen Printing on Shirts Here is an example of our foil work. Foil is an interesting embellishment method that can be used to add a special effect to printed shirts. There are limitations to the process however, and most garments should be hand washed if possible. Foil comes in a wide variety of colors and can be used with other effects for nearly limitless combinations. Contact us with your ideas for for a quote today.
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