Discharge Printing: Part One – An introduction to how it works
Standard silk screening has traditionally been done using plastisol inks, which are plastic/ oil based. Discharge inks can be either a hybrid of plastisol and water based, by mixing plasti-charge with a plastisol color or could be a water based discharge ink. Sounds confusing, but I will do my best to educate you on the […]
Part Two: Discharge Printing onto 100% cotton and Cotton/Poly Blends and shifts in printed tones
As mentioned in Part One, discharge inks are designed to work properly with cotton fibers and will give the best and brightest results onto 100% cotton shirts. 50/50, 65/35, CVC and Tri-blends can often have discharge inks printed onto them, but the results can vary drastically and it is best to understand the results or […]
Tips for deciding how many shirts to get for your first t-shirt order.
If you are starting a brand and wanting to jump into the world of t-shirts, deciding how many shirts of each design to get made in the initial run can be really confusing. I’d like to try and explain why getting at least 36 of each design is a great first order quantity. Acme Prints […]