How To Screen Print: 3 Colors On A White Under Base

[bubba2244]

Great Videos. In this video you didn't show the set up. Is there a video that does show the set up for a job like this one???

[CatspitProductions]

@bubba2244 Thank you very much. So far I only have a 2 color on white tees I think that shows the set up. But I will be doing a 4 color spot and dot on white very soon. It may be a multi part video. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! ☠

[MCm0u5e]

awesome job...learning alot from ur vids...thanks

[CatspitProductions]

@MCm0u5e Thank you very much! That's great to hear. You’re’ welcome, my pleasure. Thanks for watching & commenting! ☠

[FRINFRA602]

i am new to screen printing and have learned alot from your videos. The only thing I am having problems with i white ink on black shirt. When you applied the white underbase it looked real smooth. Did you add reducer to your ink?

[CatspitProductions]

@FRINFRA602 Hey thanks a lot. I’m glad to hear you are learning from my videos. I never use reducers when printing colors directly onto black shirts, especially with white ink. The ink itself has that consistency. If your white ink is too thick, there may be a problem with it. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! ☠

[runningwater1970]

I would like to know what kind of printer do you use to print your films with ?

could you please send me info. to customsbyelisabeth@yahoo.com.

Thank you

Elisabeth

[CatspitProductions]

@runningwater1970 Right now I use an Epson 1400 but I would use most any Epson especially the bigger ones like the 4880 and such. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! ☠

[mherring27]

Why are you printing black in on a black shirt? Couldn't you have knocked out the black areas from the underbase and use black shirt for the black in the image?

[CatspitProductions]

@mherring27 Yup sure could have. I didn’t because I only had 2 dozen black tees. The majority of the job was done on white baseball jerseys with black sleeves. About 100. It was the easiest thing to do for the quantities involved. It also made it look just like the dark shirts the customer had printed before by another printer. Didn’t think it was worth trying to change since we printed mostly white tees. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! ☠

[wazupsam]

I've got few questions?Why don't you print wet on wet after you got under base cured? I have seen a lot of people do wet on wet printing after the under base. Why did you have to do a flash after each color? I heard that there are specifically produced inks for wet on wet printing. Can't we do wet on wet printing using normal plastisol, water based and discharged inks?

[CatspitProductions]

@wazupsam You can print wet on wet after the under base if you set the artwork up for that and use the correct inks. For this design and quantity of shirts ordered, we decided to flash it this way. That was the easiest way to make it look like the last print job that had been done. And sometimes I just prefer the look of a flash cured print. Thanks for watching & commenting! ☠

[snikess]

Hi !

Cool video :)

I have a question about your flash dryer. It's a Infrared flash or coil flash ? Is it true that coil flash dryer is a very bad product for final cure ?

Thank You

[CatspitProductions]

@snikess Thanks! My flash cure unit is an infrared model. Any heat source can cure shirts with sufficient heat and consistency but the coil units will be the least efficient in energy usage. Thanks for watching & commenting! ☠

[activate43]

i dont have flash cure, just let it dry naturally ..then after i wash the screen its just about time to apply the next color.. would this be OK?

[CatspitProductions]

@activate43 Sounds like you are using water based inks on a 1 color press situation. If that is working for you then it’s OK. Thanks for watching & commenting! ☠

[thecreativelady]

I loved watching the process. I have a new appreciation for the craft.

[CatspitProductions]

@thecreativelady Glad you liked the video. Very cool. Thanks for watching & commenting! ☠

[bingers19]

What is your suggestion for a beginner for measuring and lining up positives on screens for a multi color job?

[CatspitProductions]

@bingers19 Put registration marks on each color separation in the exact same place. Then use those to measure off each film positive to the screen for exposure. Thanks for watching & commenting! ☠

[activate43]

@bingers19

try lookin at my video, "aligning & exposure"...my guide would be the whole paper size..this is an alternative if you dont use crosshair registration markings...it could help, i hope..

[TesterCustoms]

Did you print any wet on wet or flash after every color even after setup?

Would printing white, flash, then printing the rest wet on wet end up mixing the colors on the back of the black screen and require more frequent cleaning?

Cheers!

[CatspitProductions]

@TesterCustoms I did not print this wet at all because the artwork was set up to flash. The black printer traps all of the other colors under it. If you print it wet the black will blur and blend with the colors it over prints creating a muddy, unclear print. In order to print we on wet the artwork is set up differently so that none of the colors over print each other. I will cover that in a future video. Stay tuned! Thanks for watching & commenting! ☠

[rohbjennings]

Okay I thought I was seeing things. What RIP software do you use I'm currently setup using ACCURIP on an Epson 1400

[CatspitProductions]

@rohbjennings This was output on a thermal printer using Illustrator. Thanks for watching & commenting! ☠

[usernamebutton]

Did the black screen have a halftone in it to make the gray on the snake, and do you use registration marks to center the screen on the pallet and then register the colors by eye?

[CatspitProductions]

@usernamebutton Yes there is a halftone there. It had a little dot gain because I stroked it in 2 directions. I did not use any registration marks on this art because it was all trapped in the black. So I just centered the black screen and lined everything up to that by eye. Thanks for watching & commenting! ☠

[rohbjennings]

Hey Jonathan - it looks like once you laid the black down you got a gray color on the snake's body are you using a rip software to create a halftone there or was that just because of the lines and the white and black blending together?

[CatspitProductions]

@rohbjennings Yes there is a halftone there. It had a little dot gain because I stroked it in 2 directions but you can use RIP software or even Illustrator to output halftones. Illustrator has post script capabilities and if you know how to use it, you can output halftones directly from it. Thanks for watching & commenting! ☠

[noodaterika]

like every time , i like all what you do .. by the way ( i like this design )

[CatspitProductions]

@noodaterika Very cool, thanks a lot. Thanks for watching & commenting! ☠

[layerba714]

NICE! 5/5

[CatspitProductions]

@layerba714 Thank you! Thanks for watching & commenting! ☠

[DelbertStinkfester]

You should do a video on how you vectorized the original low res image

[CatspitProductions]

@DelbertStinkfester Aha, trade secret… Well maybe I’ll do something on that someday. I have to see about using commercial software in my videos. Thanks for watching & commenting! ☠

[Yotabyte10]

For your benefit, I wasn't sure if you needed to know that you can now run your vids up to 15 minutes now. You are an excellent teacher and I love what you provide the community.

[CatspitProductions]

@Yotabyte10 Thank you very much! I did notice the longer videos now. But I didn’t realize that was what was going on…LOL. But I think videos much less than 10 minutes do far better than those that are 10 minutes or longer. People tend to like a very abridged video version as opposed to a lengthy video. But we shall see, maybe I’ll use some of those extra 5 minutes sometime. Thanks for watching & commenting! ☠

[tntbadman]

beautiful work.



[CatspitProductions]

@tntbadman Thank you very much! Thanks for watching & commenting! ☠