Screenprinting Vinyl stickers for Sugoy & Boxtopus

Video of us making our stickers. We do it the more old-fashioned way of screenprinting onto vinyl with an air-drying ink. Though the chemicals are a little strong, it's a fun process to do.

There are faster ways of doing this (with less human touch), but like everything we do we want to be hands on.

Music is by a friend of ours and is available for your ears at:
http://www.last.fm/music/Carefully/Strange+Not+Knowing+You?setlang=en

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• stickers
• screenprinting
• screen printing
• vinyl
• boxtopus
• sugoy clothing
• boxtopus.com
• sugoyclothing.com

[IIEKSone]

Can you get water based ink that is non toxic that would be permanent and suitable for printing vinyl stickers?

[SugoyClothing]

@IIEKSone We're not entirely sure. The dilemma with water-based ink is it's not going to adhere how solvent does. My personal guess is the second your sticker got rained on it'd be game over.

[zdeville]

So after you print the sticker what do you do to make them glossy in appearance is it a laminate afterwards or another coating? Your guys logo is great.

[SugoyClothing]

@zdeville They're already have a glossy shine to them. We're using a white vinyl that came in large sheets that we cut down.

[mlzthebeast]

ey man i have a question, im trying to mass produce my stickers, i do art, and id appreciate it if you could tell me where u buy ur ink from, thanks, ill even send u guys some if youd like

thank u

[SugoyClothing]

@mlzthebeast Sorry for the late response. We use a heavy solvent ink from Reece Supply Company I believe. You'll need to get a special emulsion and cleaner for the stuff too. It's super potent.

[MrKho1]

very nice. seems like you are doing it the long way though. why not print a3 sheets of stickers then cut them with a guillotine when there dry? would be much easier.

[TheAyemoner]

will uv ink work?

[SugoyClothing]

@TheAyemoner It's a solvent based ink from Sericol. It's air dry (quick by the way) and nasty on the nostrils, but works great. That is vinyl. It comes in sheets about 20" x 30" and we cut it down to size. There are faster methods but this is working the best for us right now.