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Cheap T Shirt Printing You Can Do Yourself

by on April 18, 2012 at 7:12 pm
Posted In: Diy T Shirt

Many people like to order cheap t shirt printing designs from companies, but when they do this, they sometimes have to pay a lot of money if they want just one t shirt.  When you look at the overall cost from a customer point of view, sometimes it is best to just do the work yourself.   There are ways to make your own custom screen printing tees, and the overall cost is very cheap .  And if you think you cannot screen print your own tees, you can, because one method is so easy that a toddler can do.

One of the most expensive things that screen printing companies have to buy is ink.  The colored ink is generally the most expensive; the cheapest ink is black ink. There is nothing wrong with using just black prints for a t shirt, in fact, there is a way to make a black printed design a colored printed design without using colored screen printing inks.  All you have to do is print the black design on the tee and then use Sharpie markers to color your image whatever color you want.  To do this, you need black and white clip art.  The links below has the clip art you need or millions of shirts and a basic screen printing kit.

Clipart&more 3.5 Million Clipart Fonts Photos & More [Old Version]

Speedball Basic Screen Printing Kit for Stencil Method

Clip art is cool because you can use it to make lots of cool t shirts, however, you cannot sell them if the images are copyrighted.  If you plan on making one cheap t shirt printing design just for you, then that is ok.  By using clip art, you can really save some money because you will have access to over hundreds of unique designs that you can put on a many shirts.  Screen printing companies will charge you for each different design and or shirt you buy, so as you can see, doing it yourself is cheaper.  Putting the clip art on your t shirt is as easy as making a stencil.  Basically, you want to cut out the lines of the image without breaking the image off the paper.  Stenciled images should be like the numbers on a handheld calculator; you want to cut out dashes to make a stencil.  After you have the image cut out as a stencil, you just put the paper on a screen, pour on the ink, and make a swipe.  When you lift the screen up, you should have a print.  Once it dries, just heat set it with an iron.  If you want to color the design, just turn the shirt inside out, tape it with duct tape, flip the shirt back, and begin coloring.

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White tee are the cheapest

Overall, to make your cheap t shirt printing design, you will only need a shirt, which you should already have, a printer, which you should already have, and some black inks, markers, and a screen printing kit, which does not cost much.

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Why Heat Press Machines Are Better Than Irons

by on May 12, 2012 at 8:59 pm
Posted In: Custom Print Screening

Doing screen printing is fun, and if done right, you can make a lot of money. The fun thing about making t shirts is making the designs, but the tough and sometimes frustrating part is heat setting the design. The design has to be heat set otherwise the design will not last long. No matter if you plan on using t shirt transfer paper or screen printing ink, you will need a heat press machine or a standard house hold iron to heat set the image.

Generally, there is nothing wrong with using a house hold iron to heat set your designs. When it comes to time, however, a heat press machine wins hand down. When making t shirts at home or at a business, time is important; the first time you use a heat press machine, you will be very glad you have it because it heat sets designs very fast. When using a house hold iron for heat setting an image, you have to press the iron down in several locations just so you can get the design the set. You generally have to hold the iron down for a least a minute on each spot. If you t shirt is really big, the totally time it will take you to heat set the tee will be around 5 min. A heat press will cut that time in half, and then some. With a heat press machine, all you have to do is put the shirt down on the press, and close the lid. In a few seconds, the design will be heated and set on the tee.

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Close that lid

Heat press machines are very important if you plan on starting a t shirt business; using just an iron to heat set your tee will not cut it. The machine will help you do less work and that is a good thing because you will need to use your time for other things. To really speed up the process, one person can the screen printing and someone else can do the heat press work. Sell a lot of tees, and the heat press will generally pay for itself.

There is another benefit to having a heat press machine, and some people may look over this. It is a heat press, so you can use it to quickly press your wrinkles t shirts in seconds. The is very important if you are in a hurry and you need to press something fast. But for the most part, the main reason a heat press machine should be purchase is to heat set designs of t shirts.

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Taking Care Of Your Screen Printing Mesh

by on April 30, 2012 at 9:22 pm
Posted In: Custom Print Screening

One of the most important things a screen printer needs is a screen printing mesh, because without it, printing tees is impossible.  Once you get your screen, you have to take care of it, otherwise, you will have to constantly buy more and more screens.  There are certain things that you should and should not do when it comes to using a print screen, and if you follow the rules, you will have your screen printing mesh for years.

When you get your new print screen, it will be spotless, but it will not stay this way for long.  After you do your first print, the screen will turn to that ink color.  If you use the screen for lots of colors, your screen will look like a combination of the colors.  No matter what color you choose, you must never stop your printing to do something else.  If you go to answer the phone and start to talk for hours and hours, the ink will start to dry on the screen, which is not a good thing.  Basically, a screen printing mesh has lots of tiny holes for the ink to pass though, and when ink dries on the screen printing mesh, newer inks will not be able to pass through.  Because of this,  any prints you try to make with not work.  To prevent this from happening, whenever the phones rings or you have to stop printing for some reason, so and wash you screen out in the sink.  Here are two popular screens you should have; click the links to check them out.

Speedball 10-Inch-by-14-Inch Screen Printing Frame

Speedball 16-Inch-by-20-Inch Screen Printing Frame

Pet owners need to keep their screens from their pets, particularly cat owners.  Cat loves to file their claws on whatever they can find, so if you leave your print screen mesh somewhere low, your cat will mostly likely use the screen as a nail filer.  If this happens, there is a way to get a new mesh; most screen printing stores sell extra screens that can be installed on the frame you already have.  The process is easy, all you have to do is remove the rubber bands things and put in the new mesh.

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I can't see those mesh holes without my glasses

Storing your screen is just as important as using it; you have to store your screen in a place away from pets other things like dust.  You do not want your pet’s fur to get on your screen because getting it off will be challenging.  To prevents dust, fur, and other types of things from getting on your screen, consider putting it in some type of plastic bag.  Depending on the size of the screen, you may need to put it inside a trash bag.

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Basics Of Screen Printing

by on April 24, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Posted In: Custom Print Screening

Making a tee using a print screen can be done either by using a stenciled design or a photo emulsion design.  No matter what method you choose, there is still basic information you need to know.  These tips can help you make less mistakes and make more t shirts without frustration.  Follow all the screen printing tips each time you print, and your projects will always be successful.

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Hey, this is easy

The place you choose to do your screen printing work is very important; the room has to be big.  You want a large room for two reasons, the first reason is because you will need the space for your completed tees.  When using a small room, you might put the completed tees down near or on top of a fresh ink spot, which will ruin your shirt.  Ruining a t shirt is a bummer, but on top of that, you will be wasting money.  Sure, you can still wear the shirt if the stain is small, but you probably will not want to wear it in public.  A bigger room gives you enough space for your complete tees.  If possible, you should put your t shirts in another room other than your work room, especially if you have pets in your home.  If one of them jumps or touches the wet ink, the shirt will have fur on it and the pet will need a bath.   The other reason why you need a big work area is because screen printing inks have a scent to them; smelling the inks constantly doing long projects is not good for you.  This is why a big work space with plenty of air circulation is important.

For more tips about screen printing, you need Simple Screenprinting ,which is available on DVD.  Click the link for more information.

Simple Screenprinting: Basic Techniques & Creative Projects

During the printing process, things will get messy, so put down newspaper under your work area and around your work area.  It does not matter if you are only doing a one t shirt project, the ink has a high chance of dipping.  Once ink gets on the floor, you will have to stop to clean it up, which will delay your project.  You do not want the ink to dry on your screen, because if that happen, the screen will get clogged in that spot, and future prints will not look right.  Overall, once you start a screen printing project, finish it before you stop to do anything else.

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Design Your Own Shoes For Cheap

by on April 10, 2012 at 5:56 pm
Posted In: Design Your Own Shoes

Cool shoes just stand out more than regular shoes, but most of them cost a lot of money.  Some shoes, however, may look great, but do not costs as much as your think.  Instead of going out and buying an expensive pair of sneakers, you can design your own shoes very quickly and easily with just a box of markers or another method.  The end result will be a cool pair of shoes that will make you look awesome when you walk down the street.

When it comes to designing a pair of shoes, the color of the shoe matters.  If you want the designs to stand out, you need to get a pair of light colored shoes.  The lighter the shoe is, the better the design will show on the shoe.  Generally, the best color to get is white because white is like a blank canvas for whatever you want to put on the shoe.  Other cool colors are yellow and lime green.  As for the other colors, you should only use them if they help you with your overall design and the color does not block the color black.  You will be using a black marker to outline your shoes, so this color has to show up on the shoe so you can color inside the lines, so choosing a black shoe will not work.  Other dark colors are ok if they show the color black clearly.  Experiment and use different shoe colors when you design your own shoes.  For example, if you are making happy face shoes, just use yellow shoes and draw a circle, eyes, and a smiling mouth.  Because the shoe is already ready yellow, you will not need to color the happy face yellow.  Using this method will help you design your own shoes faster.

When it comes to design your shoes you can use Sharpies or the fabric paint in the link.

24 Shimmering Fabric Paint Pens

Finding designs for your shoes is very important if you want to look cool.  There are many ways to put something cool on each shoe; some ways are permanent and some are temporary.  The most easy temporary way to put a design on your shoes is by using stickers.  There are tons of stickers that will make your shoes look awesome depending on the color shoe your pick.  White shoes with stickers on them stand out a lot because the stickers will blend with the shoe so much that no one can tell the designs are stickers.  When it comes to other color shoes, try different combinations to come up with a cool sneaker that is very unique.  Use the links to find the stickers bundle you like.

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Check out my shoes

Others methods you can use to design your own shoes are a bit more challenging.  Putting a permanent design on shoes can be done with markers as mentioned earlier, or with more challenging supplies like paints, or inks.  To get super cool designs, it is best to use some type of service that allows you to pick cool images and put them on the shoes of your choice.  These types of services also allow the customer to change the shoe color, design, style and more.  Once the customer is happy with the shoe, they pay, and the shoe is shipped to them.

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Design A Mug For Fun

by on March 22, 2012 at 10:52 pm
Posted In: Mugs

When it comes to giving someone something, you cannot go wrong by giving them a mug. A regular blank mug is nice, but it will look much better if you put something on it like a picture or a message. There are simple ways to put what you want on a mug, and the end result will be awesome. The fun part is putting a design or message on the mug that relates to that person.

When it comes to putting a design on a mug, design a fun message is the easiest way.  So for this project, you will need lots of cool fonts.  Use the click and check out 1000 fonts.

1000 Fonts

The design or message you plan to put on the mug should be simple because mugs generally do not have a lot of room. The simplest way to put something on the mug is by writing a message on it. If you have good handwriting, you write something on it yourself, but you can really make a cool looking mug if you use fonts. Generally, your word processor should already have a few fonts you can use, but by buying font software, you can get more styles.

For more mug styles and design chooses, consider using the link to design a mug.

Design A Mug Quickly

Putting something cool on your mug is as easy as typing your message, cutting out the letters, and coloring the font on the mug. There is a bit of prep you have to do and a few supplies you will need, but the overall process does not take that long to complete. Once you have your cup, you need to measure the space on it for your letters, and you do this by typing your message and doing a test print by using a small font. Type your message in your word processor and use print preview to see how big the print out will be. Print it out, cut the paper down to a small square so it fits on the cup to see if you are happy with how the message will look. If the font is too small, make it bigger and print out another one. Once you are happy with the size of your font and its placement on the mug, you are ready to make a stencil.

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Where is my coffee mug

The next step once you have your print out is to cut of the letters using a stencil cutter. If kids are making their own mugs, parents should do this step because a stencil cutter is very sharp. Generally, the bigger the letters are, the easier it will be to cut them out to make a stencil, and smaller fonts are more difficult. Once you have the stencils made, just get some scissors and cut the paper to a size that fits on the cup.  After that,  tape the edges of the paper to the mug. When the paper is taped to the mug, just get some Sharpie markers and color to make the letters on the mug.

 

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