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by ppdlao
Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:26 pm
Forum: Choosing The Mesh Count
Topic: MESH+HALTONE HELP
Replies: 8
Views: 7991

Re: MESH+HALTONE HELP

try to reduce the pressure on the print stroke and eliminate the flood stroke altogether by just pulling some of the ink with the print stroke. That will lessen the volume of ink being printed and should help keep things from flooding out but you may have to wipe the back of the screens every few p...
by ppdlao
Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:21 pm
Forum: Choosing The Mesh Count
Topic: need some guidance on mesh
Replies: 12
Views: 12468

Re: need some guidance on mesh

Here is a more in depth look at halftones: http://www.catspitproductionsllc.com/halftone-tips.html Very cool info there Jon!!, I wonder how can we be aware of this articles when you put them out on your web site? you know, searching for that kind of tips turns a little bit hard to find :oops: (I ko...
by ppdlao
Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:07 pm
Forum: Choosing The Mesh Count
Topic: Mesh?
Replies: 9
Views: 7488

Re: Mesh?

Im just starting to get into screen printing and i decided to build my own press and frames. Im curious to what size mesh would suite what im doing best. my designs range from bold lettering to fine detail. where can i order from online just the mesh for what i need? and is good reliable mesh. than...
by ppdlao
Mon Feb 04, 2013 12:44 pm
Forum: Choosing The Mesh Count
Topic: Mesh?
Replies: 9
Views: 7488

Re: Mesh?

Im just starting to get into screen printing and i decided to build my own press and frames. Im curious to what size mesh would suite what im doing best. my designs range from bold lettering to fine detail. where can i order from online just the mesh for what i need? and is good reliable mesh. than...
by ppdlao
Mon Feb 04, 2013 12:23 pm
Forum: De-Hazing & Mesh Maintenance
Topic: Degreaser Substitutes
Replies: 8
Views: 14268

Re: Degreaser Substitutes

I was wondering if you could successfully use Greased Lightning Brand degreaser as a substitute for the industry standard chemical degreaser. I can buy that readily at Home Depot at half the price. if you are not familiar with the product, I have attached a link to the Greased Lightning website bel...
by ppdlao
Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:45 am
Forum: Creating Artwork
Topic: Simulated Process Color Separation in Corel Draw!?
Replies: 2
Views: 4041

Simulated Process Color Separation in Corel Draw!?

Hi everybody! well, yesterday I got very curious about the Simulated Color Separation for screen printing, I´ve seen like more than 10 pluggins softwares that automate that process for both Photoshop and Corel Draw, I mean those pluggins really look amazing! and yeah the process takes no more than s...
by ppdlao
Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:06 pm
Forum: The Business: Advertising, Customers, Marketing & More
Topic: Marketing
Replies: 14
Views: 13724

Re: Marketing

Yeah I pay $140 a month. Wow!! yeah it is a lot $ ! :o Yeah I called my rep because of the lack of response. Well they had me under "screen printing" which is right but they said they have a "custom t-shirt" category too. Well duh!!! So they are going to put me in both to see if...
by ppdlao
Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:56 pm
Forum: The Business: Advertising, Customers, Marketing & More
Topic: Marketing
Replies: 14
Views: 13724

Re: Marketing

Ochtees wrote:Yeah I pay $140 a month.
Wow!! yeah it is a lot $ ! :o
by ppdlao
Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:00 am
Forum: The Business: Advertising, Customers, Marketing & More
Topic: Marketing
Replies: 14
Views: 13724

Re: Marketing

Ochtees wrote: I'm currently on YP.com and very dissapointed. Hardly no. Traffic at all.
That's interesting, despite it supposed to be a great way to promote your business, hearing at your experience with it, we must think twice before going for it uh! besides I think it's also expensive or isn't?
by ppdlao
Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:52 am
Forum: Creating Artwork
Topic: Color Separations Using Photoshop
Replies: 6
Views: 2497

Re: Color Separations Using Photoshop

press the CTRL key, now a little icon figure will appear, then when it appears press left mouse click and so that "new"empty layer will "cover somehow the lay Sorry, forgive me for the mistake, I do this mechanically, yesterday I was on my PC and realized that is actually the :!: ALT...