Originally published 12/20/2011

"Thanks Marc Fails for the patience and fortitude to listen to 15 hours of  pirate/satan level  swearing. I am pretty sure I worked up a level 5  Snarzine demon at one point -  #!**#$!!?! -balls." - Mike.

The turbo on Mike's Saab went bad, and this is a photo of he and Mark replacing it.

Originally published 12/20/2011

If you've been keeping up with any of our posts, we don't buy much when it comes to hardware. Take a squeegee rack, for instance: you could easily purchase an expensive one from else where, but you probably already have the ability to make one yourself for almost nothing. Simply cut slots in thin wood and mount it to the wall. Both kinds of squeegee racks contain your tools nicely, but the homemade one is cheaper.

Originally published 12/17/2011

Jane Wells and others are hard at work on some cool new WordPress stuff in Georgia.

Originally published 12/16/2011

Thanks to Ruth at Did's designs for allowing me to keep printing  some San Fran originals. Even seeing a kid's drawing of the bridge is bitter sweet . . .

Originally published 12/16/2011

Here is our $60 homemade exposure unit kicking ass . . . the battery we place on top while exposing the screens gives it that  extra 12v you need (actually 40lbs). The idea when exposing, of course, is to eliminate any space between the film and the screen for the best detail. When you don't have enough contact the screen can become fuzzy and, therefore, unprintable. People spend hundreds to thousands of dollars on special exposure tables or vacuum units, but really all you need, like we explained previously, is a dark cloth, a piece of wood cut to the screens' size, and something like the battery to get a great exposure. We can get halftone detail in 30 seconds!

One note to the printers out  there: the cold weather really makes washout tough.  You might want to cut back your exposure times a bit.

Originally published 12/15/2011

Everything in our screen printing shop has wheels. It allows us greater freedom in our operations to move things around when we need the space. One thing we've found to be particularly helpful are these small utility carts that you can purchase from Harbor Freight for about $25-35. We can use them to hold shirts pre- or post-print, inks, cups, and anything else we find helpful. Get yourself
some!

Originally published 12/15/2011

Design courtesy of George Webber at No Cash Comics

Originally published 12/15/2011

Design courtesy of Choke Design Company

Originally published 12/8/2011

Five-color simulated process printing. See how each color adds to the image.

Originally published 12/8/2011

Shirts for Soma Fabrications.