Front print feels horrible when worn.

Just bought these 2 screens. Botton print is 200 mesh. Top print is 180 mesh.
1. What type of ink is safe to use on these screens so I can use them for a long time.
2. After done with the printing on shirts how would I wash away the leftover ink on the screen, with just water? Or?

Would anyone be interested in getting large formatted screen positives. I have a printer that has capabilities of printing 50" wide and pretty much how ever long needed. I am based out of NY and will print your guys designs. let me know!!!

I inherited a BWM Hopkins International D-5200 and I've been struggling with the off contact. I know how to set the vertical but I don't know how to set the tilt. I'm assuming it's these two bolts behind the vertical off contact bolts in the picture but I can't find any manuals online. I'm trying to loosen them to see but they're really stuck.

Can anyone confirm if it's these two bolts? If they are I might have to go out and get an impact driver to loosen them.

Does anyone have a software that clients can go on, look at options, upload artwork and build their own quote with artwork and everything included? Would like a software where all I have to do is approve the quote to turn it into an order.

So I have been playing around with dithertone ps plug in and I really like some of the dithering algorithms and modulation that you can get from it. But I have a dumb/rookie question, is dithering and modulation screen print ready, in the sense that half tones are? Or would I have to do something to my image to make it screen printable?

TLDR: Is this type of effect ready for screen printing like a half tone?

I have a customer who wants a super soft feel. I typically don’t use an underbase when doing plastisol prints I just double print my colors and they are still vibrant enough.

Anyway, with this job I tried to do a white waterbase print as an underbase, the. Tried to layer the colors ontop. First problem is it still had a plastics feel to it, second problem is my underbase was still bleeding through even with a choke and using a 320 mesh.

Now I picked up discharge which I have never used before. I tried watching a video on it, and it appeared like the guy just added discharge into his colors? Is this a thing? Can I skip the underbase, and just add discharge into my colors, then print them? This would solve all of my problems if so

So I’m trying to screen print on stretchy jersey fabric (46% cotton, 46% bamboo, 8% elastane). I just found out that regular water-based ink will not perform well as the ink will crack when stretched. I learnt that I can add a stretch additive to water-based ink to prevent cracking however there aren’t many affordable options where I live. The best I can find is Amex Texprint Additive E - stretch additive for waterbased inks. The website only seems to mention mixing it with other Amex products/water-based inks but I’ve already purchased the ones seen in the picture above. Would anyone more experienced be able to tell me if I can mix the Amex stretch additive with the water-based inks I already have? Thanks in advance! :)

Hey there. I'm still semi new to screenprinting, and I want to do the "rancid effect" to a photo in photoshop, that is turning it to complete black and white(or 2 tones of any color). No halftones. Anyone know the easiest way to achieve this?

Is it illegal to wash squeegees in a sink with ink degradent and wash it down the drain? Asking for a friend.

I like tri-blend shirts.

Been buying them off of sites like RedBubble and Amazon, but they both ended up throwing it at a third party.

Pretty much all of them were printing out 72dpi .jpegs on my sht, and with this awful thick plastic like print job. Idk what to call it, but it's sucks and shouldn't even be a thing imo. Who wants to wear a shirt with a thick unfoldable graphic?

For no reason, I got lucky with one of them. The print was of high dpi, quality and it actually printed directly into the fibers of the shirt.

Basically, where the hell do I find this specific combination:

Triblend, print is hq, not uploaded by idiots, bleeds into and becomes fabric