The Ink Kitchen

This Mis-Print Monday comes from our buddy Joe Matarazzo of Good Fellas Merch.  The shocking video almost say’s it all but here’s the story from Joe himself: A can of screen opener fell onto the dryer belt, then rolled into the heat chamber and must have slipped off the belt and lodged itself somewhere inside of the…

This is a big deal… Ennis, Inc. Announces Acceptance of $110 Million Superior Offer for its Apparel Division. Read the whole story here  

A few thoughts on Squeegees: Without good squeegee blades you cannot print well. They are absolutely essential. Don’t let them soak in anything, clean them you lazy…  If you soak them they swell up and are not the same durometer any longer. Change them often. We turn them around then chuck them. I now believe…

As a followup to my recent post showing several pallets worth of accumulated mis-prints, I’d like to share a few points/answer a few questions: First off, why do we save our mis-prints in the first place?  Don’t we just turn them into test print material? This has been addressed in a previous post titled “Spoilage Management”   Secondly, and…

Today we have a guest post from our buddy Brett Bowden of Printed Threads.  On the topic of discharge printing Brett shares a very useful trick with us: A while back Rick wrote a post about using nail polish to block out registration marks on screens being used for water based inks.  What a good…

Happy Earth Day! April 22nd has been the annual day since some folks started it in 1970. After witnessing the terrible Santa Barbara oil spill Senator Gaylord Nelson announced the idea for a “national teach-in on the environment” to the national media. He persuaded Pete McCloskey, a conservation-minded Republican Congressman, to serve as his co-chair; and recruited…

The above Facebook page is the official page of the band (and very good band at that) The Shins. The GAP was selling The Shins shirts and another band without permission. I think that is called stealing. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Gap removed the items, I should hope so. You can buy the…

That order that is too good to be true? It is too good to be true most likely. Take a deep breath and delete it. Via the comments we got this request at the ink kitchen yesterday: Am interested in purchasing some blank t shirts and below is the specs and quantities needed.order: Brand:Jerzees/Gildan Size:Adult…

We’re doing a little spring cleaning at Motion Textile.  The following photos represent several years of accumulated mis-prints.  Ugly…