Gloss Printing – It’s difficult to catch the full majesty of this effect in a photograph. But\u00a0 as you can hopefully see from our pic here, this does what it says and adds a high sheen finish to what would otherwise be a standard solvent based ink. So hopefully it gives your image\u00a0 a more expensive lux look, and especially onto heavier weight garments justifies a much higher price point.<\/p>\n
Well we’re glad you asked, and if you didn’t we’ll have to tell you anyway.\u00a0Firstly, it’s aprons on – a tidy print room is a happy print room. We begin by\u00a0setting up the a\u00a0screen in the machine as we would do on any other day. Next we\u00a0print a standard solvent based plastisol ink onto the garment. Then we have two options – we \u00a0can either waft\u00a0a clear base layer of ink\u00a0over the plastisol, like a varnish, and heat the garment\u00a0to bloody buggery in a big textile dryer, thereby creating a shiny finish. OR, we heat press the original screen printed ink with a silicone release paper (or SRP – just made that up, don’t quote it anywhere else). Once this has been allowed\u00a0 to cool down, the paper is carefully peeled off, leaving your origianl print underneath polished up like your Granddad’s brogues.\u00a0\u00a0Either way, a deep and glossy, antique furniture style patina is created. Probably our favourite usage, would be a nice\u00a0 black on black brand carrying print onto our classic unisex sweat. Black on black? Can it be seen? Yes it can, especially if it’s a nice big old print to maximise the chance of it catching the light as you quietly go about your business. It brings subtle and shiny together in a special combo, suggesting discretion, but with a hint of danger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gloss Printing – It’s difficult to catch the full majesty of this effect in a photograph. But\u00a0 as you can hopefully see from our pic here, this does what it says and adds a high sheen finish to what would otherwise be a standard solvent based ink. So hopefully it gives your image\u00a0 a more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2848,"parent":56,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-content-page2.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2699","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n