Printing halftones over spot colours.

[dennyschmickle]

what mesh-count is a screen door?

[RichieGoodtimes]

I can't afford screens, a press or ink. I do have crayons. Can I use crayons on a t-shirt?

[NeroInferno]

The results of printing white first and then each of the spot colors in halftone will be brighter white highlights. Printing the white halftone on top will skew each of those colors towards the color printed underneath.

If you are printing on black shirts your more than liekly going to have to print white first anyway.

ok! thanks!

everyone is right except you fabio, sorry.

print white under (you can skip the white on the white shirts unless you really want to make the halftones pop) then print the spot colors with the highlights knocked out.

i hope that was english-y enough...

okay thanks!

Print the white first. It'll keep your colors from interacting w/ the black shirt. You'll never get anything 'perfect' w/ screenprinting on shirts...just close enough. White first. All shops do it that way.

Thanks!

If you need it to be super tight then print white background, the four spot and a white highlighter on top. (6)

Why 2 whites? In this way is like printing just the white on top, right?

Thanks a lot to you all (also to Richie)
Fabio

[MrBlonde7]

I don't know shit about screenprinting and can still tell all the questions you ask are retarded.

[Fools Gold]

The first white basically seals the shirt, sort of like when you paint a wall and put primer over the older colour. That white will look dull and almost a light grey colour. If you want the white in the design to be bright, then you can print white/flash/print white/flash then your other colours, or you can add a second white for the parts that are only bright white. White/Flash/ Top colour/ flash/ highlight white . . the highlight white will make a better print over all, but require extra screens. Double printing the underbase white will make a thicker print.

[NeroInferno]

The first white basically seals the shirt, sort of like when you paint a wall and put primer over the older colour. That white will look dull and almost a light grey colour. If you want the white in the design to be bright, then you can print white/flash/print white/flash then your other colours, or you can add a second white for the parts that are only bright white. White/Flash/ Top colour/ flash/ highlight white . . the highlight white will make a better print over all, but require extra screens. Double printing the underbase white will make a thicker print.

Thanks a lot mate,
good tips, need to check better the second white for the highlight respect using the background white.

Thanks another time,
Fabio

[ImJustRickG]

what's goin on in that logo there?

Four-way.

[ohdanielsan]

I just noticed it's the Joomla! logo nice.

[NeroInferno]

I just noticed it's the Joomla! logo nice.

yes

Fabio

[MrBlonde7]

This thread is still hilarious to me. And the microwave flash cure idea thread too.