The Band Shirt Thread

[mk162]

what happens when you put discharge under water based metallic?  how about discharge under plastisol metallic?

[brandon]

what happens when you put discharge under water based metallic?  how about discharge under plastisol metallic?

I am not a chemist so I can't answer with a technical answer but it falls apart. Something in the metallic wb doesn't like the discharge or the other way around. For plastisol metallics I am not sure as I have not touched that stuff in years. Good question

[ebscreen]

Lookin nice!

What WB metallics are you using? We have the Matsui Silver, and have tinted it to various colors,
but anything gold we've tried doesn't look that nice.

[brandon]

Yes, it is Matsui Silver. I love how you can tint it whatever you want and easy. We use LX and S mesh for printing it. Great results and low pressure

[ebscreen]

Haha, jeez. Pays to read the previous pages sometimes.

[Screened Gear]

Yes, it is Matsui Silver. I love how you can tint it whatever you want and easy. We use LX and S mesh for printing it. Great results and low pressure

I did a shirt for a customer that only wanted a sparkle not a full shinny color. So I mixed the Matsui silver about 30-40% to 60% D-base that was tinted grey. Turned out nice. Not overly shinny but when the sun hits it it sparkles.

[Evo]

These prints are from a couple years ago when I had my own shop. This stuff has since been farmed out elsewhere.


Om, "Durga" print. This is a re-creation of a 5 color poster that had a split fountain. I used discharge orange and yellow fading into each other with a 100% to 20% halftone up and down to recreate the split fountain. Also, a light blue (regular wb) on top of the orange and yellow to get some secondary and tertiary colors. (there are some browns, tans, greens, etc in there but they didn't show up in the pic)

[Evo]

Sleep "Sphinx" print.

This was another t-shirt adaptation of a poster.

The top orange is a very coarse halftone (like 35lpi) printed with Matsui metallic mixed with orange PC, fading into a discharge golden yellow. (I think it was PMS 116)

[Evo]

Sleep "Planetour" jersey.

Halftone black, green and spot black.

[Evo]

Om, "Sadhak" shirt.

[ericheartsu]

Man, Jason's stuff has always wowed me.

[brandon]

Hey Jason,

Great stuff. I remember all of those shirts haha. Nice. So you are working at another shop in between tours I guess? Welcome back Sir!

[PhilR]

One of my bandmates is crazy for Om. This is her bass amp. :p

[ZooCity]

We've ran Matsui Silver and it's needed a very low mesh, like 135/48 or 110/71, been a real bear and end print hasn't been much better than plastisol for hand.  I think we need to use modifiers like softener and penetrant to get it rolling right and that was probably the issue.

Jason, where can a man get himself a Sleep shirt these days?  Great work as always.

[Evo]

We've ran Matsui Silver and it's needed a very low mesh, like 135/48 or 110/71, been a real bear and end print hasn't been much better than plastisol for hand.  I think we need to use modifiers like softener and penetrant to get it rolling right and that was probably the issue.

I think I was running it through 125's. Tension is important, keep the mesh wide open or use S-thread type mesh. The Matsui softener works wonders with it, as well as a little water.