How do you make a Tee Shirt?
1) First we make a design on our nice
Macintosh G5 Computer.
2) Then we print out the design,
seperated by color onto a special
paper called a "vellum."
3) That vellum is then run through our
dryer to darken the ink on the paper.
4) We then put the vellum on our light table.
It has safety lights for viewing, and then
the flourescent tubes in the middle hit
the paper with UV light.
5) Our screens are covered with a photo
emulsion and first dryed on a rack before
we can use them.
6) Once the screen is dry we put the
vellum under it and expose it on the
light table.
7) The screen is then sprayed with a
chemical to wash away the emulsion
where the design will be.
8) It must be dried in front of a fan.
*Just a regular fan-no pictured needed : )
9) The screen is then clamped in on
one of our carousels...
and then aligned on the registration board.
We then choose a nice color from our
vivid array of inks : )
(Jackson Pollock eat your heart out!)
10) The board is then sprayed with a mild
adhesive and then the shirt is aligned on the board.
Then comes the squeegie!
11) The ink must be cured in our dryer, to
make sure it will last FOREVER.
Notice the high temperature to ensure the
quality of the print.
After the shirt rolls out of the dryer conveyer,
it's ready to be sold.
*Of course this is the "abridged" screen
printing process, but it all follows this basic
procedure.
Purple Pony Shirt Company
4116 Main St.
Chincoteague, VA 23336
BERNCO Factory
317 Park Heights Ave.
Salisbury, MD 21804
Factory: 1-888-733-8337
Factory Local: 410-219-5800
Store: 757-336-6336
FAX 410-219-5820