Basics: Wet on Wet Screen-printing

Basics: Wet on Wet Screen-Printing

There are many reasons why a t-shirt shop should learn how to screen-print inks using a wet on wet technique. The primary driver though, is simply speed. Every time you flash, you are slowing your production output. If you are flashing…
7 Reasons To Go To Shirt Lab Portland

7 Reasons To Go To Shirt Lab Portland

I want to convince you to go to Shirt Lab Portland on August 3, 2019. The Shirt Lab event series is a live workshop where we have the best instructors walk you through the most relevant sales and marketing topics to help grow your shop.…
Garlic for the Energy Vampire

Garlic for the Energy Vampire

For a lot of us in the decorated apparel industry, there is an overwhelming avalanche of work to do every day. You complete one task, and in a matter of mere minutes, four or five more are added to the pile. You know what I'm talking about. It…
Perfect is the Enemy of Done

Perfect is the Enemy of Done

Perfect. What's that mean anyway? For a lot of people, including me, things don't get started because of that notion. The right time. More money. The knowledge to accomplish the task. People to help out. Because we think that we need…
Shirt Lab Washington DC Home Run

Grand Slam Homerun Shirt Lab Washington DC

Shirt Lab Washington DC achieved many things. For this event, the focus was on athletic apparel sales and marketing. Shirt Lab Washington DC 2019 Team Photo This means CrossFit gyms. Little League. Soccer. High School Sports. Collegiate…
Check Screen Tension

Problems With Your Print? Check Screen Tension

Screen Tension. What's ironic about this industry that is called Screenprinting is that so many shops completely ignore the screen part of screenprinting. It's funny because it isn't like this is some sort of deep, dark, industry secret. Yet,…