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Hello! No, i dont have a tier pricing system. I apply the formula to every order. So every order is priced with the formula based on the total number of shirts. Thank you for watching 👍👌🙏

@@thegraffixshack Gotcha! Thanks for the reply and great video. Helped me out a lot.

Thank you! I'm glad you liked the video. I cured them with my flash dryer. I have the flash dryer set approximately 5 inches above the platten...I use FN Ink and it takes approximately 10 seconds for a full cure. Thanks for watching!

Is it the same setup I have?

No problem! I'm glad you found value in it! I appreciate you watching! 🙏

LOL what about the gas! ⛽️ Reyes is my boy! He was there helping me out with the knowledge

@@thegraffixshack ima focus!

@@thegraffixshack glad he's around, a legend, his come up was the fastest i ever saw

Yeah! He's killing it! He's definitely a legend in the game 🔥💯

Hi Elvira! Thank you so much for watching my video! I appreciate you! Definitely gonna start looking into setting up some online coaching! Thank you so much! 🙏💯👍

Thank you so much for watching. I'm glad you found value in my video. 🙏👌

Thank you so much watching! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. As you noticed I am printing from my garage. The lease was up at our shop at the beginning of this year... and at the same time we were in negotiations for a home we were interested in buying. We ended up closing escrow pretty much at the same time the lease was up so we decided to move the shop to our new home's garage just until we can get things situated. 🙏

That is exactly right. Yes, if your garment is scorching but, the ink isn't cured then you need to raise the flash dryer a little bit. My flash dryer doesn't have a temperature control either...I had to experiment and burn many shirts LOL for my flash dryer I have it 4 inches above the garment...at that height with the FN Ink I use it takes approximately 10 seconds for a full cure. Try that out and adjust from there depending on your results. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching 🤜🤛

Thank you! I'm glad you found value in my video. I appreciate you watching 🙏 having a grasp on the actual costs is definitely vital for any business. Once you know your numbers everything else falls into place. I wish you tremendous success my friend. Definitely have many more tips I can share. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll do my best to guide you in the right direction. 🤜🤛🙏

@thegraffixshack thank you! You're the man! I actually watched this video 2 more times earlier today to help guide me through working out my own expense and pricing spreadsheet. One thing I have been wondering a lot about since I'm starting out and trying to save money and space is, would I be able to cure ink if I flashed it a couple times maybe on a higher temp, or a longer time? Or would I be able to cure using a heat press? I don't want to buy an expensive conveyor right away if I don't absolutely have to

You can definitely cure with both a flash dryer and or a heat press. I personally don't have a conveyor dryer. I cure all my garments with my flash dryer. When i print at events i cure the shirts with my heat press.

Man, that definitely makes me feel good! Thank you so much for the compliment. I'm glad you found the video valuable. A few people have asked me about online coaching... I guess I'll have to look into it. Thanks for watching ma' man! 🤜🤛🔥🙏

I'm glad you found some value in it. Thank you for watching 👍 💯

Gracias compa! 🤜🤛💯

Gracias compa! 🤜🤛💯

Venezuela! 🙏 greetings! Thank you for watching. I appreciate you 💯🤜🤛

Yo! How's it going? Good question... That all depends on your business plan. If you're designing shirts with the intent to grow a brand then I'd print your own brand on the label. But, if you just want to design random shirts and sell them at different boutiques then I wouldn't even print anything on the label...if you want to use the label as a selling point for the boutiques then yeah printing their logo would definitely position you in a better spot to get your shirts sold at their boutiques. Hope this helps a little. I appreciate you watching! Thanks! 🙏

Wow, thanks! I appreciate it. I'm glad you found my video informative. Thank you for watching 🙏

Yes... i dont use registration marks because it's not really needed for simple one or two color prints. In my opinion it's time consuming... you can easily get caught up trying to get the registration marks perfectly aligned on a very basic one or two color design. For me, the only thing i need is the center line on the pallete itself and even that i don't really need because i have a little mark on the back edge of the pallete which helps me align the design. Hope this helps. Thank you for watching! 💯👍🙏

That's true, not all vests are the same. And you're right, the double layer vests would not work for screen printing. I would have done the same thing...printed them with transfers. Thank you for watching 👍 💯 🙏

No problem! Thank you for watching! I appreciate it very much 🙏

Thank you! The brand of hoodie I'm wearing is Independent Trading Co. It's my go to hoodie. I use it for most of my hoodie orders unless the customer requests something different.

The video does say "for beginners," not "experts".. this video is a great example for someone new and getting into the screen printing industry.

I've never had any issues with Fn Ink. That being said screen printed ink will crack at some point no matter what you do or what brand ink you use. Even the top brands like Nike are prone to cracking. Screen printing is great because we all have different setups and can produce similar results while using products that work for our particular setup. I appreciate you watching 🙏

I appreciate that! 🤜🤛

I'm glad it was helpful. Thank you for watching 👍

Nice! So you've tried the ink? Yeah, it's super soft and easy to work with. I don't print a lot of high detail stuff but i have used it to print with a 230 mesh screen and it went well and didn't clog the screen. Thank you so much for watching! 🙏

I use it to set everything. But I only go through that whole process if I'm printing white. Otherwise once i set it should be good for a while and I double check it maybe once every 3 months or so just to make sure it's still ok. Thank you for watching 🙏

Yes i do. I don't have a conveyor dryer. The flash dryer is perfect for my setup. Thank you for watching! I appreciate it 🙏

It wasn't a promo... just giving a good client a shout out 👍👌

I do have one but, for these vests it didn't work because the pocket had three little compartments for pens. Thank you for watching 🙏

Thank you! I appreciate you watching 🙏

Lol my man Reyes on that grind! 🕶

Saludos hasta El Salvador desde California!! El flashing se refiere a una secada rapida. El flash se hace para poder poner otra capa de pintura en cima de la primer capa. Si me explico? Muchas gracias por mirar mis videos! Te lo agradezco mucho 🙏

@@thegraffixshack excelente, gracias

You're welcome! Glad you found value in it. You're starting your own shop? Nice! That's awesome 👌 Thank you so much for watching 🙏

No, i didn't. For this print, it wasn't needed because the gray looked good without flashing it. Thank you for watching 👍 💯

Yeah, printing out of my garage. The lease on our shop was up in January last year and also in that same month we bought a house. We decided it was best if we moved the shop to our garage for tax purposes and at least while we get fully situated in our new house. Definitely looking to have a retail shop in the future though...gonna be adding embroidery as well. Thanks for watching! 🙏

Are you going to the Long Beach show this year?@@thegraffixshack

Glad to see you're back

@MrGUSGUS2 Yeah, I'm going on Friday the 19th. Are you going?

@Ramellosugahill Glad to be back! Lots of new content and new things happening so be on the lookout 👌💯

I get mine from my local supply store... McLogan Supply. They have a website you can checkout. Prices for everything have gone up. I just checked their website and the 100 pack is $35. When I buy them, I usually get 2 black and 2 white packs so haven't bought any in a while. I appreciate you watching 🙏

Thank you for watching and subscribing. I appreciate it 🙏 Those are all good questions, and I think this would make a good video. I'll answer your questions here, and I'll make a video with more details. - Sometimes the customer has their own design or logo. And sometimes I create it for them based on what they are looking for. - Shipping will vary depending on your location. Since Supacolor is located in my state the turnaround time for me is typically 2 days for production and 1 day for shipping. - If I create the design and it was something simple that takes me 30 minutes or less then I don't charge the customer. But, if I have to go back and forth with the customer or the design took me 1 hour or more then I do charge the customer. - If you're not a designer then yes, that part you can contract out. There's many artwork services you can use for example Fiver. Then once you have the design you can send it to Supacolor.

@@thegraffixshackYessir would make for a good video & I’ll be on the look out for it just incase you add anymore details you missed here. Thx again for the response

Thank you for watching! I appreciate it 🙏 I learned how to print by myself also. Starting a business is definitely a scary proposition. No matter how much we plan, things can and will go wrong. But, we can't let fear keep us from achieving our goals. It's always good to have a solid job or source of income to keep you afloat while you build your business. If you ever have any questions or need any advice I'm here to help and or provide guidance to the best of my ability.

Sometimes our location dictates or caps us at a certain price point; I get it. There's a few things we can do sometimes to provide value for our customers and maybe give us a chance to charge a little more... for example in my case for the order in the video the customer already knows me and knows I can turn over an order pretty fast, no rush fees most of the time and usually no art fees plus I use good quality shirts and I deliver free for customers in my general area.

It sure is! Lol he's my video guy 👦 🤣

Still a good trade off

That's a good observation. However, i always have at least 4 or 5 screens coated and ready to burn at any given time. So, for the video the only thing you didn't see was me burning the screen which took me about 20 minutes. All said and done probably 1 1/2 hours... the next time i get a similar order I'll do a video start to finish to see how long it takes. Thank you for watching 🙏

Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad the video helped you see the pricing from a new perspective. There's definitely many ways to price our work and there isn't a right or wrong way either. The best pricing strategy is the one that works for you and your setup. I have been getting some comments on pricing transfers so definitely will be making a video on how i price my transfers. I appreciate you watching and commenting 🙏

Thank you so much for watching! I appreciate it very much 🙏 Yes, my camera guy is great and does a good job asking questions 😀 DTF is definitely a great way to print shirts. And, you are correct, for larger orders screen printing is the best method.

I was standing but sat down real quick, LOL. Oh wow! Since 1972!? That's amazing! You probably have extensive knowledge and have perfected your craft. I applaud you 👏 thank you so much for watching; I definitely appreciate it 🙏

I charge based on the time it will take to complete the order + the transfer + the shirt. I think this will make a good video? What do you think? Let me try to explain it here though... based on my experience I have calculated it takes me 2 minutes per shirt per location which includes loading the shirt, pre press, lining up the transfer, pressing it, peeling it, final press and unloading the shirt. Then I multiply 2 minutes by total number of shirts and locations which gives me the total time for the order. I then multiply the time by my shop's hourly rate and divide that by total number of shirts. Let me know if that made sense. And, should I make this video? 🤔 Thank you so much for watching! 🙏👍

That’s a great idea. You could estimate an upcoming job based on your numbers, then complete the job while keeping track of time, then doing a comparison. My guess is that most people are under pricing their jobs….

I definitely think it still is a good idea to start a silkscreen printing business. DTF is booming right now and it definitely is a tool every screen printer should incorporate into their shop. I use it for short runs of full color images. But, DTF will never beat out screen printing as far as speed and affordability. Another factor is many people prefer the screen print feel over DTF. To sum it all up in my opinion: DTF is a great way to start an apparel printing business and as you grow I would recommend getting a screen printing press since the profit margins for screen printing are higher than DTF. Thank you for watching 👍💯🙏

Thank you. I just ordered a complete set of screen printer

Yup! As the saying goes... "you gotta know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em"... thank you for watching! 👍😎

I don't have a conveyor dryer 🤯 I dry the shirts using only my flash dryer. I've never had an issue with it and never had a customer return or complain about their shirts washing out in the laundry. This would be a good video...I'll do a video showing you guys exactly how I dry my shirts using only my flash dryer. Thank you so much for watching 💯 🙏

LOL glad you're digging the content bro! Yeah, Reyes behind the camera is good at asking all the right questions! Thanks for watching 🤜🤛💯

Thank you! Appreciate you watching 🤜🤛💯

For sure! We all gotta start somewhere right? Been looking into buying an LED exposure unit so hopefully soon I'll be upgrading my old one LOL thank you for watching 🙏