Loading Time - Shirt Printing
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Loading Time - Shirt Printing
Take a behind-the-scenes peek at the silk-screening process for LoadingReadyRun t-shirts.
Thank you to Shenanigans Screen Printing for making our shirts and allowing us in to take a look.
Thank you to Shenanigans Screen Printing for making our shirts and allowing us in to take a look.
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That was a pretty cool video. I'd never thought about it before, but making those shirts takes a lot more work than I realized. I guess I assumed it was just totally automated.
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Yeah I also though it was totally automated.
What if you need to print a shirt with a lot of colours? You can't have 20 of those screens?
What if you need to print a shirt with a lot of colours? You can't have 20 of those screens?
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I call shenanigans!
..Oh.. Wait.
My shirt is somewhere in that mass of awesome there. Thanks Chris! \o/ Brilliant work!
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My shirt is somewhere in that mass of awesome there. Thanks Chris! \o/ Brilliant work!
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Print five colours, then swap out the screens?addeB wrote:What if you need to print a shirt with a lot of colours?
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come to think of it I dont think I have many shirts with more than five colours. His set up is the old way acoding to graham I imagine there is a more recent way for more complex designs.
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Ottoman wrote:Print five colours, then swap out the screens?addeB wrote:What if you need to print a shirt with a lot of colours?
Yeah I figured so but that seems to be to much work for a shirt.
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addeB wrote:Ottoman wrote:Print five colours, then swap out the screens?addeB wrote:What if you need to print a shirt with a lot of colours?
Yeah I figured so but that seems to be to much work for a shirt.
They probably charge more for more complicated designs with more colors.
Cool to see the proses and it is also cool to know that the shirts come from a local/independent place, makes me feel even more guilty for not having bought a shirt yet.
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Cool. Always a big fan of behind the scenes, any scenes. Seeing how things work is fun.
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The shirts are all on their way, btw!
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Wow, that's pretty impressive. I wanted to buy a Science shirt, but they were all out of XL, so I bought one for my friend, which is now her favorite shirt. But I have a question: Does Shenanigans ship them out as well, or is that up to the LRR crew?
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We pick the shirts up from Shenanigans and do all the shipping ourselves.
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Ooh, that had to be a huge pain. Haw many people do you have doing the distribution then?
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Good video. Love the behind the scenes.
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@Graham_LRR wrote:We just spent all friggin evening sorting, packaging, filing, labeling, and sealing all the "Aww, Muffin" t-shirt orders. Exhausting work. [3:14 AM Jun 11th]
@Graham_LRR wrote:Btw, "we" I mean myself, @Kathleen_LRR, @James_LRR, @Jer_LRR, @Tim_LRR, @Ashley_LRR, @Tally_LRR, @Matt_LRR, Paul and Mike. All hands! [3:17 AM Jun 11th]
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Very interesting.
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I cannot wait to get the two shirts I ordered, and I will appreciate them more now knowing all the hard work that goes into them. Yes siree, I will be wearing a bib everytime I eat and everything.
But seriously, that work is very impressive. I believe somebody commented on the youtube video on how nice it is that you support local companies like that. Have you always been using them or have you switched?
But seriously, that work is very impressive. I believe somebody commented on the youtube video on how nice it is that you support local companies like that. Have you always been using them or have you switched?
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Wow this video brought back memories. I took a class in high school where we did some photographer, some decal making, some airbrush art and some silk screening.
The shirt "oven" is waaaay better at Shenanigans though, we just had an overhead heater we had to monitor so our shirts didn't start to burn. A very interesting a fun process, though it does get messy if you're not careful.
This video makes me want to buy a shirt now...
The shirt "oven" is waaaay better at Shenanigans though, we just had an overhead heater we had to monitor so our shirts didn't start to burn. A very interesting a fun process, though it does get messy if you're not careful.
This video makes me want to buy a shirt now...
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Cool process. I can't wait for my shirts!
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Aha, so these are the people responsible for my misprinted Desert Bus shirt.
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No they're not, those were done at a fulfillment centre in Texas.
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If you have a misprinted Desert Bus shirt, that's like a collector's edition or something. Wait until LRR gets really famous and then sell it!
As per usual, I enjoy behind-the-scenes stuff. Also, my shirt got here much sooner than I expected. Awwsome muffin!
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what is this printing technic called?
silk-screening?
silk-screening?
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Yes indeed.
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