Fusion 180° ink will change screen printing for everyone in the industry now that you will be able to print on virtually all fabrics with one formula. The ink cures at 240°F for 40 seconds or at 450°F for 4 seconds with a flash. Lowering the temperature of your dryer will not only prevent shrinking, […]
Solutions to all of your screen printing problems are here now that we developed Fusion 180° low cure temperature ink. The ink cures from 240°F to 260°F for through the dryer or with a flash depending on the ink deposit and the type of garment you are printing on.The ink can print on virtually […]
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Raincoats are made out of all different types of fabrics that repel water. Raincoats that are created for various seasons have a removable lining, fold ups are made with vinyl, and trench-coats are made with lightweight polyester, cotton or nylon fabric. Raincoats may be difficult to print with, as they contain zippers, thread, lining, seam […]
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Adding custom screen printed umbrellas to your screen print shop product line is an excellent idea, as this item can appeal to any client. From parents and fans who would like to show team spirit to small businesses or corporations looking to gift branded items. With our simple tips and switching to Fusion 180 Ink, […]
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Background. Our pigment based matching system is easy to use, as we have simple formulas that contain approximately 90% base and 10% pigment concentrate. Save money and switch from the Wilflex Matching System to our Pigment Concentrate Matching System. Wilflex Matching System: The system contains 16 different components. The experienced volume printer would run out of components weekly. Money Spent Monthly: The printer spent $8,000 per month making 150 gallons of colors. Fusion 180° Matching System: The system contains 15 different pigment concentrate colors and base. The printer did not run out of anything often because the printer only had to stock base in bulk, not the pigment concentrate colors. As I stated previously, formulas contain 90% base. Money Spent Monthly: $5000 per month making 150 gallons of colors. Let's Compare Ink. Break Away from the Monopoly and Switch to Fusion 180° Ink. Similar Blog Posts: 1. 6 Reasons You Should Switch to Fusion 180° Ink 2. 7 Screen Printing Mistakes to Avoid 3. Tips for Selecting the Right Garment
7 Facts About Low Temperature Ink Solutions to your screen printing problems are here now that we developed low cure ink. Here are 7 facts about our ink and essentially why to switch and how switching will save you money in the long run. Print on ALL fabrics with ONE formula Cure at 240°F on polyester and 260°F on cotton Cure the ink with a flash without a catalyst [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLiJIxkoiCo[/embed] Save energy by lowering the temperature of your dryer Blocks dye migration on polyester, 50/50 sweatshirts, and sublimated polyester Covers fibers on 100% cotton Prevents crawling, melting, burning, shrinking, and scorching of heat sensitive fabrics. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAESUBQxZ00[/embed] How will you save money? Your screen print shop can save money by not having to replace garments damaged by dye migration. Switching to Fusion 180 will lead to an increase in production, as you can cure the ink with a flash, essentially saving time and money. FUN FACT: You will have a cooler screen print shop during the summer. Have you tested our low cure ink before? If so, please let us know we would love to hear your feedback. Don't forget new customers can save 20% with code SAVE20 for your first order. You can test our ink for free! Please send your name, email, phone, and ship to address to Ashley Bonner ([email protected]) We will ship right away. Independent Review: [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a-bG-kFojQ&t=10s[/embed] Our 'ALL IN ONE' Video: [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWHCiiI4dI[/embed] Thank you for reading! We hope that you enjoyed.
We know you've seen these pop-up collapsible containers - they're in quilt shops everywhere! They were designed by Joanne Hillestad (aka The Fat Quarter Gypsy) who we met at CABS (Creative Arts Business Summit) last year, and again this year. Well, after much procrastination Sue finally got around to making one yesterday using a snow-dyed/screen printed piece of fabric. She used 3 screens that are different versions & sizes of a black eyed Susan, and printed with ProChem opaque textile paint in teal. This is the small size pop-up, which is 6" tall. It also comes in medium and large sizes. You can check the Fat Quarter Gypsy website for a link to find shops near you that carry the pattern. A piece of elastic is stitched into the seam to hold the pop-up flat when you want to collapse it. Joanne's instructions are very clear and easy to follow, and her method for inserting the spring is very clever. What a fun way to showcase some of your own unique screen printed fabric!
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The “vintage” or “distressed” look is becoming increasingly popular, as more and more people want a cozy feel with a subtle look to their garments. Understanding how to achieve this trendy look with Fusion 180° Ink is simple by following this guideline. Substrates for Vintage Prints The perfect substrate for a vintage print would be […]
Specialty Fusion 180° Ink is easy to work with if you follow our simple tips and tricks. We offer metallic ink, shimmer ink, puff ink, and glow in the dark ink. Fusion 180° Specialty Ink Metallic ink. Our foil grade metallic ink comes in handy for a shiny and bright print. The ink contains actual metallic flakes that are added within the ink, creating a metallic look to your print. We recommend using 86-158 mesh and cure at 240°F through the dryer. Metallic Inks take longer to cure because the metallic flakes in the ink reflect the heat of the dryer. Shimmer ink. Our shimmer ink is designed to make a sparkle effect. Shimmer ink has more smaller particles (100 microns) than Glitter (200 microns) and less than Metallic (10-20 microns). We recommend using 86 mesh and curing at 240°F through the dryer. Puff ink. Puff inks are used to add texture and depth to the print. A puff base is mixed into Fusion 180°. This raises Fusion 180° to create a 3D, elevated look. The puff base of puff ink can lighten the plastisol color you plan to use. We recommend using 110 mesh, curing at 260°F to 280°F through the dryer. We offer special colors that resist color fading. Glow-in-the-dark ink. We offer glow-in-the-dark ink in a variety of colors. Phosphors glow when the lights turn off. The phosphors are charged in ultra-violet light. (Ex: Sunlight) We recommend using up to 200 mesh, curing at 240°F through the dryer. Tips Successfully printing with our specialty inks comes down to testing and experience. Here are 6 Tips to get you started. Start Small. A small amount of specialty ink incorporated can have a huge impact. Artwork. Understand how the texture and detail will affect your artwork. Ink Mixer. Purchase a formulator ink mixer to prepare your inks. Ex: Drill and Mixing Blade, Jiffy Paint Blade, or Agitate Impeller Squeegee. When printing textiles use a medium hard (65-85 durometer) Squeegee. Perform Trial Runs. Test prints are important, as practice makes perfect. A trial run is necessary to make sure that your specialty ink comes out on the print the way you intend. Record your Results. Keep track of your specialty ink projects for future references. Take the time to learn to print with specialty ink will enable you to WOW your customers! Please click on the image to watch our videos. Please click on the image to shop low temperature ink!
Market Research is essential for any screen-printing business, as understanding the industry will help you expand your shop. Research will help determine your strengths and weaknesses, learn about your competitors, and understand your potential customers. This information will help your screen printing business grow. Definition of Market Research: The action or activity of gathering information. Types of Market Research: Primary Market Research: Any research that you collect yourself. Examples include surveys, interviews, observations, and ethnographic research. This type of research has not been collected before. Conduct surveys, questionnaires or interviews with groups of people for feedback from customers. Secondary Market Research: This type of research revolves around existing data that has already been produced. Topics to Research: 1. Research Your Target Market – Understand who has a need for your product or service. -Age -Location -Gender -Income Level -Education Level -Marital or family status -Occupation -Ethnic background The psychographics are the personal characteristics of a person that include their personality, attitude, lifestyle, values, interests, hobbies, lifestyles, and their behavior. 2. Research About Your Own Business- Conduct primary market research to understand your customers opinions about your website, prices, shipping policies, and turnaround time. 3. Research About Your Competition- Conduct secondary market research to understand the industry. Research will allow you to understand your competition, which will essentially help you identify your own niche market. Questions to Answer: -Who are your competitors’ current customers? -Who are your competitors’ targeting? -What are your prices in comparison to your competitors? - How do they advertise? Investigating your competition will enable you to discover your niche market that they are overlooking. Find services and products that your competitors are not providing their current target market.
How to Screen Print Four Color Process with Low Temperature Ink Four color process screen printing is a color separation system where the image is separated into cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. These four colors form a photo-realistic print reproducing the original color image. Screen printers are able to achieve this due to the fact that the four color halftone dots overlap and mix. The small dots are created to print different angles to create the final look. The artwork is generally developed digitally or with a software specifically for CMYK screen printing. Four color process is widely used in the screen printing industry, due to the fact that it is cost effective and is cheaper than toner based or digital printing. Surprise your customers with a beautiful photo-realistic print using the four color process system and our low temperature ink by following our simple tips! Tip #1: Separate Artwork Carefully. Quality artwork is important regardless of the type of screen printing job that is at your hands, however with CMYK you need to pay extra attention in order to achieve a beautiful, crisp, and clear image on your substrate. As always, begin with a high resolution image. Adjust your settings specifically for CMYK screen printing. Settings: 1. Screen Angles: 45% Yellow, 15% Cyan, 75% Magenta, 75% Black 2. Line Count: 26.6 Lines per Centimeter 3. Halftone Dots: 15% and 85% density 4. Adjust: Adjust halftone dot to an elliptical shape Tip #2: Select the Right Substrate. Select a substrate with a tight weave, as thicker materials can interfere with the detail of the halftone dots. White colored garments are recommended. Tip #3: Set up Your Machine Properly. Setting up your machine the correct way will result in a crisp and clear image that is the correct colors and is not blurry. Mesh: 305 Mesh Count Screen: Densely Woven Screen Tension: 25 Newtons/ Square Centimeter (Not less than 22 or more than 30) Off-Contract Distance: 0.040 Inches Squeegee: 70-75 durometer at a 15 degree angle Tip #4: Learn How to Screen Print. As always, with low temperature ink, you have to cure the substrate at 240 degrees Fahrenheit on polyester and 260 degrees Fahrenheit on cotton for 70 seconds through the dryer. Specifically, with four color process, this involves wet-on-wet screen printing. This means that there is no flashing between colors. Use one print-stroke per color and don’t forget that you need to begin with the lightest color yellow to the darkest color black. If you are screen printing on a dark color garment and need to use an underlay, flash cure this layer first. Don’t forget to print from yellow to magenta to cyan to black!!!!! Quality artwork, the right garment, and setting up your machine properly will award you with a beautiful and detailed screen print using our four color process inks. Don’t forget to cure at the low temperature! View Our Four Color Process Ink Listing Here
4 Tips for Mastering Digital Marketing for Your Screen Printing Business What is Digital Marketing? Digital marketing is interactive marketing of products or services using social media to reach and convert leads into customers and retain them. The overall goal is to increase sales, however you need to understand that digital marketing is NOT sales. The key is to build and promote a brand through valuable content. The message needs to be deeper than “hey, go buy my product!” The best digital marketers have a clear picture of how each campaign supports their overall goals. Who is a ‘Content Marketer?’ A content marketer creates a series of blog posts, info-graphics, online brochures, and e-books that serve to generate leads. The purpose of content marketing is to generate brand awareness, traffic growth, and convert lead generation into repeat customers. The company’s social media marketer might then help promote these blog posts through paid and organic posts on the business’s social media accounts. (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest, and Google+) The email marketer creates an email campaign to send those who downloaded the e-book more information about the company. Traditional vs. Digital In this new digital age, traditional marketing such a radio and TV have become less valuable. The need for digital marketing has led to a strong competition in the space. In order to stand out, it requires a lot of effort for digital marketers. Strategies and techniques used to approach your targeted audience is how to compete. Below are four strategies to be aware of in order to perfect your craft. 1. Understand Your Target Niche. In order to perfect digital marketing you need to understand your target market. Define exactly who might have a need for custom apparel or promotional products. Once you know more about them including there interests, which platforms and when they hangout online, what they are interested in learning, how old they are, etc. you can have more of an insight as towards the best time and place to communicate, educate, and interact with them. 2. Understand that Marketing is Not Sales. There is a huge difference between marketing and selling a product or service. Sales is focused on the product and the goal is to make a sale through one-on-one interaction. A salesperson asks the customer to buy based on the benefits of the products and services that they are offering. Marketing is focused on the consumers needs and the goal is to make the selling environment better through building a brand. A digital marketer would create and plan a strategy to become a market leader of a targeted group of consumers. Marketing involves influencing consumers buying decisions through subtly educating the consumers to like the brand creating prospects, potential customers, or leads. 3. Become a Content Master The most effective way to promote your business and brand is through content marketing. Below are tips to master content marketing. A. Inform your content. The sales funnel is the process of learning about a company, gaining understanding, purchasing, and becoming a repeat customer. Within the sales funnel, different audiences require different content at each step, whether it is focused on building interest, solving problems or creating relationships. This funnel can be organized into three general categories. 1. AWARENESS- Those at the top of the funnel need basic information about a problem, solution, and industry. This stage is where they should be encouraged to share there name, email, and phone number so you can continue the conversation with them. This content should create curiosity that encourages the customer to engage with your brand. 2. CONVERSION- As customers enter this stage, they have shown interest in your product and shared information or hit certain benchmarks for engagement as far as clicks, website visits, and form submissions. Now it is time to introduce to them the unique benefits of your product and get them to the point of decision making. 3. CREATING RELATIONSHIPS- Customers who reach the bottom of the funnel are proof that you are doing content marketing right. Now, it is time to take the customers and inspire them to become advocates for your brand or product by submitting a quote or review, participating in a case study, being a customer reference and more. There is so much you can do to take the business of one happy customer and use it to create more customers. B. Choose the best content types. 1. Helpful and Informative Videos 2. Blog Posts 3. Info-graphics 4. E-books 5. Product Videos 6. Side-by-side comparisons 7. Webinars 8. Customer Advocacy Content. Continue the conversation with the customer after their point of purchase by participating in email marketing with calls to action for reviews, and aim to let them know how much we appreciate their business, genuinely take into mind their thoughts about the product. C. Find the right distribution channels. 1. Twitter 2. Facebook 3. Google + 4. Pinterest 5. Instagram 6. Tumblr 7. Linked In 8. Youtube 4. Check your metrics. Use Google Analytics and Big Data to your advantage. Big data is used to better understand customers and their behaviors and preferences. This will enable you to fully understand the potential of data-driven marketing, generate customer offers based on their buying habits, improve customer engagement, increase customer loyalty, and re-evaluate risk portfolios quickly.
Fusion 180° Ink and our Multi-purpose cleaner are both environmentally friendly products. Our ink is eco-friendly due to the inks extremely low cure temperature. Save Energy. Lowering the temperature of your dryer to 240°F will not only save energy and consumption, but will also reduce emissions. Save Money. Your energy bill will be reduced and you will not have to replace garments damaged by high heat or dye migration. Increase Production. The ink will also increase production and save space throughout your shop, as the ink can also cure with a flash. Minimize the Health Issue. Switching to Fusion 180° Ink minimizes air content from PVC Polymer and the formation of Hydro-Chloride Gas. HCI is an unavoidable byproduct of PVC polymer that develops when the dryer is set to high temperatures between 300°F and 380° F. HCI is considered as a dioxin that is categorized as a Group 1 Carcinogen by The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). HCI is created during all phases of PVC production due to a very high fusion temperatures. High temperature Fusible PVC products have irreparably harmed the health of thousands of workers related to PVC production. The 240° cure temperature minimizes toxic atoms from PVC polymer and the formation of HCI. Switching to Fusion 180° ink will result in a comfortable work environment and a cooler shop during the summer for your employees. NON PVC Fusion 180° Ink We also have a NON PVC version of Fusion 180° Ink, which is an even greener option and does not contain polyvinyl chloride polymer! Please contact us if you are interested in learning more! This version is not offered in our shop. We will be adding our NON PVC version soon. Fusion 180° Ink Cleaner: Our ink cleaner is biodegradable and water-soluble made with green ingredients. You may no longer need ink cleaners made with petrochemicals such as blended solvents. To clean the ink you need 5% laundry detergent, 1%-3% water neutralizer and 92% water. The cleaner is non-flammable and non-hazardous air pollutant. Lastly, there are no oral and inhalation toxicity problems. 1. Read additional ways our ink can benefit your screen print shop: https://www.fusion180ink.com/benefits/ 2. Watch Our Videos: https://www.fusion180ink.com/watch-now/ 3. View all of our stock colors:https://www.fusion180ink.com/product/fusion-180-ink-stock-colors/ 3. Read how we started solving problems we were having at our screen print shop and how we solved those problems: https://www.fusion180ink.com/about/
5-Step Guide to Make your Screen Print Shop More Environmentally Friendly – Fusion180Ink.com
Tips for Creating Crisp and Clear Screen Prints with Fusion 180° Ink Creating eye-popping screen prints that stand out with Fusion 180° is simple by following our three tips. Start with High Resolution. Quality artwork is key to success in creating a print that is crisp, clear, beautiful, and bold. Make clear guidelines for providing artwork to your shop, recreate the design from scratch if needed, and don’t forget to proofread your artwork. Substrate Does Not Matter. With low temperature ink, it does not matter what substrate you are working with. It is easy with our ink to create the look you want whether it be a tight weave or not! All you need to do is lower the temperature of your dryer and you will be able to screen print on all fabrics without running into any problems. The low dryer temperature enables you to screen print on 100% cotton covering fibers, 100% polyester and sublimated polyester blocking dye migration, 50/50 sweatshirts preventing scorching, nylon and non woven preventing melting or shrinking, and raincoats adhering to thicker fabrics. Screen Printing. When it comes to screen printing images with half tones, we recommend using a 280 mesh underlay with a 45 line dot. The color screens that we use are 305 mesh. Please use quick flashes to gel. Don't forget to set the dryer at 240°F to 260°F for 40 seconds. To guarantee matching the correct colors, I suggest switching to our pigment based matching system. Once you purchase the start up kit, you will automatically be on tier two pricing. Watch our videos, view our deal, and learn more about our start up kit! Similar Blog Posts: -7 Facts About Low Temperature Ink -5 Tips to Increase Productivity at Your Screen Print Shop -4 Promotional Products to Add to Your Screen Print Shop Product Line Please click on the image to read more about low temperature ink. Don't forget to use the code 'SAVE20' at checkout.
