Lee, I love that you don't keep your own mistakes out. It shows that we all make mistakes as well as letting us learn from those who have done it before us.
Found Lee's channel when I bought my dyna years ago. One of his videos lead me to Shadtree Surgeons channel. Cool to see you guys still friends to this day, from Manitoba to Florida.
First off great screen printing quality and great information, but when I watch the video over and over.......That is when you realize how great of a job is done on the quality of the video presentation. The moving camera, close ups and music alignment. Just an all out great job. Cant imagine the time involved in the creation of the videos, but they are much appreciated.....Thanks.
I don't usually post comments but videos like this one are the best. Very detailed and in depth and after watching this video I feel a lot more comfortable with underbases. If you could do a video on how to line up transparencies when burning screens and how to line up screens when printing, that would be awesome!
I just... love your videos. You do so well in explaining, editing and filming. Those extra mile shots like filming the actual fibers with a macro lens ( or however you did it ) are so helpful.
Lee, hands down, you are the best CZcams teacher i ever found, in my humble opinion. We did had a little chat on insta about my issues with white underbase, this video explained and help me understand exactly what i was doing wrong. That print is so damn cool! Been drooling over the insta photos since you first post the. ! You killed it dude! You're an absolute legend! Dom
Anyone who knows good (quality) stuff should be eager for every Lee Sturt video. Thanks Lee for tirelessly putting out amazing contents. Please we and the team back here will appreciate if you can make a video on how to choke an underbase in illustrator. From Nigeria with love and gratitude.
Legit rundown of the white under base. Stirring up the white ink before a job can make a world of a difference. Wish we knew that way back when. Glad you mentioned it in the video.
Print flash print, vs. wet on wet. Can you make a video going over both and why you believe one way may just be better than the other? I've seen a lot of debates on the topic, but no explanations for why to do one over the other. Thanks Lee
Great video Lee! you covered plenty of details and your videos are just the best. We all appreciate your hard work and always seeking to improve. Thanks for sharing !! ✌🏽
Im a old school printer, you have some major skills. props to you Lee. Are you still a 1 one show? Thank you for sharing your print journey! and your video editing is amazing also.
We just switched from the wilflex LC bolt to the rutland street fighter white at half the cost with the same results. We were going through 10 gallons a week and it added up at the end of the month. Really good advice on the prep. I would also suggest a 2 to 1 coat for a thicker stencil to put down a little bit more white for better coverage. Print looks really good 👍
I use a 1/1 which is a perfect 20% EOM with that screen mesh and emulsion, EOM plays a huge part in a good print. I use the Rutland street fighter here too but I've switched it to my highlight white as it didn't have the matte down the wilflex did. I think on an auto with a roller or iron it would be a perfect base though.
@@leestuart38 we don't use a roller with the street fighter and get good matdown. Had to play around with the pressure and squeegee angle to get it right. Head 1 is our default underbase print head...lol
Awesome video as always dude. Slowly building up a catalogue of your videos as a training manual for when I open a shop haha! Keep up the good work man 👊🏻
Not going to lie Man you annoyed me when I first started watching your videos but that was because I’m jealous your a freaking great printer! Excellent video man and I enjoy everything you do I’m a fan for sure!
This is exactly what I have been needing! Sometime can you continue on the underbase and explain a choke. I think I kind of get it, but somehow when you talk about it, I get it!
I plan to cover that when I do a simple spot color separation video. I'll probably make a few of those actually since it's different for photoshop and illustrator
Another awesome video lee! Currently rockin that red/white rogue lab shirt today that you actually shipped out to me in your day in the life video. Good shit man! Looking forward to everything you do in 2021!
Geezus biscuits man. Your intro was low res and I restarted my router, restarted my computer and then realized it was just the intro. lol Anyway, I really like how add so much flare to your typography with half tones and this dope line thing you have going on. Does anybody know if that line thing has a name? (@ 8:02)
Hi, I'm using water-based under based, after one wash on washing machine, all my yellow, magenta color become peel off, I'm printing on microfiber shirt.. Should I need to half dry the under base or full dry under based before put any color on it
great work man. Thank you for teaching us the right way. May God Bless you and may the peace and comfort of the Holy Spirit be upon you forever and ever, Amen !!!
Would I need a white underbase if I was printing green ink colour on a medium blue t-shirt? I would prefer a black t-shirt but as I'll be using a crude DIY setup at home for screen printing, there's no way that I could get perfect registration for a white underbase.
thank you for the video . i have a question ,can you please do a fresh video for a new comer to screen printing who want to do printing for own brand . if you can please do it ,with all basic ,like what ink should use ? , how to line up with out this kind of laser lights and etc , i mean all what need to know when a new person come to screen printing for a own brand . thank you in advance brov . and thank you for your all videos . Great . keep doing .
I'm looking to move to screen printing when you add the emulsion to the screen and let it cure does that fill into the grooves on the edges that are missed?
Hey lee, really enjoy your videos btw from Albuquerque. Appreciate you keeping it PG rated as well! :) Hey what was your choke on the undebase? 1 point? Just curious
I'm definitely not PG, must have just gotten lucky on this one 😂. 1pt is far too much and you can visibly see it, the maximum I'd ever do is 0.5pt. This was more like 0.25pt
Dude you are fucking MEGA! Definitely my favorite channel to watch and learn from. You don’t have an air of superiority or “Know-it-all-ism” like other channels. Although you do seem to know a shit load about printing. Seems to me you got it honest though. The trial and error way. Which is the best instruction one can learn from. Thanks for the assistance on this stuff. I try explaining it to my family and pals like it’s Rocket Science on a smaller scale. 😂
Always flash the underbase. Top colors is a balancing act between printing wet or flashing. If you're new to it or even an intermediate, then flashing them all is fine on a manual press. Just make sure you aren't over flashing and fully curing everything
WOW....that looks great. Just the registration is incredible. F"n great job man. Only 1 question could u do a flattening screen right after the white base. I just did some black hoodiez after the first pass i did the flattening screen. And hit it again with white. It was a bright white. And it was a thick. It was only a 2 color design so I was able to get away with a thicker print.
I am still struggling a bit with learning and understanding all of the inks out there. There are so many damn choices! I am going to try out the Wilflex Quickwhite you mentioned but if I am understanding correctly, based on the spec sheet that ink is not suitable for 100% polyester garments. If that is the case, what white is your preference for 100% poly?
Moire is really only caused by 2 main issues. The first one I mentioned in this video and the second is stacking 2 of the same mesh counts together. I'll definitely bring it up more in the future and maybe try to cause some moire on purpose to show everyone
@@leestuart38 yea. Definitely. I’ve also gotten it when I’ve exposed a base with some small halftones that didn’t opened up all the way. But usually the colors on top cover that. .... I also got it once Because one film out of the seven was printed. At a different frequency. I lost half a day of production trying to figure out what happened 😂... I didn’t know anything about moire at the time.
There's 2 flashes in there. Could have probably done one but I the golden yellow was really thick and sticky and I forgot to mix viscosity buster in there by the time I started, so there was a flash before and after that one
I know this is probably a really stupid question and I am new to screen printing myself and I am actually taking classes at my community college for it but I was wondering if you know if it is possible to screen print plastisol over vinyl? It's something I thought of but nothing that I could experiment on myself. Can you try it or let me know what you know about that if you do?
I use 5% reducer in my whites for printing hoodies only. Is that something you do as well? It seams like the only way to get a smooth white on hoodies.
No I don't use reducer for basically anything unless I'm printing on white shirts. Reducer is taking down the bleed blocking properties of your low bleed white which you really need on hoodies. I run thin thread screens for bases on hoodies instead.
2 questions what type of squeegee is that and do you like using that better than standard one? And are you using water based inks or plastisol? Process and advice might be bit different dependending on which you are using.
Way better than a standard squeegee in my opinion. It's a lot easier to pull prints and to print for long periods of time. The link to the squeegee is in the video description 👍🏻
Lee, I love that you don't keep your own mistakes out. It shows that we all make mistakes as well as letting us learn from those who have done it before us.
Mistakes are part of life and a big part of perfecting a craft, so I'll always own up to it. Nobody comes into this game as a pro haha
I love how there’s people always trying to help others
That's what it's all about 🤘🏻
This is why I only use Lee, the absolute BEST in the business. Thanks for always going the extra mile my friend!
Will you announce on CZcams when they will be in stock?
can us fans in the UK buy your products Shadetree? or are you USA only?
Thanks for always trusting me dude!
Got a new sub, Shadetree sent me!
Found Lee's channel when I bought my dyna years ago. One of his videos lead me to Shadtree Surgeons channel. Cool to see you guys still friends to this day, from Manitoba to Florida.
First off great screen printing quality and great information, but when I watch the video over and over.......That is when you realize how great of a job is done on the quality of the video presentation. The moving camera, close ups and music alignment. Just an all out great job. Cant imagine the time involved in the creation of the videos, but they are much appreciated.....Thanks.
Thanks so much for noticing 🙌🏻
I don't usually post comments but videos like this one are the best. Very detailed and in depth and after watching this video I feel a lot more comfortable with underbases.
If you could do a video on how to line up transparencies when burning screens and how to line up screens when printing, that would be awesome!
Thanks a lot. I plan on making a registration video very soon
I just... love your videos. You do so well in explaining, editing and filming. Those extra mile shots like filming the actual fibers with a macro lens ( or however you did it ) are so helpful.
Thank you! Adding all those little details is what I live for haha
Lee, hands down, you are the best CZcams teacher i ever found, in my humble opinion.
We did had a little chat on insta about my issues with white underbase, this video explained and help me understand exactly what i was doing wrong.
That print is so damn cool! Been drooling over the insta photos since you first post the. ! You killed it dude!
You're an absolute legend!
Dom
Thanks so much dude! I'm glad to help out where I can. This is definitely one of my favorites I've done in a while
I enjoy all your vids, but I love the quality educational format you went with on this. A lot info in under 10 minutes.
Thanks man! This was different for me, if everyone likes it I'll use this format more often
Anyone who knows good (quality) stuff should be eager for every Lee Sturt video. Thanks Lee for tirelessly putting out amazing contents. Please we and the team back here will appreciate if you can make a video on how to choke an underbase in illustrator. From Nigeria with love and gratitude.
I heart this comment ❤️
Legit rundown of the white under base. Stirring up the white ink before a job can make a world of a difference. Wish we knew that way back when. Glad you mentioned it in the video.
So simple yet so overlooked. I was guilty of this for a while too
Print flash print, vs. wet on wet. Can you make a video going over both and why you believe one way may just be better than the other? I've seen a lot of debates on the topic, but no explanations for why to do one over the other. Thanks Lee
Great video Lee! you covered plenty of details and your videos are just the best. We all appreciate your hard work and always seeking to improve. Thanks for sharing !! ✌🏽
Happy you guys get something out of these. Thanks for watching 🤘🏻
Love the content so much. Thank you. I know it's a lot of extra work. Please keep it coming.
Love making it for everyone! Thanks for watching when I do 🤘🏻
Im a old school printer, you have some major skills. props to you Lee. Are you still a 1 one show? Thank you for sharing your print journey! and your video editing is amazing also.
Badass print man!
Thanks man!
Fabulous design and the print quality is stunning!
Thanks!
let the tutorial games begin! very cool video, pls more of that kind.
Man your process, attention to detail, and workload are killer. Keep up the great work. Cant wait to see what wicked stuff and vid you put out.
Thanks a lot. Those little details matter so much
@@leestuart38 Make the diffrence between something run of the mill and a piece of artwork.
Gadzooks man! Brilliant work and a testament to why printers improve with every job! And like the guy who commented before me, love the content!
Thanks a lot man
We just switched from the wilflex LC bolt to the rutland street fighter white at half the cost with the same results. We were going through 10 gallons a week and it added up at the end of the month. Really good advice on the prep. I would also suggest a 2 to 1 coat for a thicker stencil to put down a little bit more white for better coverage. Print looks really good 👍
I use a 1/1 which is a perfect 20% EOM with that screen mesh and emulsion, EOM plays a huge part in a good print. I use the Rutland street fighter here too but I've switched it to my highlight white as it didn't have the matte down the wilflex did. I think on an auto with a roller or iron it would be a perfect base though.
@@leestuart38 we don't use a roller with the street fighter and get good matdown. Had to play around with the pressure and squeegee angle to get it right. Head 1 is our default underbase print head...lol
Would love to see the computer choke process !!!!
Awesome vid as usual Lee! Thank you!
Thanks man!
That's Beautiful! Thanks for the Info too! Love that you help others!
That's what it's all about 🤘🏻
Thanks for the info! And sick video
Thanks!
@@leestuart38 Heck yeah!
Thank you
Awesome video as always dude. Slowly building up a catalogue of your videos as a training manual for when I open a shop haha! Keep up the good work man 👊🏻
You nailed it my friend✌️.... it covers it all.
Wow thanks for this video. Very informative and I pick lots of new things. Thank you again.
Glad to hear it helped 🙌🏻
Not going to lie Man you annoyed me when I first started watching your videos but that was because I’m jealous your a freaking great printer! Excellent video man and I enjoy everything you do I’m a fan for sure!
I appreciate that!
I may have missed this but what's your typical choke for the base?
I'm going to have to make a video on separations. I keep my choke to the absolute minimum depending on the design, like 0.25 or under
This is exactly what I have been needing! Sometime can you continue on the underbase and explain a choke. I think I kind of get it, but somehow when you talk about it, I get it!
I plan to cover that when I do a simple spot color separation video. I'll probably make a few of those actually since it's different for photoshop and illustrator
@@leestuart38 Woo-hoo!!
Thanks for the info bro
👊🏻👊🏻
Favorite screen printer on YT
Thanks!
Lee is a amazing pro in screen printing....
Wow!! Outstanding!! I will take ur advice on the under base!! Thank you
Hope it helps 🙌🏻
Another awesome video lee! Currently rockin that red/white rogue lab shirt today that you actually shipped out to me in your day in the life video. Good shit man! Looking forward to everything you do in 2021!
Hell ya thanks again for that man, hope you like it 🤘🏻
Thanks Brother. Good Advice especially for a beginner like me.
Glad to help 🤘🏻
PITFW! man that's some good printing and that flash b-roll with the new set up looked freaking great.
Thanks dude!
Thanks! Very helpful
Glad I recently found your channel
Geezus biscuits man. Your intro was low res and I restarted my router, restarted my computer and then realized it was just the intro. lol Anyway, I really like how add so much flare to your typography with half tones and this dope line thing you have going on. Does anybody know if that line thing has a name? (@ 8:02)
As always Lee, Thank you for you tips.
Glad they help 🤘🏻
Sick art
Lee, would love to see how the color separation is done please
Hi, I'm using water-based under based, after one wash on washing machine, all my yellow, magenta color become peel off, I'm printing on microfiber shirt.. Should I need to half dry the under base or full dry under based before put any color on it
What did you end up doing?
great work man. Thank you for teaching us the right way. May God Bless you and may the peace and comfort of the Holy Spirit be upon you forever and ever, Amen !!!
Thanks for another great video!
Thanks for watching it!
Nice one man, Thanks for the tips!
Happy to help 🤘🏻
good tutorial Lee, greetings from Indonesia
You gotta do a vid on squeegee durometor
If I can like this video more than once I could, THANK YOU!!!
That's what I like to hear 👏🏻
Would I need a white underbase if I was printing green ink colour on a medium blue t-shirt? I would prefer a black t-shirt but as I'll be using a crude DIY setup at home for screen printing, there's no way that I could get perfect registration for a white underbase.
Great work and great video bro
Thanks!
killing it !
thank you
Do you have videos of how to separate the image to make a multi color print. Or 2 colors for a beginner
I don't yet, but this is something I plan on making multiple videos about
Killed it!!! Damn this video was great!
Thanks a lot 🤘🏻
thank you for the video . i have a question ,can you please do a fresh video for a new comer to screen printing who want to do printing for own brand . if you can please do it ,with all basic ,like what ink should use ? , how to line up with out this kind of laser lights and etc , i mean all what need to know when a new person come to screen printing for a own brand . thank you in advance brov . and thank you for your all videos . Great . keep doing .
I'm looking to move to screen printing when you add the emulsion to the screen and let it cure does that fill into the grooves on the edges that are missed?
Great video!!! very informative!!! is it possible to do a separation video for the exact design that you print??? from Greece many thanks!!!
Thanks. I'll have to make a video on separations soon
So nice! Thanks for the awesome information! ;)
Thanks!
hey buddy ... why don't you buy a flashing flash cure?
Hey where did you get the squeegee with the handles?
Quick question ,what if I am using white ink on the garment.Just to make the white pop.I will flood it twice ?
Either print/flash/print the white with one screen or use a base white and a top white screen for pro level results
What are your thoughts on DTG. are you planning to buy one ?
Hey lee, really enjoy your videos btw from Albuquerque. Appreciate you keeping it PG rated as well! :) Hey what was your choke on the undebase? 1 point? Just curious
I'm definitely not PG, must have just gotten lucky on this one 😂. 1pt is far too much and you can visibly see it, the maximum I'd ever do is 0.5pt. This was more like 0.25pt
Niice myman!
Dude you are fucking MEGA! Definitely my favorite channel to watch and learn from. You don’t have an air of superiority or “Know-it-all-ism” like other channels. Although you do seem to know a shit load about printing. Seems to me you got it honest though. The trial and error way. Which is the best instruction one can learn from. Thanks for the assistance on this stuff. I try explaining it to my family and pals like it’s Rocket Science on a smaller scale. 😂
Thanks so much. That's what it's all about here, sharing the wins and losses I've encountered to hopefully help people along the way.
Not sure if I missed it in this video but should the flash DRY each ink layer or just almost dry it?
Always flash the underbase. Top colors is a balancing act between printing wet or flashing. If you're new to it or even an intermediate, then flashing them all is fine on a manual press. Just make sure you aren't over flashing and fully curing everything
How do your spearate the Drawing to print four screens
Hello! what brand of tshirt did you use for your clothing brand? Thanks!
Do you ever print your under base film at 90-95% halftone, For spot color prints? ....I know that's normal for simulated.
Never. That would change the color tones for spot or simulated
WOW....that looks great. Just the registration is incredible. F"n great job man. Only 1 question could u do a flattening screen right after the white base. I just did some black hoodiez after the first pass i did the flattening screen. And hit it again with white. It was a bright white. And it was a thick. It was only a 2 color design so I was able to get away with a thicker print.
Thanks! I don't use a flattening screen anymore, I've dialed in my setup and technique to where I don't need it
Do you have a video on like tips to getting started with a low budget and like what mesh count exactly means stuff like that
I don't, but that's something I definitely need to do.
I don't, but that's something I definitely need to do
Iiked, commented, subscribed, hopefully you crush the algorithm 🙏
Much appreciated 🙌🏻
I am still struggling a bit with learning and understanding all of the inks out there. There are so many damn choices! I am going to try out the Wilflex Quickwhite you mentioned but if I am understanding correctly, based on the spec sheet that ink is not suitable for 100% polyester garments. If that is the case, what white is your preference for 100% poly?
How about a video on how to separate that artwork that would be great
What’s your exposure times look like? I run cryocoat 1/1 with a comparable vacuum exposure and I can’t seem to get mine just right?
Hey Lee, I was wondering for the under base should you constrict the outline of the under base and if so how much?
Hey lee. A video about moire effect and how to prevent it. Would be. Awesome. I don’t really see anyone talk about that.
Moire is really only caused by 2 main issues. The first one I mentioned in this video and the second is stacking 2 of the same mesh counts together. I'll definitely bring it up more in the future and maybe try to cause some moire on purpose to show everyone
@@leestuart38 yea. Definitely. I’ve also gotten it when I’ve exposed a base with some small halftones that didn’t opened up all the way. But usually the colors on top cover that. .... I also got it once Because one film out of the seven was printed. At a different frequency. I lost half a day of production trying to figure out what happened 😂... I didn’t know anything about moire at the time.
I learn so much from your videos! I currently use wilflex lava perfect white, does quick white have bleed resistant properties?
Glad to hear! Quick white is also a low bleed ink so you can swap out your perfect white
How did you paint your logo on the wall? Did you have some one do it?
Those are decals
Love your vids👌🏾 quick question is this wet on wet or are you flashing in between colours
There's 2 flashes in there. Could have probably done one but I the golden yellow was really thick and sticky and I forgot to mix viscosity buster in there by the time I started, so there was a flash before and after that one
If you do not do a Print, Flash, Print on the under base. Do you do a highlight white on the top to make the white pop more?
If there's white in the design, yes use a second highlight white screen. I'll be doing a video on this right away
Is it acceptable to use a different color other than white for your underbase? Great video, thank you for the tips
Always white if color is going over top
Thanks man I always learn something from you. Do you know where I can get some cool designs like the one in this video?
From us!
@@leestuart38 ok cool! How do I go about getting something done?
Hey Lee, what squeegee durometer would you recommend for white? Amazing content by the way, i have learnt so much watching your videos.
Thanks a lot. I typically use 70s, but 70/90/70 works well too
Have you tried Heat Transfer with your Roland printer?
That's actually the next video I'm working on
@@leestuart38 Great ^^ Thank you so much.
I know this is probably a really stupid question and I am new to screen printing myself and I am actually taking classes at my community college for it but I was wondering if you know if it is possible to screen print plastisol over vinyl? It's something I thought of but nothing that I could experiment on myself. Can you try it or let me know what you know about that if you do?
I'm not sure why anyone would ever want to do that
I use 5% reducer in my whites for printing hoodies only. Is that something you do as well? It seams like the only way to get a smooth white on hoodies.
No I don't use reducer for basically anything unless I'm printing on white shirts. Reducer is taking down the bleed blocking properties of your low bleed white which you really need on hoodies. I run thin thread screens for bases on hoodies instead.
Great video....Emilio here,from Puerto Rico. Any ideas regarding puff ink,application wise?
I did a video on puff ink somewhat recently and failed pretty miserably at it haha. I'll be trying it again soon for everyone to see
Are you not selling your own personal LS38 gear anymore ? Can’t find the website bro
Thirty eight is on hiatus, merch is on the rogue lab site now
Do you downsize on the white base ? Or is it the same size as every other color ?
The white base has a very slight choke to it
@@leestuart38got it thank you 🙏🏽 do you have a video explaining that?
incredible work, what would you call the style of the Florida print? is it retro 60's or ????
I'd say it's swamp-chique
2 questions what type of squeegee is that and do you like using that better than standard one? And are you using water based inks or plastisol? Process and advice might be bit different dependending on which you are using.
Way better than a standard squeegee in my opinion. It's a lot easier to pull prints and to print for long periods of time. The link to the squeegee is in the video description 👍🏻
Have you tho about selling screen print transfers or do you already?
I don't sell screen printed transfers
Damn bro u make shit look easy . Lol keep kicking that knowledge!
just to make it clear, under base is just a pass with white ink? Correct me if I am wrong.
Exactly. It's needed for bright, opaque colors and to matte down the shirt fibers
@@leestuart38 If i am printing a white design into a black T-shirt, do I need an underbase? So hypothetically, I print the design twice...?
@@costaspsarommatis2096 yes you will need to print it twice or use 2 screens. I have a video about using highlight whites.
Are you flashing after each top color?
There was 2 flashes in this one
Hi Lee,
Great video. Did you print the top colors wet on wet?
There were a few flashes in there, I think 2. Thanks!