Mesh Counts

[Mosh]

Recently we replace all of our mesh in the screens that we print on light colored shirts. We went from a 110 mesh to a 156 mesh. We now get alot "softer" feel and use around 20% less ink. This is only on spot color designs, we still use 220 mesh on process color work.

On dark colored shirts we us 87 mesh for most colors.

 

[Bigdawg]

We always based the mesh count on the ink and the artwork, not the shirt... unless it's something ribbed or plush and then the shirt can enter into it... but there's no way we could just use one screen mesh for all inks. Bet your drying times are lower too now.

and printing with a 110 on light colors... that must have felt like they were bullet proof.