Hard Eight Screen
Printing and Embroidery
Sacramento
SCREEN PRINTING
We can screen print any artwork ranging from simple graphic art to complex photographic art.
Simple 2 color graphic print.
Complex 4 color photographic print.
Different types of ink
We use plastisol, water based, and discharge inks.
Plastisol Ink is the easiest type of screen printing ink to use and also the most common. It's plastic-based and sits on top of the fabric that it's printed on.
Water Based Ink is more seamless and typically considered to be higher in quality than plastisol. It soaks into the fabric more and you can't feel it when you put your finger on it as long as it's printed on a light garment.
To get that seamless result on darker garments, we use Discharge Ink. Discharge ink will remove dye from a dark shirt while it's being cured. This results in a print that doesn't feel like an extra layer on the shirt.
