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Five Project Types To Fit Your Unique Screen Printing Needs
Without question, every customer that we get to work with has their own unique screen printing needs and expectations. And honestly, that's one of the things that makes the screen printing business fun. Every customer project type is a new opportunity to help solve a problem and make them look good. On our website, we have a page simply names Screen Printing Projects (click here to see it). It is a running list of current projects we have completed. Right now the projects have been divided in to seven different types. Do you work in any of these areas? Example...
The truth about shrinkage and cold water
There is a rumor that cold water can sometimes cause shrinkage. But we would argue that the exact opposite is true. The reality is that when you wash items in hot water, especially items that have a lot of cotton in them, those items are much more likely to shrink. Following up on a previous post about finding the softest t-shirt available and ranking the top 10 (click here to read about which ones rank the best), here is information about what happened when we washed those same items several times in cold water and in hot water. Subscribe to get...
Utilizing Online Team Stores
Online team stores have become a big part of how Select Printing is helping high school, middle school, junior high schools, club teams and business get the right gear to the right people. Over the last few months, every store that we have set up is now run online, as opposed to the traditional paper forms/check collection/gather and turn in method that was driving coaches and team leaders crazy...and taking their focus away from their main jobs. But are online team stores the right choice for your team? Should you mix in some traditional bulk ordering as well? Here are...
Choosing the softest t-shirt
Here is some valuable and important information for those that are interested in finding the softest t-shirt available for their teams or events. We tested 19 different styles of shirts from 100% cotton to various blends of cotton, polyester, and rayon. Our goal was to find which of them were the softest shirts, both before and after washing them. The benefit of this information is being able to better select the type of shirt for your needs. You will be able to see the rankings and some of the surprises we were not expecting! About testing for the softest t-shirt...