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SANDILAKE
By sitting down with Mel, and asking some tough ques- Do your research and ask questions- There’s un-
tions, I realized afterwards there are two great things fortunately not a per-determined checklist for your copyright.gov
that can help us bring awareness to this issue. It’s the specific venture. You will have to piece a lot of the
support of each other, and the education on the subject.
30$ per design
TARGET
nitty gritty details together from different resources. Send in a design and show
There are folks out there, possibly reading this now that
don’t know the rules. I’ve talked to people who honestly These are OK to google search and use at your will. examples of its intended use.
“
up to that point.
a white board. Sketch out your ideas. Throw out words someone you follow posting about their specific tat-
When you come up with this organic idea, to make something
that inspire you, along with shapes and make revisions. too design or web banner, or patterns being stolen
What Now? Someone actually ripped this you’re excited about it, there’s a lot of work, time and money that goes
Add textures. Play with color. Be original. first know that it’s a really shitty feeling. For a mo-
design off and to a potential national level. behind making things and creating. And I honestly didn’t think it would ment, sometimes longer it can discourage them from
ever catch on. It was just to be a hobby, not necessarily to make money. Find your capabilities - Not everyone is a creative continuing to create or sharing with the public and if
She was able to get in touch of the third party contracted manufactur-
er who would tell her that someone in-house found the design on Pinter-
est and made the copy. They weren’t going to do much besides offer Mel a
So when you’re creating things and doing something you love, you
don’t ever think, because it’s such a passion that someone would
“ type. Heck, even some creative people are better at pho-
tography than they are at illustration. You don’t have to
you want to keep seeing genuine content, go repost
and support them. It could go viral like Mel’s and help
a bad situation be a little more tolerable.
job that she would then decline. take it from you.” be good at everything. Hire someone who’s skilled.
“ I just want to build up my own company, and at the same time I was
getting hundreds of orders for just this one design from the support. At
one point I had up to 1000 open orders, when I was just use to having a After I first heard about Mel’s story and having a similar experience of
dozen in every size, so I had to figure out how I was going to get all these my own, I really wanted to dig deeper into why its so easy for people and After my chat with Mel, she was excited for some
shirts in, printed and shipped out. So why would I want to work for some- corporations to get away with this. Anyone that I’ve talked with says the new things she had in store for herself, her family
one that would steal from me?” and Sandilake. Getting back to where Sandilake came from, and it’s roots is what
same thing, that we’re so occupied with the creation of either a brand or
design, and customer experience, the last thing we are thinking about is she is most excited about returning to. While all the hype helped others gain aware-
While Target was using an outside manufacturer and designer that was
protecting ourselves. And how do we even think about copyrighting all of ness about an issue to the independent maker community, it also helped Mel grow as
behind this, Mel would bring in her lawyer for discussions with Target’s
legal team. She wanted to spin it, as a positive way, to work with and buy
a business owner, just trying to run her home screen printing shop the safest and
our images when we can’t afford it, let alone how to do it? “They” can get
from a mom, it would be awesome to see local presence in a large smartest way she can. See what Mel is up to @sandilakeclothing
away with it because we don’t know how to protect ourselves.
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Meet Kevin and Raul aka Calimucho and one of KEVIN - “ I first was exposed to screen printing
our class partners, are some of the most down to in my high school art class, our teacher had a
press and dryer that we were never allowed to
earth dudes who are more than excited to pass
What would you want to tell other aspiring screen print shop owners?
“
down their screen printing wisdom. Joined by use. One day we got to make stickers, 30 kids art
the punk scene in the late 90’s, the duo has been on one screen 2inches by 2inches per design, not
printing and serving San Pedro, CA loyally too fulfilling . Next was a few years later being in KEVIN - I would say educate, educate, EDUCATE yourself. We came RAUL - Learn from mistakes, and don’t take the education that’s now
through their community, schools, live music a touring punk band and embracing the value of up in a time before You Tube when the trade was guarded. Now you available for granted, it’s out there, use it! Always be a student and be
There’s many for me, from dialing in designs
events and skate shops. We are excited for them DIY(do it yourself), I wanted to have my hands can learn via You Tube, the internet and screen print classes across open to learning new things, or maybe a more effective way to do an old
to meet customer expectations, or watching
to have joined our arsenal of educators, and we on every piece of any process and screen print- the country. Once we became properly trained and knowledgeable it thing. Also, keep notes on the process, and customers, that way you can
a bad ass 6 color print discharge as it comes
wanted to sit down with them to know what ing tshirts, records, and tour posters were part of was a huge game changer. Also if you are looking to start a business, potentially avoid looking for the same answers over and over. Don’t get
outta the dryer, thats still magical to me.
keeps them slinging ink. the process. “ go legit sooner than later, we waited a long time and once we made discouraged, shit happens… there’s many hills and valleys along the
the leap things really started happening. way, enjoy the ride!
How did you get into screen printing?
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EXPOSURE UNITS
X-VACTOR 25 X 36 INCH
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TOOLS & ACCESSORIES Call for additional information on available item options, upgrades and sizes.
WOOD HANDLE GREEN 10 INCH INK SQUEEGEE RACK PALLET TAPE FOR ALUMINIUM PLATEN SPECIALTY WOOD
SQUEEGEE GOOP SCOOP PRAC-NSQRACK PLATEN MASKING WITH BRACKET PLATENS RYO SPRAY RYONET SCREEN RYONET SPIDER WEB PLASTI-SOLVE INK WATER BASED CRAZY WIPES
SQWD-70 GNSU-GRNSCOOP TPPA-16x100PRM PLAL-WIN16X18 PLWD-4X22 ADHESIVE MIST CLEAN SPRAY ADHESIVE REMOVER SCREEN OPENER CMS-S983WIPES
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WITH NECK & ROTATOR FLASH DOWN START UP KIT SCOOP FLEXIBLE INK CITRA PASTE RyoPlastisol HARDENEX EMULSION RYO SCREEN RYONET CURED INK RYONET CURED INK
BRACKET PALLET 16X18IN PLAL-WINN SCSL-21X24K1 GNSU- SPATULA Screen Wash BLOCKOUT SPOT REMOVER SPOT REMOVER KIT
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PLWD-16x16 FDAC-RY1618-RP JACKETHD16 BUCKETSCOOP GNSU-ISPL CMSD-TS305 CMSD-SK200 GNEQ-SG3000-KIT
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SGREEN CHEMICAL KIT Available in pints, quarts and gallons. | *Also sold separately*
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Excellent bleed resistance,
high opacity and good
W coverage on a range of
athletic or specialty fabrics.
POLY
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High Performance low cure,
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C the Top Score palette,
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LOW-CURE
POLY
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COLUMBIA BLUE | IKPL-FO20030655 KELLY GREEN | IKPL-FO20030663 DARK GREEN | IKPL-FO20030665 PINK HOPE | IKPL-FO20032192
ROYAL BLUE | IKPL-FO20030657 DARK GREEN | IKPL-FO20030665 GOLD | IKPL-FO20030667 POLY WHITE| IKPL-FO20031991
NAVY | IKPL-FO20030659 LIME SHOCK | IKPL-FO20031474 OLD GOLD | IKPL-FO20030669 BLOCKER GRAY | IKPL-FO20025055
AQUA | IKPL-FO20030661 KELLY GREEN | IKPL-FO20030663 VEGAS GOLD | IKPL-FO20030640
DARK GRAY | IKPL-FO20030633 DARK BROWN | IKPL-FO20030636 TEXAS ORANGE | IKPL-FO20030639 NATIONAL RED | IKPL-FO20030649
SILVER GRAY | IKPL-FO20030634 LIGHT ORANGE | IKPL-FO20030637 BURNT ORANGE | IKPL-FO20030644 LIGHT MAROON | IKPL-FO20030651
BLACK | IKPL-FO20030635 BRIGHT ORANGE | IKPL-FO20030638 CRIMSON | IKPL-FO20030647 PURPLE | IKPL-FO20030653
SPECIAL
BARBARRY MAROON | IKPL-FO20038460 INDIGO BLUE | IKPL-FO20038477 GOLDEN YELLOW | IKPL-FO20038499
MAJESTIC MAGENTA | IKPL-FO20038462 MIDNIGHT BLUE | IKPL-FO20038471 SUNSHINE YELLOW | IKPL-FO20038495
Available in pints, quarts, 5 gallons &
DEEP VIOLET | IKPL-FO20038469 FOREST GREEN | IKPL-FO20038492 AQUAMARINE | IKPL-FO20038474 50 gallons. SILVER SHIMMER NATURAL SUEDE BASE
EFFECT
IKPL-FO20018676 IKPL-FO20019045
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IKWB-AGREFPACK-8
WATER BASED INK KIT | Available in quarts | IKK-GGALAXYWBKIT BLACK | IKWB-AGRBLACK RED | IKWB-AGRFLRED PINK | IKWB-AGRFLPINK ORANGE | IKWB-AGRFLORANGE
GRAY | IKWB-AGRGRAY VIOLET | IKWB-AGRFLVIO MAGENTA | IKWB-AGRFLMAG
LOW CURE
PROTON PURPLE | IKWB-PPURPLE FUSION WHITE | IKWB-WHITEAB FUSION GREEN | IKWB-GREENAB
GREEN GALAXY
GAMMA NEBULOUS NAVY | IKWB-NNAVY FUSION YELLOW | IKWB-YELLOWAB BOOSTER BLUE | IKWB-FLBLUE
ADDITIVE
BLOCKER BLACK GREEN GALAXY SUPERNOVA BLUE | IKWB-SBLUE FUSION GOLD | IKWB-GOLDAB BOOSTER GREEN | IKWB-FLGREEN
IKWB- COMET WHITE | IKWB-CWHITE
IKWB-GAMMA CLEAR CORE COSMIC PINK | IKWB-CPINK FUSION PINK | IKWB-PINKAB BOOSTER RED | IKWB-FLRED
WARPD PITCH BLACK | IKWB-PBLACK GALACTIC GOLD | IKWB-GGOLD
IKWB-SRNDCLEAR FUSION RUBY | IKWB-RUBYAB BOOSTER YELLOW | IKWB-FLYELLOW
LIGHT SPEED GREEN I IKWB-LSLIME STARBURST YELLOW | IKWB-SYELLOW FUSION RED | IKWB-REDAB BOOSTER PURPLE | IKWB-FLPURPLE
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FLASHES
AEOLUS AD 18 X 18 INCH
BBC Little Buddy RILEYCURE JR. RILEYCURE
RILEY HOPKINS 8 FOOT X 24 INCH
CDIF-LB15-2000-HC 5 FOOT X 24 INCH
AIR FLASH DRYER CDIF-RC08-6500
CDIF-RC05-4000
RHAF2-4000ST
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CONVEYOR DRYERS
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HOTROQIT XL
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10 FOOT X 54 INCH
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More sizes available
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FLATSTOCK
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We documented Portland Prints as they set
up a job here Ryonet HQ that we typically don’t see
‘round these parts. Flatstock! We mostly reach the
apparel industry and have built an impressive for-
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FOR STARTING A JOB OF THIS SIZE?
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CONSIDER
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ROQPRINT ECO
ROQ OVAL PRO
Key components:
Key components:
• Print heads with high-lift position for
·· Maximum print area: 20 inch x 28 foot
quick and easy frame cleaning
(XL) | 28 x 39 inch (2XL) | 31 x 43 inch (3XL)
• Honeycomb aluminium pallet.
| 35 x 51 inch (4XL).
• Squeegees with pneumatic or electric
·· Individual print and flood controls for
movement on every print head.
speed, height, angle and stroke length.
• Individual command functions on all
CONSIDER
ROQ PRU REGISTRATION SYSTEM COOL 450 | Cooling Squeegee ROQ PRESS IRON | Max temp = 392 F
99% Accuracy | LED reg marks 3RD Party compatible accessory Temperature control | Speed and
Solid Loc compatible pressure regulated by print head
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STAHL’S’ HOTRONIX STAHL’S’ HOTRONIX STAHL’S’ HOTRONIX STAHL’S’ HOTRONIX GEO KNIGHT DK20 GEO KNIGHT
MAXX PRESS MAXX PRESS CLAM PRESS FUSION PRESS 16 X 20 INCH DK7 DIGITAL CAP
15 X 15 INCH 16 X 20 INCH 16 X 16 INCH 16 X 20 INCH HTEQ-DK20 PRINTING
HTEQ-MAXX1620 HTEQ-CLAM1616 HTEQ-XF HTEQ-DK7
HTEQ-MAXX1515
Vinyl transfers
GREEN | HTVY-15X5GREEN SUN YELLOW | HTVY-15X5SUNYEL
SKY BLUE | HTVY-15X5SKY BROWN | HTVY-15X5BROWN
VIOLET | HTVY-15X5VIOLET GOLD | HTVY-15X5VFGLITTERGOLD
PINK | HTVY-15X5PINK SILVER | HTVY-15X5VFGLITTERSIL
RED | HTVY-15X5RED BLACK | HTVY-15X5GLITTERBLACK
foil transfers
GREEN | HTFO-GREEN COPPER | HTFO-COPPER
SKY BLUE | HTFO-BLUE GOLD | HTFO-GOLD
PURPLE | HTFO-PURPLE SILVER | HTFO-SILVER
PINK | HTFO-PINK BLACK | HTFO-BLACK
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