What is an under base when screen printing?
One difficult part of the process known as screen printing, is printing light colors on dark t-shirts. There are a few different ways of making the light print stand out and look great on darker colored t-shirts. One of the ways to do this is by adding an actual layer of clean underneath the design called an “under base”.
This is usually done with white ink. The screen printer will print a wide layer of ink underneath every color in the design. This provides a base canvas for the rest of the colors to be on top. That way it is almost like printing on white shirts instead of darker shirts.
When doing an under base properly, the customer should never even know it is there.
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