August 7th Show Notes – Multi-Media Screen Printing Tips and Tricks
Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. On this weeks show we’ll talk with Greg Gaardbo, the CEO and Creative Director with Shockwaves Promotional Products in Arlington Hts, Illinois (Greater Chicago). As many of our listeners are aware, Greg is well-known in our industry for his multi-media decoration. Greg will be sharing interesting Multi-Media Screen Printing Tips and Tricks on some very creative techniques to use in your own screen printing shops.
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Multi-Media Screen Printing Tips and Tricks
Greg Gaardbo is the CEO and Creative Director with Shockwaves Promotional Products in Arlington Hts, Illinois, outside Chicago. Greg was one of the speakers at ASI Chicago this summer along with Aaron and myself. As many of our listeners are already aware, Greg is well-known in the industry for his multi-media decoration.
- Tell us about how you got involved with decorated apparel?
- What decoration processes do you offer at Shockwaves?
- You’ve been doing some interesting things with sublimation, and you don’t seem to be locked into 100% polyester garments. (Discuss your work on blends, etc.)
- Along the lines of sublimation, share with our listeners how you’re sublimating on sequins.
- Tell us about some of the multi-media combinations you’ve been building in your shop.
- In your seminar you told about a customer who wanted to foil on a ribbed ladies top, and I perked up wondering how you accomplished that task. Talk a little about how you made that happen.
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