If you’ve ever felt like you’re working all day but not really getting ahead, you’re not alone.
Let’s be honest—nobody dreams of more meetings. But a quick, focused pre-shift huddle? That’s a game-changer. In busy print shops, especially those juggling multiple jobs, presses, and departments, just five minutes at the start of the day can make everything run smoother—and it’s one of the easiest ways to boost morale and keep people aligned. Here’s why it works, what to cover, and how to make it stick.
In screen printing, we spend a lot of time talking about meshes, inks, exposures, and press settings—but often one of the most important tools in the entire process often gets overlooked: The squeegee. At the end of the day, the squeegee is the tool that’s actually *doing the printing*. It’s the component physically shearing the ink through the screen and onto the garment. If that action isn’t clean and precise, nothing else upstream really matters.
Shirt Kong, St Peters, MO Hot market printing is one of those things that sounds cool on paper and then hits you hard in real life. World Series. Super Bowl. Big moments where fans want merch immediately. Not next week. Not after a reprint. The next morning. That kind of turnaround is wild, and it’s […]
If you’ve ever fought to keep detail in a halftone or couldn’t figure out why your prints weren’t looking as sharp as they should, chances are your mesh count had something to do with it.Choosing the right mesh count is one of the most important decisions in screen printing — it affects ink deposit, detail, […]
If you’ve ever questioned whether it’s really worth it to attend that next industry event, meet-up, or conference—let this story be your reminder that you never know where one connection might take you. Ryan Burkhart and Bruce Braden, co-founders of Kong Screen Printing in Austin, Texas, have quietly built one of the most customer-focused print […]