Check out this detailed look at the Hix Premier screenprinting press. This is a benchtop machine. It is also convertible. Ultimately, it can become a 6 color 6 station floor press. In this quick video we look at some of the cool features of this printing press. This piece of equipment has heavily cast aluminum parts and thick steel screen clamps. Follow along as I show you around this professional screenprinting press. You might hear some crickets from the shop and notice a little dust on the press. It has been above 110 degrees F here for a long time. While I brought you some details of the H ..read more

Here is a basic educational screen-printing video featuring the HIX Premier 4 color 2 station tabletop rotary press. I created a couple of simple 1 color screen print designs for black and white ink. This video is about the artwork I made for white plastisol ink. Of course, you could use water-based ink as well. Either way sometimes the design makes the print. Follow along as I make the screen, set up on press, and print a couple of tee shirts. Do you have a lot of humidity in your screenprinting shop? Does your film stick to the emulsion? See how I take the film off the screen in that case. P ..read more

Okay so here’s a new screen printing video where I try to give some advice on an age old question I am asked quite often. How many prints will a gall or quart of ink make? That question is difficult to answer. There are many variables which affect ink consumption. So, take a coffee break and watch this short video in which I give you my humble opinion on the matter. Here’s a secret tip, if you’re not making money screen printing it’s most likely not that you’re printing too much ink. It’s probably something else. As always thanks for watching and please subscribe.   Thanks for watching a ..read more

Here is a quick video about the Hix Spectrum UV LED exposure unit. Learn about the UV range this unit has which makes it an awesome LED exposure unit for making screens. The LED panel emits/covers a bandwidth of 370-410NM. Works with most any screenprinting emulsion on the market today, (Pure Photopolymer, Diazo, or Dual cure). Take a quick look at the HIX Spectrum and see why Catspit Productions is a great partner for your screen printing journey. Thanks for watching and thanks for being here after about 14 years on YouTube! Thanks to you all. Check out what I have to offer on my ecommerce w ..read more

Okay so here’s a new screen printing video in which we test out the new HIX LED Spectrum and the massive Godzilla od a press, the AWT Rototex. It’s been a while since I have made videos like this but it was fun. You can follow me along with the exposure, screen washout and test print. You’ll learn more about the multi wavelength Spectrum and what some of the differences are between side clamps and rear clamp screenprinting presses. Let me know if you think the video quality has changed any. I used the second backup camera for this one. As always thanks for watching and please subscribe. Thank ..read more

Do you need an extremely heavily built manual rotary screenprinting press? Check out this casual and perhaps a bit humorous video. Here I revel in my pleasant discovery on the super heavy build. Yes, I probably repeated myself but what an awesome printing press this is. It seems many of the most critical parts are aluminum. Not only that it seems many parts are black anodized aluminum. Very easy to clean. These are excellent screenprinting machines. This screenprinting equipment will not let you down. I also have #AWT flash cure units available to order as well. Call or email for lead times an ..read more

It’s been difficult for all of us to find some particular item we may need within a decent time frame lately. Here’s some info on the equipment I sell and the lead times. I’m showing what’s in stock for quick shipping and even direct pickup in Phoenix, Arizona. Currently Ranar infrared flash cure units are available to order with a 6 to 8 week lead time to ship. These are excellent standard infrared flash cure units at a very affordable price. They are worth the wait if you can. The Hix auto flash is also available for purchase. Keep reading and you’ll see we have an 18×18 with 220v wiring rea ..read more

Hey there screen troopers. Here is a simple test exposure video featuring the Hix LED UV point source exposure unit. I apologize there may be some over modulation in audio. The mic is awesome and it may have been a bit close. However, I hope you will find this to be a fun video. It is the first of many so we can get used to this machine together. In this educational video I am getting used to the new single source LED block. It seems to have a nice spread equal to the strip LED’s on the Ranar XPO LED. Now we need to test and see if this really helps us get more detail easier. Stay tuned for mo ..read more

Hey there screen troopers. Here is a quick video with some details about the HIX® Infrared Auto Flash Cure Unit With Heat Sink. This video covers some of the highlights you should know about this machinery before you make your purchase from Catspit Productions. This excellent piece of screen printing equipment features 4 presets and an auto shut down function. You’ll want to watch this video to learn all about the Hix SH-1818 Auto Flash Cure Unit 120v. Please do not forget I am a dealer for HIX and I’m happy to help out any way I can. Make sure to email or call me first about your screenprinti ..read more

Here is a quick video with some details about the HIX® Spectrum LED Screen Printing Exposure Unit. This machine is built heavily and finished nicely. I think the digital timer touch screen is like an LCD membrane switch. It is so easy to use. It is a single or point source exposure unit with high UV output. The Spectrum LED Exposure has single source long life LED array. It is single source multi spectrum LED light source dramatically reduces the curing time to as low as 8-12 seconds with no warm up time. It can handle the widest variety of popular emulsions currently on the market today whet ..read more