Kyle_Carter's Photobucket wolf shirts day 2 album media

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:15:19 MDT

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:10:28 MDT

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over print of a shirt i bought at goodwill. just by surprise, i noticed there's a tiny bird at the upper left corner of the print.

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:10:25 MDT

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on top of a Brooklyn Dodgers shirt

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:10:22 MDT

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going into the dryer

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:10:19 MDT

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another over print. i got frusterated w/ these on the first batch of shirts i did (over prints on black are super hard to do anyways, especially without a white underbase). and the placement of the prints was also a little off on all of them. i think i did a lot better on these shirts.

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:10:16 MDT

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wife beaters!

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:10:11 MDT

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fugging awesome over print

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:10:08 MDT

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another fugging awesome over print. i wish i didn't print the white, but it's still cool

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:10:05 MDT

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perfect. USA football practice tee

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:10:03 MDT

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austin java shirt

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:10:00 MDT

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over print on a shirt w/ headphones that says "high frequency" on the bottom

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:57 MDT

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i needed to do a quick color change on the wolf (white to gray) so i just scraped the ink off.

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:55 MDT

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:52 MDT

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mmk, mixing the gray

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:49 MDT

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how to do a cheap color test: put a dab on your hours log and stand by the computer

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:47 MDT

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yeah i'm basically super cool

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:44 MDT

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the split fount also needed more blue.

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:41 MDT

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mixing

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:38 MDT

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lookin good

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:35 MDT

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ready to go

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:33 MDT

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too much ink loaded up on the screen! oh well

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:30 MDT

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i needed to tape up the ring on the white/ gray layer

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:27 MDT

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all done

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:25 MDT

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still looks alright..

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:22 MDT

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BOBCAT COUNTRY! It's an XL shirt too

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:19 MDT

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on the back of my sweatshirt.. looks really really good.

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:17 MDT

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black wife beaters!

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:14 MDT

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EFF YEAH

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:12 MDT

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took a gamble and didn't print the gray layer.. no harm done, i'll just print the gray over it.

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:09 MDT

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fixed

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:06 MDT

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awe yea

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:03 MDT

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hilarious wife beater.. it's a sky diving shirt. all you can read on the back is FEAR

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:00 MDT

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on top of Magic 95.5

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:08:57 MDT

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test print for the black ring

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:08:54 MDT

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clean it off a little bit for some eyeballin registration

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:08:52 MDT

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looks good!

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:08:48 MDT

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printing the black image on the back of all these shirts

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:08:45 MDT

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for my sister

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:08:43 MDT

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for my mom

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:29:49 MDT

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crazy new 8 color job we're taking on at our shop. a lot of our jobs are christian retreat oriented... oh well, at least i'm printing.

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:29:35 MDT

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mixing a light shade of gray

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:29:25 MDT

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to print the gray, first i load the screen (run the squeegee over the screen when it isn't touching the shirt), then i do a smooth pull on the screen while it is touching the shirt

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:29:15 MDT

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the ring got clogged since there was tape on that part of the screen from the previous job

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:29:04 MDT

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to clean the clogged part, i take paint thinner, spray it on a test shirt..

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:29:01 MDT

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then spray some paint thinner on the actual screen and rub out the clogged part with the test shirt

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:59 MDT

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all better. i will now use this test shirt for registration. while i would normally use the key plate (black), since this has a ring around the circle it should be super easy to line the other ones up

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:56 MDT

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bought a 25 foot long headphone-to-stereo cord at target for $10.. it's totally awesome. no more christian rock or barry white!

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:54 MDT

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registration for split fount screen

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:51 MDT

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registration for key plate

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:48 MDT

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eyeballed the black for registration too.. wooo!

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:45 MDT

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i got lucky and found an existing color that matches my design

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:43 MDT

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so i'll just mix the gray on the screen

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:40 MDT

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here's the darkroom.. my boss/ the owner of the shop built this washout booth for around $20. i needed to go in here and clean some squeegees.

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:38 MDT

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the table we use for taping films onto screens, the exposure unit (wide enough to burn two screens at a time) and the closet for drying screens, complete with oscilating fan.

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:35 MDT

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cleaning a squeegee..

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:32 MDT

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more coffee woooo

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:29 MDT

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where we put dirty stuff and "spatulas" (ink mixers)

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:26 MDT

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mixed the gray for the splitfount. over estimated on the amount of ink i needed, but it's all good.

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:23 MDT

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pouring on the blue

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:21 MDT

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to mix the split fount, i start working both piles of ink into clumps on the same edge of the screen.

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:18 MDT

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then i have them meet in the middle. if too much ink gets on the spatula, i just rub it off on the screen

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:16 MDT

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more mixing.

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:13 MDT

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almost there..

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:10 MDT

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good enough

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:07 MDT

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now i put on the squeegee and move it back and forth about a half inch in all directions. this smooths out the blotches of color better

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:05 MDT

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pretty smooth

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:02 MDT

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first one.. looks good! the ink is wayyy thick though, because i mixed the ink on the screen. when you load the ink repeatedly, the gathers on the bottom of the screen and comes out super thick

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:59 MDT

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this is our flash unit for drying shirts between colors. i set up the job for split-fount * flash * gray * flash * black * pull shirt off, send it through the dryer, put on another shirt, and print the split-fount of that shirt.

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:56 MDT

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adjusted the split fount just a little bit..

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:53 MDT

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the gradient is ready to go.

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:51 MDT

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first shirt!

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:49 MDT

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looks perfect with only one test print! yes!

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:46 MDT

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there we go

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:43 MDT

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bought some shirts at target.. mainly all athletic gray and black wife beaters and tees

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:40 MDT

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other shirts i'm printing

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:38 MDT

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the heavy jams

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:34 MDT

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mmk, here's the same first shirt with white over it

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:32 MDT

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and the same shirt with final layer of black

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:29 MDT

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EFF YEA

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:27 MDT

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shirts w/ same design

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:24 MDT

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here's the press with all the shirts on it. once it goes around once, i switch screens (to printing only gray)

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:21 MDT

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help finally arrives.. awe yea. catch me some shirts and take some pix of my hot bod

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:18 MDT

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printing..

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:15 MDT

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woooooo

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:12 MDT

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long sleeve

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:10 MDT

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printing the split fount. i have to move to the side of the screen so i can get it. good thing i'm so skinny

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:07 MDT

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on white

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Kyle_Carter — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:05 MDT

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joe cool

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all the shirts