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screen printing => General Screen Printing => Topic started by: Logoman on October 08, 2015, 11:21:35 AM
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Does anyone buy Boxes and Print their information on them. If so What is the cost?
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buy from a local box wholesaler so you get them immediately and pay no shipping. You can get the standard sizes that gildan/nextlevel/etc use for their shirts for around $1.50 or less a box at low quantities (i usually buy 100 or so at a time). I only use them for certain orders. I just re-use the boxes the shirts ship in for orders where I know no one who cares will see the boxes (like small businesses without any office traffic that I have worked with for a while), but definitely use them for schools, festivals, etc where lots of people will see the box.
For orders under 50 I usually use kraft paper bags with handles that I buy from http://www.webstaurantstore.com/ (http://www.webstaurantstore.com/)
print with waterbased inks.
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buy from a local box wholesaler so you get them immediately and pay no shipping. You can get the standard sizes that gildan/nextlevel/etc use for their shirts for around $1.50 or less a box at low quantities (i usually buy 100 or so at a time). I only use them for certain orders. I just re-use the boxes the shirts ship in for orders where I know no one who cares will see the boxes (like small businesses without any office traffic that I have worked with for a while), but definitely use them for schools, festivals, etc where lots of people will see the box.
For orders under 50 I usually use kraft paper bags with handles that I buy from [url]http://www.webstaurantstore.com/[/url] ([url]http://www.webstaurantstore.com/[/url])
print with waterbased inks.
I like the paper bag idea. What size works best for t-shirts.
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we get them from uline, and they work great, its the same ones used by olive garden and a few other restaurants. I print them with PLASTISOL and run them through the dryer. Never an issue.
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I buy 16x6x12 from papermart... a tiny bit cheaper than the one mimosa mentioned.
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I'm kinda in the middle of nowhere without box resellers and someone mentioned home depot. These are the ones I got, work well. They're about $5 more than when I bought them last. Free ship to store.
http://m.homedepot.com/p/Plain-Brown-Box-20-in-x-16-in-x-14-in-Multi-depth-20-Box-Bundle-PRA0117B/203596633/ (http://m.homedepot.com/p/Plain-Brown-Box-20-in-x-16-in-x-14-in-Multi-depth-20-Box-Bundle-PRA0117B/203596633/)
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welcome ;) home depot is the jam....!
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I usually buy 2 sizes of boxed, 500/1000 of each. They'll last me well over one year and I get quantity discount so will pay less than 0.50€ for small boxes and 1€ for big boxes. White box, double carton, printed on both sides.
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In Canada I use Staples.ca Staples.com also has boxes and if they are like Canada they offer frequent coupons free shipping....
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We buy from Uline. We print them with cheap wasterbased PAINT. Air dry.
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If you're buying from Uline check out a local packaging distributor. Minimums are higher (usually a pallet)
but you won't pay shipping and the cost is way less. Print with wb inks. Nice break from boring shirts
whenever we have the time which is never.
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Worth considering "who" is going to see the boxes. Most of them will never be seen by the public outside UPS. Some might make it to a event and a stack of boxes with your logo/info is nice. I think it wouldn't exactly translate to sales. More a feel good thing in most situations. Some exceptions I am sure.
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That's exactly why I am conservative about using mine vs the Gildan boxes shirts come to me in originally. For a school job where the shirts sit in the office for a few hours any the kids and teachers walk by them the whole time, yeah I use my own. For the construction company who puts the box in a corner of their warehouse, it would be a waste.
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I bought once form home depot. went to store to pickup, worng size boxes. they were 4x36" ..just a waste of time for me because its not like it was arounfd the corner.
I just order from Uline now. I think with shipping its like $2 bucks a box.
i use speedball ink, dries wcked fast, rinse screen out with water.
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www.amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com) can also be an option.....
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Worth considering "who" is going to see the boxes. Most of them will never be seen by the public outside UPS. Some might make it to a event and a stack of boxes with your logo/info is nice. I think it wouldn't exactly translate to sales. More a feel good thing in most situations. Some exceptions I am sure.
We only use them for certain clients/situations, where they are worth their weight in gold. Imagine the university club who's ordering
class graduated reaching for the last shirt in a box wondering where to order more from. Same goes for tech companies who's employees
are typically on a revolving door basis.
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Worth considering "who" is going to see the boxes. Most of them will never be seen by the public outside UPS. Some might make it to a event and a stack of boxes with your logo/info is nice. I think it wouldn't exactly translate to sales. More a feel good thing in most situations. Some exceptions I am sure.
We only use them for certain clients/situations, where they are worth their weight in gold. Imagine the university club who's ordering
class graduated reaching for the last shirt in a box wondering where to order more from. Same goes for tech companies who's employees
are typically on a revolving door basis.
Yup some exceptions for sure. We did it for a period of time and just honestly didn't see a return on it. It was a cool feeling though.
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we do a ton of schools, having our name dragged around the halls has paid off 10x over. I've been to events at a school and have seen my boxes in plain view...worth every penny for me. although, it took a few years for me to get the balls to drop 1k on boxes.
however -we have purchased the brown "box paint" and have reused a ton of the bodek /broder boxes and saved a few bucks...I think it looks sharp and professional...
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box paint? like you paint light brown over their branding, then yours over that?
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alpha has pretty nice plain boxes they ship in...i keep those for contract jobs and customers where logo boxes don't matter.
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box paint? like you paint light brown over their branding, then yours over that?
yup. we get about 50 boxes per can i think. then we screen our logo on top. you would think it takes a while to do but it really doesn't, and we can repurpose the boxes, other than targets for the bow and air rifles....cost is about the same to do this or buy new and screen it...
http://www.uline.com/BL_2/Maskout-Paint?keywords=box+paint (http://www.uline.com/BL_2/Maskout-Paint?keywords=box+paint)
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I have received more than a couple referrals off my last stack of boxes from just one church client. One box sitting in the right place can generate business. They're so cheap and professional I will be doing more. I definitely pick and choose which orders get the custom boxes.
A local shop here puts a damn sticker on EVERY shirt they sell with their logo on it. That's a little too much.
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I try to "have my cake and eat it too" with this. Now, I may also check out the Uline box paint. I have used gray primer in the past.
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I like the disclaimer. Might even drum up more business
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I like the disclaimer. Might even drum up more business
Yeah, if you don't mind those hippie tree huggers! LOL!
But seriously, the idea of conservation and sustainability has transcended the old social stereotypes,
and most folks actually do separate out their recyclables from their trash nowadays, and try to not be wasteful.