Recipes

Recipes from Meadowdale

Peels, underbase, powder windows, humidity, Highveld storage, written by the people who run demo hours.

Mr Thabo Mokoena

Hot peel vs cold peel in SA rooms

When to peel hot for speed and when cold peel saves soft hands.

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Ms Aisha Patel

White underbase on dark tees

Opacity, choke, and when extra white bottles earn their keep.

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Mr James Naidoo

Soft hand powder windows

Melt feel for fashion tees without looking under-cured.

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Ms Lerato Dlamini

Wash tests before fleet ships

Simple wash cards before workwear kits leave the bay.

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Ms Nomsa Khumalo

Short run sheet film

A3 sheets for sample days and festival drops.

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Mr Pieter van Wyk

Polyester press temperatures

DTF on poly kits without scorch or ghosting drama.

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Ms Lerato Dlamini

Hoodie fold and press

Large blocks that survive the fold line after curing.

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Mr James Naidoo

Canvas and tote melt

Powder windows on totes that are not fashion tees.

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Ms Aisha Patel

Small type and badges

Keeping names sharp when art gets tiny.

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Mr Thabo Mokoena

Restock colour logs

Logging first peels so weekly restocks match last week.

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Ms Nomsa Khumalo

Sample day checklist

What to put on the table before a client walks in.

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Mr James Naidoo

Humidity and powder caking

Coastal rooms and how trays cake before lunch.

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Mr Pieter van Wyk

Highveld storage notes

Dry winters, sealed bottles, and white that settles hard.

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Ms Lerato Dlamini

Export carton checkcards

Cards that travel with kits past OR Tambo.

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Ms Aisha Patel

RIP starting points

ICC notes without turning the shop into a lab theatre.

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Mr James Naidoo

Film storage on racks

Rolls, sheets, and why edges curl in dusty bays.

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Mr Thabo Mokoena

Press path cover papers

Teflon, cover paper, and when to retire a sheet.

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Ms Nomsa Khumalo

Starter bay first week

What a new bay should measure in seven days.

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Ms Lerato Dlamini

Club crest colour match

Keeping crest reds honest across a season.

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Mr Thabo Mokoena

Event drop calendars

Art lock dates when the festival will not slip.

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Mr Pieter van Wyk

Kids wear cure gentler

Softer cure notes without under-melting powder.

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Mr James Naidoo

High-vis neighbour panels

DTF crests beside reflective tape without fights.

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Ms Aisha Patel

Retail size runs

Matching colour across XS to XXL on one art file.

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Ms Nomsa Khumalo

Meadowdale demo hour

What we show in sixty minutes at the print lab.

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