light weight apparel), the "thickness of a dime" is a good starting point for the off-contact gap. When you are printing thick apparel (like
sweatshirts) start with an off-contact gap of the "thickness of a nickel" and increase or decrease as necessary. The goal of off-contact
screen printing is to obtain a good "snap-off" when the squeegee passes over the stencil in the screen, resulting in a sharp printed image.
