the mask revolver™ dtg face mask printing kit

The patent-pending Mask Revolver™ by TAKE4 is a modular mask-printing system designed for the Brother GT-3, GT-X, and GT-X Pro. Our system allows garment decorators the ability to easily print onto masks on their DTG printer, remove them 6 at a time for drying, and load 6 more to keep production flowing.

The Mask Revolver™ is designed to be used when YOU need it. Taking a break from running shirts all day? No problem. Just slide the Mask Revolver™ base on top of the standard 14x16 Brother platen, measure it left-to-right, lower your platen for proper clearance for the printhead, and load up our free layout template in the GTX Graphics Lab software that came with your Brother machine. Just like larger garments, ink gets applied to the masks and they can be removed 6 at a time using our modular for curing/drying.

6! We are the only kit on the market allowing our customers to maximize their profits and produce up to 6 masks on a single run!

We want you to win. Big. That's why we don't just include a single set of Mask Revolver™ Shells that you have to wait on when curing/drying. We include 12 Shells, allowing you to load 6 more masks during the printing or drying process. When those are done, load 6 more! This cyclical, "revolving" nature is what pushed us to brand it as the Mask Revolver™! Bonus! We're including 12 of our very own American-made masks. Sell these and you're more than halfway there to pay it less than 10 minutes.

Yes! We've pre-drilled holes so you can mount T-lock® brackets (not included or sold by us) to your Mask Revolver™ base to seamlessly work with your T-lock platen kit. We realize not everyone has a T-lock® kit so we've included two feet/channels on the bottom of the board to slide over top of the standard 14x16 platen.

We recommend you start on the ends first and then wrap the sides to create a flat surface. If you need to secure the ear loops, the Mask Revolver™ comes with 3 different hook locations on the back.

Based on our conservative calculations, we estimate an average production time of 6 masks to be 3 minutes, allowing you to do around 180/hour. Variables such as ink volume, white ink base, etc. must be taken into consideration as they will impact your print time. However, printing dark ink on light masks will likely yield a much faster production turnaround.

This is obviously subjective so excuse us if we're a little optimistically biased :). It's pretty simple math, to be honest. Let's break it down: An average black shirt with a white ink + color print will take 3 minutes to load, print, and place on a heat press or dryer belt. That means you can do 20 shirts per hour. Figure a $10/shirt profit (as an example), that allows for a $200/hour run-rate. Not bad! But what if you could print 6 masks every 3 minutes, or up to 180 masks per hour and you made $5/mask to print. That's $600/hour. Too pricey? Even just printing for $3/mask, you're still $160/hour more in revenue than printing t-shirts. If that's not enough to convince you, your ink consumption per mask is a lot less than a full t-shirt!

Baltic birch plywood. We wanted to manufacture our custom mask printing shells with the lightest but strongest material we could get our hands on while still staying 100% USA made. That's why we chose baltic birch plywood. It's cost-effective, plentiful, lightweight, but very durable. We do plan on offering a "sleeker" version of the Mask Revolver™ kit out of plastic and/or acrylic - depending on your preference - in the near future.

We laser-cut every single Base and Shell in-house on our commercial laser cutter. This allows us to oversee the entire manufacturing process and sure quality assurance on every kit that leaves our building!

Our template is intended to be a "guide" for you as much as possible. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of your machine or 3rd-party platens. With our template, there may be a .25" wiggle room on all 4 sides. You can hone this in by sliding the Base left or right as-needed, or altering artwork inside of the Graphics Lab software. We recommend test-printing on a sheet of paper to ensure accuracy of the targeted printing zone prior to full production of your masks.

Yes! There are so many different types of masks out on the market that it's hard to say what will and won't print properly with white ink. There are a lot of polyester masks (including our own) as well as blends that won't produce super bright prints as DTG inks work best on cotton and/or cotton blends.

We highly recommend investing in a tunnel dryer - not just for masks but for your DTG business in general. If you are heat pressing to cure your inks, we recommend to hover at the same settings as your tees for 30 seconds. Due to the thin feet on our Shells, they might crack and/or split under too much pressure, thus damaging the Shell and making it unusable on the Base. Hovering or even light pressure for 30 seconds is recommended. Ultimately, we are here to provide a printing jig solution for masks but it's up to you on how you want to cure/dry your final pieces.

Yes and no. You can load 6 shells at a time on the heat press but pressing them on standard shirt settings will likely be too much pressure and will crack, split, or even completely break the mask Shell. Our shells are made of baltic birch plywood and, while strong, they are only 1/8" thick and are not designed for too much force. We recommend you hover at a desired temperature and duration that best-fits the mask fabric and print.

Turn that frown upside down. We realize that accidents happen. The Mask Revolver™ comes with a LIFETIME WARRANTY to ensure you have a successful venture in the mask-printing business. In order to process your warranty in-full, there will be a small verification form where you can upload a photo of your cracked or broken Base or Shell. You'll need to ship the broken piece to us and we will rush ship a replacement as soon as its received at no cost to you!

Yep! If you have a big operation, you may benefit from having additional Shells on-hand so you can keep loading and printing at lightning speeds. However, if you have a multi-printer operation, you'll save money by ordering the full kit; it's cheaper as a package deal.

Unfortunately, that would be pretty cost-prohibitive for both us. The smallest order of Shells you can purchase is a pack of 6.

Yep! Here's the awesome news... We don't source these custom face masks and call them ours; we actually hand-picked fabric, designed the shape of them, and produce them in-house out of 100% American-made cotton and polyester blends. You can browse and purchase masks here:

This is a tough one... We've designed our Shells to be as universal as possible but there are hundreds of different styles of masks on the market. Here's the cool thing... If you have a specific mask and it doesn't work perfectly with our standard Shell, you can contact us and request a custom cut Shell design to fit your mask perfectly. We can provide this service to you in-house at a very fair price. Disclaimer: TAKE4 reserves the right to sell any custom shaped Shells that are purchased by a customer and offers no exclusivity to the design and will likely put it online for sale to benefit other customers.

Hang in there... it's coming soon. We are only setup to ship nationally at the moment but will be offering international shipping as soon as possible. We'll keep you posted.