heat discolored "safety yellow" shirts

[Appstro]

Well I printed some safety yellow shirts today and ran them under the conveyor a little too hot I guess. Here's a pic...Is there ANY thing I can do to save these 50 shirts??? If you can see the discoloration...its in the top right of the shirt, thats how I folded it in the conveyor. never even bothered to look while it was running

[Frog]

That's a scorch, and like you said, a little too hot.
I've had great luck with minor scorches, usually on white, hanging the shirts in the sun for a few hours.

[Homer]

welcome to Scorchville.....sunshine and some peroxide have been known to remove scorch to some degree, but I think what you have there is toast....we've all done it.

[Appstro]

Ugh...Man thats going to be pricey... Do you think the hydrogen peroxide will remove it??  What about bleach? I read on here somewhere that it will remove scorching...or should I even bother?

[Frog]

I have never had luck with peroxide though many do. I ended up with yellow stains.

I also don't know if it is meant for colored fabric like these though.

[blue moon]

bleach would most likely be a no go, but that's my guess.

we've successfully used hydrogen peroxide on 50/50's, but have not tried it on safety colors. It might be worth a shot.

In the end, we ran into the same problem last year (new dryer) and solved it by running the shirts through again completely flat. It made the discoloration even so we sent the shirts out. Ours were just a tad darker than the surrounding area so, again, it might not work for your circumstances, but it's worth a try.

pierre

[tpitman]

I've had issues, fortunately not a whole job, with the safety green shirts scorching under what seemed like not appreciably hot conditions. I'm finishing a job with pockets this morning, and I'm keeping the temp just around 340 at most.

[screenprintguy]

We had this happen with jerzees saftey yellow too, even in the gas dryer, if the temp is too high, some of these can be a nightmare. It wasn't really spotted until about 150 were printed. It wasn't the typical scorch, it was kinda spotty. Tried the peroxide and it didn't work. We ended up taking them to a coin laundry and put a heavy dose of oxyclean in the the load, took the discoloration out and salvaged the shirts. Learned a lesson, be very careful with the heat settings when printing these and we haven't had a problem since. Be careful flashing too, some times the issue can happen on press with the flash.

[royster13]

It is kind of funny to see all the recent discussions about "shoddy" work done by online sellers and then see a discussion by you folks about how you can pass off "shoddy" work.....IMO the shirts are trash and should be replaced....

[Frog]

It is kind of funny to see all the recent discussions about "shoddy" work done by online sellers and then see a discussion by you folks about how you can pass off "shoddy" work.....IMO the shirts are trash and should be replaced....

Although I have never thought that a laundered shirt still looks new, if described as "pre-washed" and not misrepresented, I think that's legit.

[ScreenFoo]

Talk about 'shoddy', I temped Gildan safety yellow shirts UNDER 300 and they scorched.  Is that my fault? 

Garbage in, garbage out...

[Appstro]

Good news!!! I washed the shirts last night in a last ditch effort to save them and the $115.00 it would have cost to replace them. ( not to mention ink and time!). I put all 55 shirts into the front loader washer, set it to heavy soiled, put a full serving of laundry soap, and 1 cup of bleach in the dispenser. I tried to stay awake to put them in the dryer but I was wiped and had to go to bed. So they sat in the washer over night after the spin cycle. I threw them in the dryer this morning after looking at a wet shirt and getting my hopes up a little and 45 minutes later.......THANK YOU JESUS!!! All shirts are saved. AND because they are poly blend they don't really even look too washed. These shirts are for a construction company and I think they will be very happy with them . I was ALMOST ready to make them shop wrags. BLEACH WORKED. No noticeable color fade at all.

[screenprintguy]

It is kind of funny to see all the recent discussions about "shoddy" work done by online sellers and then see a discussion by you folks about how you can pass off "shoddy" work.....IMO the shirts are trash and should be replaced....

Sometimes you are in a  bind and if you can fix that bind, you fix it. What's wrong or? Shoddy about "washing" a batch of shirts? Is that passing off trash?, If the discoloration is gone, there is nothing shoddy about it, in turn that actually shows you are willing to go above and beyond to meet your customers due dates, especially in our case, the shirts already had 8 color front, 8 color back, 3 color left sleeve, and then the issue happened printing the 3 color right sleeve. It's not about the 100 shirts, it's about the time that went into the deco already. Don't get me wrong, if the discoloration didn't come out, shirts would be replaced, but after contacting the customer which we have a great relationship with, letting them know what happened and them needing their rush order, they agreed to give the wash a try. Nothing shoddy about this situation in my book or the customer's book in my opinion. "this is isolated to the situation we had".

[royster13]

Well if the OP is going to clearly communicate with his client what the problem was and what he did to solve it and the client has no problems with it, then he is good to go and I am ok with that.....But I suspect what happens most of the time is the "fix" is unknown to the client.....That IMO is "shoddy".....

[screenprintguy]

Well if the OP is going to clearly communicate with his client what the problem was and what he did to solve it and the client has no problems with it, then he is good to go and I am ok with that.....But I suspect what happens most of the time is the "fix" is unknown to the client.....That IMO is "shoddy".....

Now that, is totally agreeable! I'm not sure how other's do things, but my wife has made a policy of being very open with our customers in communicating every little detail, almost to the point of being rediculous, but it hasn't failed us and our customers always tell us how much they appreciate the constant personal communication.