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Offline tonypep

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How (not) to thin plastisol
« on: March 29, 2014, 07:43:02 AM »
I have been graced this week with the presence of my friend Tom Halloran and his lovely fiance. We are both industry dinosaurs of a sort I suppose. While I generally stay close to the greater 48 with the exception of the Caribe, Tom travels the world overseeing offshore production. Great story last night. In Bangledesh, Tom was requested to discharge a large program with space dyed goods. Not possible of course. As a last resort he requested that the factory severely reduce the plastisol. Ever curious as to different factories' techniques he followed the production manager to the ink room where................................wait for it.......................its coming.....................................I promise............
they were siphoning off gas from a jeep and using it to thin the ink. Best part..........................
I know..............but its too good................FOR TODDLER APPAREL


Offline ScreenPrinter123

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Re: How (not) to thin plastisol
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2014, 08:31:40 AM »
Now that is durable emulsion.

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Re: How (not) to thin plastisol
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2014, 09:40:14 AM »
Now that's combustible apparel.... Coming Soon To A Kids Store Near You

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Re: How (not) to thin plastisol
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2014, 10:36:46 AM »
Haha, wow.

Human ingenuity never cease to amaze me. Or stupidity

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Re: How (not) to thin plastisol
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2014, 03:25:23 AM »
Wow, where can I buy one for my kids???

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Re: How (not) to thin plastisol
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2014, 08:26:32 AM »
I wonder if the finished shirts smelt like gas?

... wouldn't want to be running a gas dryer for those shirts...  I think mythbusters did an episode where they got gasoline to ignite at a like a 2% or 3% fuel to air ratio...

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Re: How (not) to thin plastisol
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2014, 08:52:59 AM »
that's because gas is way more explosive as a gas instead of a liquid.  the whole point of fuel injection is to create a fine mist

I doubt it would evaporate out as the same compound it went in as, so I doubt it would explode in the dryer.  that said, I wouldn't want to test my theory.

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Re: How (not) to thin plastisol
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2014, 10:17:17 AM »
Can you spell GREED? Just WOW!

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Re: How (not) to thin plastisol
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2014, 11:13:32 AM »
Can you spell GREED? Just WOW!

I'd be more complied to think along the lines of employee engineuity.

When things like this happen, I like to have them explain to me why they thought it was a good idea.

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Re: How (not) to thin plastisol
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2014, 12:14:10 PM »
Well, somewhere on here or some show, or discussion with another printer,  someone mentioned (our old days) here in the US of doing the same thing. Seemed to me is was back in the 60's printers would use whatever they had near by to thin ink down. Many country's are still operating as we did 40-50 years ago in some ways.

I'm sure we have some stray weed in our own garden now and then also.
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Re: How (not) to thin plastisol
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2014, 02:50:26 PM »

I'm sure we have some stray weed in our own garden now and then also.

Well, smoke what you got.
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Re: How (not) to thin plastisol
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2014, 07:22:18 PM »
yeah, this sounds like using what's at hand rather than taking the time to get the proper product...make you wonder how long they have been doing it though

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Re: How (not) to thin plastisol
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2014, 08:54:26 AM »
Can you spell GREED? Just WOW!

I'd be more complied to think along the lines of employee engineuity.

When things like this happen, I like to have them explain to me why they thought it was a good idea.

I'll give them that, being that staying employed is fairly critical. But the owners not providing what's necessary, just like buildings being nowhere near code, is greed to me; most profit, least expense, damn everything else. Let the babies where gasoline, they're not our babies...

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Re: How (not) to thin plastisol
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2014, 09:09:02 AM »
They must of used all the paint thinner up.