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We usually stack two screens of the same image to print on a dark shirt to make it bright. I take a 156 mesh screen for the first print(white ink) and then stack the next screen 110 mesh (orange ink) so it will bleed a little and cover the white under base. I had another printer told me he took a 110 mesh for the first screen and a 190 for the second. How can that work when the second screen will not push as much ink through to cover the edges?
Quote from: Logoman on October 03, 2014, 01:48:11 PMWe usually stack two screens of the same image to print on a dark shirt to make it bright. I take a 156 mesh screen for the first print(white ink) and then stack the next screen 110 mesh (orange ink) so it will bleed a little and cover the white under base. I had another printer told me he took a 110 mesh for the first screen and a 190 for the second. How can that work when the second screen will not push as much ink through to cover the edges?print your underbase as usual and put the top color with a little bit of stroke (trap) on a thinner mesh. It will let you print wet on wet and you'll use less ink.Since the top colors are generally less opaque than the ubase, if they go directly on the dark background they are hard to see. Thus, it's OK to add a trap. Choking on the other hand changes the shape of the underbase and since only underbased ink is visible it will change the final look. Imagine choking the letter I, there would be nothing left . . .pierre
Quote from: blue moon on October 03, 2014, 02:25:28 PMQuote from: Logoman on October 03, 2014, 01:48:11 PMWe usually stack two screens of the same image to print on a dark shirt to make it bright. I take a 156 mesh screen for the first print(white ink) and then stack the next screen 110 mesh (orange ink) so it will bleed a little and cover the white under base. I had another printer told me he took a 110 mesh for the first screen and a 190 for the second. How can that work when the second screen will not push as much ink through to cover the edges?print your underbase as usual and put the top color with a little bit of stroke (trap) on a thinner mesh. It will let you print wet on wet and you'll use less ink.Since the top colors are generally less opaque than the ubase, if they go directly on the dark background they are hard to see. Thus, it's OK to add a trap. Choking on the other hand changes the shape of the underbase and since only underbased ink is visible it will change the final look. Imagine choking the letter I, there would be nothing left . . .pierreno mixing without the flash, Pierre?Steve