White ink for garment dyed shirts

[Frog]

Watch out for ink adherent problems with Comfort Colors'  apparent attempt at one-upmanship to Gildan's oil stains

[LoneWolf2]

These shirts always come with built-in stains, crooked seams, and holes/rips galore.

[Binkspot]

I think the pockets are sewn on by blind dogs. I don't think they could be any more crooked if you tried.

[Frog]

But it's that aforementioned buttery finish that makes them smell so good in the dryer! 

[DCSP John]

About to jump into this 450 piece assorted Comfort Color pigment dyed order (dyed tags)
White POLY ink..

Any last minute heads up or advice?

We will dial back flash and dryer temps to try and mitigate as much migration as we can...
but other than that  I am planning on having production run the job as normal.

Thanks.

John

[jonbravado]

the best advice i can give you is print BLACK INK instead of white.  The red shades and darker colors HATE white ink.
especially the color brick.

run them through the dryer first to get some of that dye to evaporate first, or it'll make it's way up through and  into your white ink.

also - they can migrate in the box up to 3 hours later, so watch out for that.  They can look GREAT at the end of your dryer and look terrible at time of delivery.

other than that, they are a piece of cake!  We hate those shirts.  I mean, we REALLY hate those shirts.  Not bad if printing dark on light though.

J

[DCSP John]

Thanks for the feedback.
These are mostly lights, so I will move forward with confidence.
8 years in business, and this is the first time these have crossed
our production floor.

V/r - John

[1964GN]

We are getting ready to do a 600 plus order... different colored shirts, white ink (we don't have a choice on the ink color). We are going to use 100% poly ink... any issues with ghosting on these things things?

[LoneWolf2]

We are getting ready to do a 600 plus order... different colored shirts, white ink (we don't have a choice on the ink color). We are going to use 100% poly ink... any issues with ghosting on these things things?

I haven't had any issues except on the neon ones, but those are a whole different animal in themselves.
Just be careful and keep an eye on them. Wouldn't be a bad idea to set a fan up towards the end of your belt to help cool them off a bit more.

[Rocky Bihl]

I agree, the neon comfort color shirts I tested on became boardy and stiff if the were ran through an oven over 290F. Don't know if it was a reaction of the dye with the shirt somehow. I had never seen a cotton shirt stiffen like that before.