Author Topic: Augusta Digital Camo Bleed Test!  (Read 1480 times)

Offline Rocky Bihl

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Augusta Digital Camo Bleed Test!
« on: April 06, 2015, 11:22:34 AM »
 I have ordered a few of these shirts and will be doing a controlled bleed test with various white inks with and without our Elt Digital Black Underbase. One set of prints will be washed and dried while the other set will not. My guess is the camo pattern will start to show through after a few wash and dry cycles without the Digital Black Underbase. Either way this will be good information for everyone who cares what their print jobs look like after they leave the shop. I will post results and pictures as soon as I have results.
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Offline dirkdiggler

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Re: Augusta Digital Camo Bleed Test!
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2015, 01:46:40 PM »
already did it, guess my other post sparked your test.  GREAT results, no dye blocker needed.
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Re: Augusta Digital Camo Bleed Test!
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2015, 01:57:06 PM »
How many wash/dry cycles and at what temperatures did you do on the white prints? As most printers know, just because it looks good going out the door doesn't mean it stays that way after customers wash and dry them. Especially if they do not follow directions on the tag. My sons baseball team wears maroon jerseys with white numbers. Last year the coach bought new jerseys online for the state playoffs and when we received them in the mail every one looked great printed on 100% maroon poly with white numbers and letters. Not knowing the printer or how bleed resistant the ink was that was printed on them I told all the parents not to wash them but to let me wash them after the game the next day. Oh well, half the parents went home and washed the new jerseys anyway,and you could tell by looking which parents washed and dried according to directions on tags! We had bad bleed to no bleed and everything in between on those jerseys in one day!! I am still going to do a very controlled bleed test since I am set up to do so!!
Rocky Bihl
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Offline dirkdiggler

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Re: Augusta Digital Camo Bleed Test!
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2015, 02:29:51 PM »
absolutely you should!  I kept a few here for samples and they have been washed twice, still look good.  Far better results than we were getting with Badger.  I applaud the efforts of suppliers who actually do the testing on the stuff that gives us fits.  I know you guys have some greats inks.  Looking forward to seeing your results!
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Re: Augusta Digital Camo Bleed Test!
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2015, 02:58:47 PM »
Yes controlled is the optimal word.
We once had a tech on staff years ago that washed with a very precise
method even taking the temp of water among a myriad of other variables.
Needless to say, it is the only way to get standardized results. Bravo!