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Offline im_mcguire

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Printing White on a White Shirt, with Tie Dye afterward
« on: April 18, 2016, 01:04:18 PM »
Hey,
So I have a client that wants a shirt design printed white ink on a white shirt, then at an event they will Tie Dye the shirts.

I was wondering if the dye will dye the plastisol, and it just not show?   Ive done this with black ink, but Im just not sure about the white ink...

Any help would be awesome!
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Re: Printing White on a White Shirt, with Tie Dye afterward
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2016, 01:18:41 PM »
it will not dye the white ink if it's plastisol

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Re: Printing White on a White Shirt, with Tie Dye afterward
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2016, 01:23:29 PM »
I just did some of these a few days ago. In the past, I have done it both before and after dyeing.
The last ones were printed in black only, so no big deal.
Usually (and I recommend) black and white so that designs are more likely to show in more possible dye color combinations.

When I have printed white, the subsequent dyeing didn't take to the plastisol(as already reported), but if there wasn't great coverage (which is, of course a little tricky to see on a white shirts) there was a hint of color peeking through.
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Re: Printing White on a White Shirt, with Tie Dye afterward
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2016, 01:48:51 PM »
Thank you all for the info.  I really appreciate it.

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Re: Printing White on a White Shirt, with Tie Dye afterward
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2016, 03:28:43 PM »
Make sure to hit the White PFP. Any fibers showing will dye. I have done these both and had no issues. Like frog we have only done white and black ink.