"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
those prints rock guys, keep 'em coming. Also, has anybody ever tried printing plastisol over a discharge base? Just wondering if it's possible.
Oh and in my experience, Gildan shirts discharge much better than AA shirts in general.
Once you got it, it smooth sailing from there.
Someone asked if it was printing the ink that stinks or the curing, as a wet ink you can only smell it if you stuck your face in it, but exiting the dryer it smokes (steam) or mix of both and man does it stink!
Quote from: endless ink printing on November 06, 2011, 12:48:27 PMSomeone asked if it was printing the ink that stinks or the curing, as a wet ink you can only smell it if you stuck your face in it, but exiting the dryer it smokes (steam) or mix of both and man does it stink!That was me. Excellent to know. I figured venting the hell out of the dryer all around would do the trick with a small hood over the flash if that becomes a frequent habit. Next I'm wondering if it would be best to straight up pre-launder the discharge prints so there's a soft hand out of the box, no smell and hopefully less formaldehyde at that point than the shirt had as a preservative in it's cotton before printing. It'd be nice for retailers too as when people asks "does it shrink" they could say they're pre-laundered so just wash cold, tumble medium and no shrinkage. It'd also be very handy to have a washer/dryer in the shop for wash testing garments right away. Big runs would have to go to a laundry service at an additional fee of course.
Quote from: Evo on November 06, 2011, 12:15:54 AMOh and in my experience, Gildan shirts discharge much better than AA shirts in general.AA's never seemed to work awesome for discharge, to much material to wet to make it work right. I like to use Anvil 779 as they discharge great and have tear away tags. Did this 6 color wet on wet a couple weeks ago. I've still got to try the CCI base, it's all I hear lately but my home brew white mix with the matsui is perfect now.