Problems with White G500's

[GraemeDeroux]

Hey guys,

Printed up a 2 colour piece for a client today, and after further looking at the shirts, they are all see through with the prints. Do you guys have this issue? They are opaque when laying down and then I hold them up and they are awful. Do you guys expierence this? or should I be putting down another layer of ink on these? Is this just a garment issue?

Gildan G500.

Find pics attached:

http://tinypic.com/r/2645114/9

http://tinypic.com/r/dpxv6f/9

[Frog]

manual press
high mesh
end of long day
pull stroke

[Frog]

depending on the fabric, I've printed plenty of jobs that looked less solid when held up, one ply, to the light or the sun.
In and of itself, that description is not a deal breaker.
However, your top picture definitely looks a little "see-thru"

[Prince Art]

depending on the fabric, I've printed plenty of jobs that looked less solid when held up, one ply, to the light or the sun.
In and of itself, that description is not a deal breaker.
However, your top picture definitely looks a little "see-thru"

Ditto. Sometimes a good print can still be seen through if held up to the light, but is okay when worn. But that first pic looks like it could have used an extra stroke. And yes, it has been my experience that this is more likely to happen with cheap, basic tees (like Gildan 5000) than finer knit fashion tees.

[Colin]

The more air in the shirt weave/looser weave/lighter fabric - the more issues you will have with the ink not wanting to "bridge" the fabric and creating a thin looking print.

The aforementioned fix is to *gasp* lay down more ink