Printing Polyester Jerseys?

[Mr Tees!!]

Yeah, a company I worked for here ended up doing some of that after he had his shop. They thought everything was a favor. Annoying.

I have crashed with Brom (call him that next time  ) on a few weekend trips to ATL, and that neighborhood confuses the hell outta me. Too many divided roadways.

[Mr Tees!!]

Brownlee is with Wilflex now and we are very greatful for him!

Brownlee is the one who got me my first job in screenprinting, back in 91...sometimes I wonder whether to thank him or blame him...

Hes a great guy, and he tells me often how much he likes it at Wilflex with all the "kickass equipment". Or maybe he just wants to make me jealous. It works, too!

[Nation03]

I would bet that this can be laid on one of two things; too much heat, or poor dyeing (something cropping up more and more)

It would be a good idea to test some of these same spoiled garments with an accurate donut probe, and perhaps with other inks.

I've heard this also, but we print a ton of poly and my boss is really strict with me running everything through the dryer first. I haven't noticed the difference... if the fabric is a bad bleeder, then you're going to have some issues no matter what. We use the one stroke max also and if you p/f/p then you will rarely get any bleeding... it is a solid bleed resistant white. I think the best thing you can do is get the garments to cool down as fast as possible after they went through the dryer. That should freeze the excited dye molecules and keep them from rising into the ink. So if you have the space set up a bunch of tables with fans, and lay the shirts out, don't stack right away.

[Logoman]

What about an Electric Dryer vs. Gas.  Any difference there on the migration issue?

[mk162]

i haven't noticed one, but I didn't run a ton of 100% poly with the electric and we run a good bit now.  I have noticed less with fleece though.  But that could be inks as well.