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Offline Dottonedan

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Do you thin down your pallet glue?
« on: September 12, 2018, 04:08:15 PM »
Did I read that some people like to thin it down so that it's less tacky for some garments? Some thin trendier garments stick tooooo much and distort the image when they pull it off. Is it a matter of just putting down less glue or is it a best practice to thin it down?
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Re: Do you thin down your pallet glue?
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2018, 04:12:22 PM »
I usually keep a couple of bottles of dilluted 50/50 and a couple of straight.  We learned that the hard way when we printed a square image on some little stretchy bella canvas tanks. 
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Re: Do you thin down your pallet glue?
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2018, 04:31:53 PM »
yes and we add food coloring so we can see it on the white pallet.....
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Re: Do you thin down your pallet glue?
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2018, 04:57:57 PM »
Yep some is 50/50 some is 100%. Depends on the job but mostly well do 50/50

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Re: Do you thin down your pallet glue?
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2018, 05:39:46 PM »
yes and we add food coloring so we can see it on the white pallet.....
I like the food coloring idea. I think I will try that.

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Re: Do you thin down your pallet glue?
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2018, 06:42:03 PM »
yes and we add food coloring so we can see it on the white pallet.....

great idea
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Re: Do you thin down your pallet glue?
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2018, 08:19:45 PM »
Thin it about 50/50. You can also simply add some water right on the pallet  when you add the water base .
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Re: Do you thin down your pallet glue?
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2018, 09:04:42 PM »
50/50 with water
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Re: Do you thin down your pallet glue?
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2018, 09:20:53 PM »
Nice!  Thanks for chiming in!  I figured as much. Wasn't sure.  And the food coloring, GREAT IDEA!.  No issue with it coloring a white tee for example?
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Re: Do you thin down your pallet glue?
« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2018, 09:37:32 AM »
yes and we add food coloring so we can see it on the white pallet.....

Brilliant, I'm definitely going to start doing that.

I add about 25-30% water, but I'm going to switch to a 60/40 mix and see how that goes.

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Re: Do you thin down your pallet glue?
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2018, 09:58:19 AM »
Ok I got to ask why do you need to see the glue? and yes we do a 60/40 mix or 50/50 depends on what we are running, after a run or before a run I take a spray bottle and wet each pallet and take a scrub brush to pallet it, re-energize's the glue plus removes a bunch of the shirt lint left on them.
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Re: Do you thin down your pallet glue?
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2018, 10:16:02 AM »
Yep, 50/50.  And same question, why do you need to see the glue?  I can see it when applying for even coverage. 


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Re: Do you thin down your pallet glue?
« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2018, 10:18:23 AM »
take a spray bottle and wet each pallet and take a scrub brush to pallet it re-energize's the glue plus removes a bunch of the shirt lint let on them.

do the same but with simple green.

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Re: Do you thin down your pallet glue?
« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2018, 10:33:08 AM »
...we have chit lighting and have a hard time seeing the glue..works for us, plus purple glue is cool...
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Re: Do you thin down your pallet glue?
« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2018, 10:44:26 AM »
Haven't tried thinning. But after applying fresh glue, we always run a scrap shirt on each pallet to remove excess prior to the actual run. Sometimes do this twice depending on how much the fabric to be printed "grabs".

The food coloring is a novel idea. I hate when you realize you've missed a spot, and part of the shirt is lifting/shifting in an image area.
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