Heat pressing discharge

[Pangea]

I have a small unreliable dyer that I was using for water based/discharge but have recently gone back to heat pressing until I can upgrade to something more reliable. When I press discharge red ink if I don't do it in 10 seconds intervals the red fades to more of a pink in areas. Is there a reason that this happens that I can avoid or is this just something that happens when using a color with a lot of red pigment?

[blue moon]

try reducing your ZFS to 3% when printing red ink.
pierre

[RICK STEFANICK]

try reducing your ZFS to 3% when printing red ink.
pierre

Pierre is correct 3-4.5 percent is recommend in reds and yellows depending on the mfg.  also dissolve you activator in warm water before pouring into the ink for better dispersion. Also if you can hover over the print without pressure that will help tremendously.

[Pangea]

try reducing your ZFS to 3% when printing red ink.
pierre

Pierre is correct 3-4.5 percent is recommend in reds and yellows depending on the mfg.  also dissolve you activator in warm water before pouring into the ink for better dispersion. Also if you can hover over the print without pressure that will help tremendously.

I've been activating red at 4% but direct to heat press with light pressure really blows out the color. I'll try out the hover method and see how it works out, thanks for the advice!

[RICK STEFANICK]

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