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Frog, Thank you for your patience. What I need are temperatures and duration for curing dry ink. For example: 250 degrees for 2 minutes. I'm aware that wet ink takes longer, but what about dry? No one seems to be able to provide me with that sort of information. Once again thanks for your help.Bart
Quote from: BartJY on July 13, 2019, 08:28:00 AMFrog, Thank you for your patience. What I need are temperatures and duration for curing dry ink. For example: 250 degrees for 2 minutes. I'm aware that wet ink takes longer, but what about dry? No one seems to be able to provide me with that sort of information. Once again thanks for your help.Bartbecause you're supposed to cure it while it's wet. what ink did you use?
Andy:Please let me know if I will need to change this post below. I can copy paste the directly relevant part of the article I am linkingBart:I wrote this article recently about a shirt I did for one of our events. At the bottom there is a write up about the "how and why" you want to cure waterbase inks.https://www.screenprinting.com/blogs/news/feed-your-brain-overview-of-screen-printing-event-designCuring WB inks is all about the length of time at "cure temp".
Quote from: Colin on July 13, 2019, 02:22:09 PMAndy:Please let me know if I will need to change this post below. I can copy paste the directly relevant part of the article I am linkingBart:I wrote this article recently about a shirt I did for one of our events. At the bottom there is a write up about the "how and why" you want to cure waterbase inks.https://www.screenprinting.com/blogs/news/feed-your-brain-overview-of-screen-printing-event-designCuring WB inks is all about the length of time at "cure temp". Good stuff, but our noob is especially hoping for some specific guidelines for optimal results with minimal equipment. He may be stuck with my suggestion.
Quote from: Frog on July 13, 2019, 02:46:54 PMQuote from: Colin on July 13, 2019, 02:22:09 PMAndy:Please let me know if I will need to change this post below. I can copy paste the directly relevant part of the article I am linkingBart:I wrote this article recently about a shirt I did for one of our events. At the bottom there is a write up about the "how and why" you want to cure waterbase inks.https://www.screenprinting.com/blogs/news/feed-your-brain-overview-of-screen-printing-event-designCuring WB inks is all about the length of time at "cure temp". Good stuff, but our noob is especially hoping for some specific guidelines for optimal results with minimal equipment. He may be stuck with my suggestion.A heat press or iron is also a good option. There are "air cure" catalysts also available on the market for future prints. Curing WB inks can be problematic without a good dryer and the correct additives