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what kind of dryer, and how long and at what temp?
great question, sorry your are having trouble, but this is well thought out and explained!how old is the ink?what kind of scale are you using?are the inks from the identical batches?did the same person mix the inks?try this. mix a batch of red and activate only a small part of it. Then later on, activate another portion and test on the SAME shirt. see what happens. you really want to eliminate the ink as the variable or prove that it is the culprit.pierre
did you try running the bad prints through the dryer for the second time? Maybe the dryer is the problem.pierre
Check country of origin to see if there is a pattern.
Is it being tested through the same screen? Or is it reclaimed and remade?Eom/deposit could be an issue too.
Quote from: blue moon on January 15, 2020, 01:10:08 AMdid you try running the bad prints through the dryer for the second time? Maybe the dryer is the problem.pierreI ran this test yesterday and today and got the same results. I have ruled out the ink as the culprit, the problem seems to be Bella Canvas 3001 doesn't react kindly to discharge red, in particular. We get brilliant results with most every other color on Bella Canvas 3001 black shirts, red has just been a consistent problem.Quote from: tonypep on January 15, 2020, 07:30:42 AMCheck country of origin to see if there is a pattern.This is a good suggestion, the Bella Canvas shirts in my tests say "Assembled in Mexico of US components" and "Assembled in Nicaragua of US components"Quote from: ericheartsu on January 15, 2020, 09:54:12 AMIs it being tested through the same screen? Or is it reclaimed and remade?Eom/deposit could be an issue too.It is indeed being tested through the same screen. What is EOM?Here are my findings, after another frustrating day failing to get Red 032 to discharge properly... We just printed the image on a handful of sample shirts we keep around the shop to show to clients. As you can see, Bella Canvas is by far the worst, followed by Gildan Soft Style and Next Level 3605. All the other shirts are giving me the color I need. Has anyone else encountered this specific problem? This is driving me and my ink specialist insane, but at least we have ruled out the ink being the problem, and can compensate in the future by ordering a different brand of shirt when printing discharge red. Thank you all for your help and suggestions, I hope this test can be of some use to you all. May your prints be full of glory, power and majesty
Quote from: ericheartsu on January 15, 2020, 07:44:10 PMThe test pic you just posted though leads me to believe you have a mislabeled tee, or are printing on a blended tee, as that result next to all the others looks more like what you'd see when you print a discharge, especially a bright red, on a 50/50 blend, or one of them NON 100% cotton tees.It's also possible you have gotten a re-dyed shirt. Our experience is Canvas usually doesn't do that, but it's def. possible!
What Eric said here ^^This is what it looks like to me as well. Seems crazy but it looks like it was printed on a solid black 50/50. Try printing a discharge yellow on all those same shirts and see what happens. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk