Gildan 42000

[mk162]

Can anybody here get a smooth print on these things?  I swear no matter what we do they just do not print well.

I mean, I've tried everything including flattening on press and heat pressing afterwards.

[zanegun08]

Do a polyester blocker base, then the rest of your print like normal and hot head or whatever flattening screen on press.

Polyester blocker is great for fiber matte as well as bleed blocker.

[inkman996]

We get good prints on them in one very easy way. We just don't print them period.

[mk162]

I normally do not print on them either, but I have one customer that loves to send them.  I've repeatedly told them not to send those, but they still do.

I don't have any bleed blocker(other than the Digital ELT underbase black from OneStroke).  I really don't want to buy it for a contract job of 140 pieces when this is the only shirt we struggle with.

I think Gildan designed that fabric to be as hard to print as possible.

[inkman996]

I normally do not print on them either, but I have one customer that loves to send them.  I've repeatedly told them not to send those, but they still do.

I don't have any bleed blocker(other than the Digital ELT underbase black from OneStroke).  I really don't want to buy it for a contract job of 140 pieces when this is the only shirt we struggle with.

I think Gildan designed that fabric to be as hard to print as possible.

Tried the ELT on hex camo and it failed miserably. I think One stroke told me it was our fault because we cured the ink to high of a temp, but I asked how else do I cure the standard top colors, their answer is to buy gallons of standard low temp cure colors. Well not at those prices we are not.

[Sbrem]

I normally do not print on them either, but I have one customer that loves to send them.  I've repeatedly told them not to send those, but they still do.

I don't have any bleed blocker(other than the Digital ELT underbase black from OneStroke).  I really don't want to buy it for a contract job of 140 pieces when this is the only shirt we struggle with.

I think Gildan designed that fabric to be as hard to print as possible.

We simply never show them either. And, we might have had one request in the last 4 years, so not really a problem.

Steve

[mk162]

I normally do not print on them either, but I have one customer that loves to send them.  I've repeatedly told them not to send those, but they still do.

I don't have any bleed blocker(other than the Digital ELT underbase black from OneStroke).  I really don't want to buy it for a contract job of 140 pieces when this is the only shirt we struggle with.

I think Gildan designed that fabric to be as hard to print as possible.

Tried the ELT on hex camo and it failed miserably. I think One stroke told me it was our fault because we cured the ink to high of a temp, but I asked how else do I cure the standard top colors, their answer is to buy gallons of standard low temp cure colors. Well not at those prices we are not.

We use low cure additive to make sure they are good. There isn't a need to replace all inks with low cure but it does seem that most inks are headed that way.