Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
Quote from: brandon on September 05, 2012, 02:24:56 AMQuote from: ZooCity on September 05, 2012, 02:11:43 AMJust ran a thousand 2 color, black and red and didn't need a single wipe down. You know what I think the key is aside from good screens, stencils, off contact, etc? Use any decent wow ink and don't modify it at all.I know it's been said but seriously, bears repeating, best results I've seen. Could have ran another k, maybe more easily. I threw down black first and the back of the red screen looked like a train wreck but the prints were perfect and this was butt reg with solid areas right against each other. Wfx epic matte black and a book recipe mix of 186 c, nothing special needed.Yup, once you have your variables under control a good ink makes a huuuuge difference. Been saying this for years especially with QCM's wow ink series. Straight out of the bucket. Just stir and you are ready to go. Do not use their Low Bleeds or whatever and add softee base or whatever people tell you. I am serious. Just ask Colin!Haha! Brandon YOU are the one that told me to use softee base!
Quote from: ZooCity on September 05, 2012, 02:11:43 AMJust ran a thousand 2 color, black and red and didn't need a single wipe down. You know what I think the key is aside from good screens, stencils, off contact, etc? Use any decent wow ink and don't modify it at all.I know it's been said but seriously, bears repeating, best results I've seen. Could have ran another k, maybe more easily. I threw down black first and the back of the red screen looked like a train wreck but the prints were perfect and this was butt reg with solid areas right against each other. Wfx epic matte black and a book recipe mix of 186 c, nothing special needed.Yup, once you have your variables under control a good ink makes a huuuuge difference. Been saying this for years especially with QCM's wow ink series. Straight out of the bucket. Just stir and you are ready to go. Do not use their Low Bleeds or whatever and add softee base or whatever people tell you. I am serious. Just ask Colin!
Just ran a thousand 2 color, black and red and didn't need a single wipe down. You know what I think the key is aside from good screens, stencils, off contact, etc? Use any decent wow ink and don't modify it at all.I know it's been said but seriously, bears repeating, best results I've seen. Could have ran another k, maybe more easily. I threw down black first and the back of the red screen looked like a train wreck but the prints were perfect and this was butt reg with solid areas right against each other. Wfx epic matte black and a book recipe mix of 186 c, nothing special needed.
Quote from: inkbrigade on September 06, 2012, 01:08:22 AMQuote from: brandon on September 05, 2012, 02:24:56 AMQuote from: ZooCity on September 05, 2012, 02:11:43 AMJust ran a thousand 2 color, black and red and didn't need a single wipe down. You know what I think the key is aside from good screens, stencils, off contact, etc? Use any decent wow ink and don't modify it at all.I know it's been said but seriously, bears repeating, best results I've seen. Could have ran another k, maybe more easily. I threw down black first and the back of the red screen looked like a train wreck but the prints were perfect and this was butt reg with solid areas right against each other. Wfx epic matte black and a book recipe mix of 186 c, nothing special needed.Yup, once you have your variables under control a good ink makes a huuuuge difference. Been saying this for years especially with QCM's wow ink series. Straight out of the bucket. Just stir and you are ready to go. Do not use their Low Bleeds or whatever and add softee base or whatever people tell you. I am serious. Just ask Colin!Haha! Brandon YOU are the one that told me to use softee base!Lies Sir! I remember you calling and us having the conversation. I said the QCM Halftone base! Not to be mixed up with the WOW base by QCM. This was around a year and a half ago. Maybe longer. And if you ask QCM they will now tell you they are the same thing. But at the time they would say the halftone base and the wow base were different. Nothing to do with the softee base! I also remember someone else calling about it beginning with N in his name that could verify. Uh huh
Speaking of WOW printing , how would you pros put this print order?
Quote from: Prosperi-Tees on September 06, 2012, 03:24:21 PMSpeaking of WOW printing , how would you pros put this print order?I would not call me a pro but I would print this yellow red black.to be honest you can print things just about anyway and get them to work so everyone has a opinion. some ways print a little better but it can be done in alot of ways. A few rules I go by:1) Dark shirts = darkest ink to lightest2) Light shirts = light ink to dark3) smallest print area to largest print area (this over rides rule 1 &2)4) I always print outlines after the fills
I just adjusted some IC yellow with some soft hand and reducer
Quote from: Prosperi-Tees on September 06, 2012, 03:57:50 PMI just adjusted some IC yellow with some soft hand and reducerCurable reducer is bad:Curable reducer will slow flash timesCurable reducer will make prints more tacky after flashCurable reducer will make shirt not cure as fast in your dryerCurable reducer will make die migration happen easierCurable reducer will make inks cross link in your bucket when left for long times (get thick)Curable reducer will sleep with your wife or girl friend while your at the shop working all night. I am testing a product from union that does non of this and makes inks print better with less pressure with out reducing opacity. I will post on it as soon as I can.
Quote from: Screened Gear on September 06, 2012, 05:22:00 PMQuote from: Prosperi-Tees on September 06, 2012, 03:57:50 PMI just adjusted some IC yellow with some soft hand and reducerCurable reducer is bad:Curable reducer will slow flash timesCurable reducer will make prints more tacky after flashCurable reducer will make shirt not cure as fast in your dryerCurable reducer will make die migration happen easierCurable reducer will make inks cross link in your bucket when left for long times (get thick)Curable reducer will sleep with your wife or girl friend while your at the shop working all night. I am testing a product from union that does non of this and makes inks print better with less pressure with out reducing opacity. I will post on it as soon as I can.Flow additive?Agree though, if you want to put yellow first, get ink that's made to be stepped on.