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Offline tonypep

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Discharge on 50/50 heathers
« on: October 16, 2012, 03:14:42 PM »
Contrary to what most believe some brands/colors work quite well


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Re: Discharge on 50/50 heathers
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2012, 03:25:57 PM »
good, i've got one coming up soon.

also  how well do the american apparel neons discharge?  I am thinking of doing a DC UB with plastisol on top to prevent bleeding and get good opacity.

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Re: Discharge on 50/50 heathers
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2012, 03:37:52 PM »
Not sure on those> Am testing the new Gildan heathers soon. Some are 90/10

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Re: Discharge on 50/50 heathers
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2012, 03:45:38 PM »
I will let you know then, because I am sure i am doing these later this week or next.

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Re: Discharge on 50/50 heathers
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2012, 09:13:49 AM »
Next Level CVC line N6210/N6610 discharges well to white, triblend not so much.  Tony, what shirt is that?

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Re: Discharge on 50/50 heathers
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2012, 09:15:50 AM »
good, i've got one coming up soon.

also  how well do the american apparel neons discharge?  I am thinking of doing a DC UB with plastisol on top to prevent bleeding and get good opacity.

a white discharge UB will not help at all. these Neons are AWFUL for bleeding. At least the yellow and orange.
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Re: Discharge on 50/50 heathers
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2012, 09:40:58 AM »
i am doing pink I think.  Have you tried a DC UB on these?  Should water base inks technically not allow bleeding?

I am not looking forward to these suckers.

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Re: Discharge on 50/50 heathers
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2012, 11:21:44 AM »
That shirt was a Canvass dark heather

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Re: Discharge on 50/50 heathers
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2012, 12:10:58 PM »
Brad, just use a good lb white, watch the temp.  We run wfx epic quick on these, no issues.  I'd gamble half the bleed issues I'm reading about on these are from too much heat under the flash. 

Disc ub sounds like an unnecessary hassle. They don't discharge well at all in my experience.

Tony I can't see yer pic but we've been stunned at how well some poly blends can discharge.

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Re: Discharge on 50/50 heathers
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2012, 12:12:02 PM »
oh theres the pic, nice yellow, whose is it?

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Re: Discharge on 50/50 heathers
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2012, 12:35:44 PM »
That shirt was a Canvass dark heather

Neat.
Was it a US 'guaranteed dischargable' style, or an imported style?

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Re: Discharge on 50/50 heathers
« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2012, 01:10:21 PM »
All inks Sericol. Blue is GS 50/50base to color. Canvas blank style 3001 made in Egypt thats all I know

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Re: Discharge on 50/50 heathers
« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2012, 03:15:01 PM »
Not sure on those> Am testing the new Gildan heathers soon. Some are 90/10

I just printed 500 of the antique red and orange this last week (90/10). They look nice.  The dye comes off on your hands and pallets. The dye didn't bleed into the inks. I used Wilflex quick white.

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Re: Discharge on 50/50 heathers
« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2012, 03:24:02 PM »
Discharged Cardinal Heather Gildan?  Yeah, it works!  Yeah its 50/50!

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Re: Discharge on 50/50 heathers
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2012, 03:44:47 PM »
Most if not all of those will work. Its another myth I'll be busting April PW mag. Eleven years ago the ink mfgrs insisted that they would not work and begged me not to try. I had a bunch of Alternative Apparel colored heathers that AA gave me so we threw them on the press and bam! It was one of our ten color Indian Motorcycle Pinup Girl designs sim process discharge and that literally changed everything.
I've posted the picture before.