Yellow.. Yellow.. Yellow.. Green??.. WTF!

[tonypep]

Back on subject if you run into this problem check country of origin. Not that it will save in mid production but this is often the culprit

[RICK STEFANICK]

Back on subject if you run into this problem check country of origin. Not that it will save in mid production but this is often the culprit

great point..

[jsheridan]

This is the same friend who a while back decided to keep using 2" tape when it was mathmaticlly proven 3" would save him time AND money.
He also opted to keep the rubylith vs the amber or clear light sleeve on the darkroom bulbs because it felt nostalgic to be in the darkroom 

Has any one done any "coin test" with the clear sleeves?  I've looked at the numbers and it's not in the correct range of blocking... I am just being anal but I like to quantify the risk.

Back off topic.. yes I have. With two 4' bulbs on a 12' ceiling had no issues. Use two sleeves if you want to feel safer. (the ones posted here many times are just rolled up pieces of plastic you wrap around the lights. They are not those hard plastic safety type tubes)

[inkman996]

Since I know squat about discharge I have to ask, why doesn't the discharge, discharge all dyes to shirts natural color? Is it safe to assume that the original shirt dye is tougher to discharge out than the second dye?

[tonypep]

Not sure what you mean

[ebscreen]

Certain dye colors don't work with discharge inks.

We just had a run of Gildan 5000 black (never had a problem in the past) and all the
larges had a green tint to them. Just the larges, which unless we had tested every size,
would have rendered a swab test false.

Comes with the territory I guess.

[ZooCity]

When I have a mixed order with discharge I have the client either select a backup color for suspect garments or consider adding a top color.

Nobody wants to add a color usually but the backup concept is good for the suspect garments.  You just pull them aside if they test bad and do a color change to plastisol our whatever at the end and print the non dischargeable ones in the backup color.  Won't work for a situation like above with all of one sizing having issues though.

What did you do in this case Sean?

[ebscreen]

Replaced them.

We have a ridiculous stock of 5000 black, and if for some reason we don't have the quantity/size, we usually
have an order in house that does.

We don't even offer discharge on suspect garments for retail, way too many pitfalls that result in a lot of down time.
Contract, it's on you.

[tonypep]

Or you can do it this way. DC UB no flash. The plastisol overprint (230 mesh) can hide shading issues.

[tonypep]

Maybe a better picture

[inkman996]

OK I got it now EB answered it.

Tony what i was wondering is why the discharge did not discharge all the dyes to the shirts natural color no matter how many times its been re-dyed. I did not know discharge did not work the same on all dye colors.

[tonypep]

Thats correct. For our resort line, each season we add/lose garment colors. All have to be tested and rated for dischargeability. Back when we used our own dye house I set them up with a mini print/ cure system and color viewing booth just for this.