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screen printing => Waterbase and Discharge => Topic started by: IntegrityShirts on September 04, 2015, 12:19:09 PM
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Anyone done it? Is that normal? I know printing colors on top of DC white is problematic. But I'm trying to think of why a wb white opaque ink couldn't be printed on top of a 100% DC White base? I'm dealing with NL 6210 turquoise blend shirts thrown in with a larger run of charcoal 6210's that I'm doing DC white on. Thanks
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it's my understanding, that the White DC, will not hold the ink on top of it, and it'll wash right off.
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Who told you that Eric? ;)
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believe it or not Tony, I've learned a thing or two, about DC and WB on this message board
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Wait...what?
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We print white water base on top of a 50/50 discharge base all the time. HSA white to be specific on top of a 50% clear discharge base / 50% white discharge base. Works beautifully. Many, many shirts printed this way and all of our clients love it. Very bright, and very smooth / soft
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But we have never printed on top of a 100% white discharge base. No need to and that costs more anyway.
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We print white water base on top of a 50/50 discharge base all the time. HSA white to be specific on top of a 50% clear discharge base / 50% white discharge base. Works beautifully. Many, many shirts printed this way and all of our clients love it. Very bright, and very smooth / soft
woah really? the 50% isn't to much white?
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We print white water base on top of a 50/50 discharge base all the time. HSA white to be specific on top of a 50% clear discharge base / 50% white discharge base. Works beautifully. Many, many shirts printed this way and all of our clients love it. Very bright, and very smooth / soft
Cool. That's good to know. If I could clean out the 100% dc white and put in a 50/50 or lower mix added with a straght wb screen I'd be happy with that. Have you done wash tests with that combo? Do you flash the base? Thanks!
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We print white water base on top of a 50/50 discharge base all the time. HSA white to be specific on top of a 50% clear discharge base / 50% white discharge base. Works beautifully. Many, many shirts printed this way and all of our clients love it. Very bright, and very smooth / soft
woah really? the 50% isn't to much white?
No, we have done thousands and thousands this way. Multiple jobs, multiple runs, multiple wash tests. I though this way common knowledge! When client wants "bling white" it is what we go for without fail. Of course our go to shirt is 100% Cotton Gildan 2000 or Gildan 5000 though. Works every time.
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Just ran a job like this today. The 60/40 was killing us! We had 3 HSA whites and that worked, but there was a lot of VERY fine lines and some grew closed with 3 whites. Magna DC white as a base, Matsui white on top, came out great!
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Started experimenting with DC today, what is the benefit of printing 50/50 with a WB white on top, compared to just a 100% white DC? Trying to find this answer elsewhere in the forums with no luck
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As your runs get longer and say you have 300 black blanks from country A and 500 from country B and 75 from country C they will discharge differently. The HSA on top being a very opaque ink will make them more uniform across the board.
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That makes sense, but if i were doing just 50 shirts of same brand and country, would a straight Magna DC white be ok instead of mixing with a clear?
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Just depends on your clients definition of what white is.
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Brandon just wondering if you flash the base on this? Ran some tests on 100% DC white today, not as bright as i would like, HSA white is on order!