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Offline Mark @ Hurricane Printing

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Is this shirt fabric too thin to print on?
« on: August 20, 2014, 08:16:42 AM »
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this shirt is 100% polyester...but its SUPER thin...you can see my hand through the shirt (as you can see in the pic)....is this ok to print on?...would flashing it ruin it?..because it needs to be flashed....will it live through the dryer??
Mark


Offline tonypep

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Re: Is this shirt fabric too thin to print on?
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2014, 08:27:27 AM »
One way to find out..........

Offline easyscore

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Re: Is this shirt fabric too thin to print on?
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2014, 08:39:58 AM »
test, test, test..... and test some more. Get some samples and I would would suggest higher mesh 230 plus on a garment that thin. Keep your flash times down and definitely lower the temp on the flash dryer. What brand is it?

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Re: Is this shirt fabric too thin to print on?
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2014, 08:54:16 AM »
We just printed some Nike performance long sleeves that were the same. They were black, but if you held them up, you could see right through them. Printed a 2/c on the front and 1/c on the back. Low bleed poly white and a top reg plastisol kelly. You could see the imprint on the inside of the shirt but they turned out looking just fine.

But yes, like everyone else so far, Id run a test. We did.

Offline Underbase37

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Re: Is this shirt fabric too thin to print on?
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2014, 09:01:06 AM »
Watch out for the shirt getting to much heat & shrinking. I have had some %100 poly shrink from a M to a S when getting to hot