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Offline sportsshoppe

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Re: curing question
« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2012, 07:30:11 PM »
you know that no instructions came with the kit soooooo yes it was volume. My wife said we could sell the shirts with a fish design on them and it would be just like you caught the fish lmao. Hey it is trial and error so the first run was ERROR. I want give up


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Re: curing question
« Reply #16 on: February 23, 2012, 09:54:23 PM »
you know that no instructions came with the kit soooooo yes it was volume. My wife said we could sell the shirts with a fish design on them and it would be just like you caught the fish lmao. Hey it is trial and error so the first run was ERROR. I want give up

Okay, fair enough.  Try it again but get a cheap gram scale from like Bed Bath and Beyond (I got mine for about $25). 

Here's what I do.  I weigh an empty container.  Then zero the scale with the container.  Put what I plan to use in the container and put on the scale.  Target something easy for numbers like 100 grams.  If too much, cut to 50.  Then add 6 grams (3 if 50 grams of ink) of activator, mix and print.  Let us know how it turns out. 

Don't have much to add on the smell.  I suspect your brand has formaldehyde in it.  Union does not have an offensive odor.   
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Re: curing question
« Reply #17 on: February 23, 2012, 11:00:22 PM »
Gram scale is a definite necessity. When I run discharge thru my ranar 8ft dryer I had the temp set to 600 and belt speed to20 and ran thru twice. So bump temps down a couple hundred degrees and slow belt down by about half what you normally cure plastisol with. It is a slow go for sure