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Offline Sbrem

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Plasticharge yellow
« on: January 15, 2015, 04:08:54 PM »
Hey you guys, we're printing a discharge job on some PC61 Royal, and they do discharge, but the yellow is a tad dull. We use plasticharge (until I get them to "get into" the WB idea, I already know they are superior). I seem to remember a conversation about altering the amount of ZFS to get some reds and some yellows to come out cleaner...

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Offline dirkdiggler

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Re: Plasticharge yellow
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2015, 05:51:25 PM »
2.5 to 3% on reds and yellows here.
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Re: Plasticharge yellow
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2015, 05:59:12 PM »
3.5% with yellow Sericol Texcharge gives a nice, bright standard yellow.  Not too golden, not too pastel, just right.
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Re: Plasticharge yellow
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2015, 06:18:07 PM »
You guys are the best, thanks.

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Re: Plasticharge yellow
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2015, 04:05:27 PM »
also, with plasticharge and tricky colors use a high opacity yellow and go maybe 60% ink and 40% base...then back down on the ZFS...

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Re: Plasticharge yellow
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2015, 05:01:55 PM »
3.5% with yellow Sericol Texcharge gives a nice, bright standard yellow.  Not too golden, not too pastel, just right.


on royal blue shirts? dammitalltohell, I gotta go try this....
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Re: Plasticharge yellow
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2015, 05:10:16 PM »
Update, worked very well, thanks all. Homer, it's a PC61 from SanMar, they have charts now...

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Re: Plasticharge yellow
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2015, 06:02:15 PM »
3.5% with yellow Sericol Texcharge gives a nice, bright standard yellow.  Not too golden, not too pastel, just right.


on royal blue shirts? dammitalltohell, I gotta go try this....

I meant that's our method to yellows on everything, not necessarily on a royal blue shirt.  I should have been a little more clear on that.  Now that I think of it I'm not sure we've every done straight yellow on a royal blue shirt.
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