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Clearly it seems that Brother is selling a lot of water/carrier in their ink since most of that went away after the heat press.That is possibly why the weight difference doesn't like up to the volume difference. Assuming pigment weighs more than water/carrier fluid.
WAIT... I was under the impression that DTG was just for 100% cotton? You can do blends and triblends with it?can you post some pics of those? They can't do 100% poly tho right?
That's a damn good print on a G200. Both sellable for sure. Thanks for the info Shelly, hope you feel better.How many grams (or ML) of pretreat are you laying down and what is the area you are spraying (like 14x18)?
Quote from: jvanick on December 30, 2015, 01:56:20 PMWAIT... I was under the impression that DTG was just for 100% cotton? You can do blends and triblends with it?can you post some pics of those? They can't do 100% poly tho right?they dont recommend it... I did a 60/40 next level black tee and the colors were dull looking...i later tried just white text on a black and a char-black heathered and it appeared ok.the tank top was triblend next level and i printed black and cream vector art on the that macchiato color...looked good enough for the style of print i did--it did appear to crack a little after first wash which for me, was ok because it was a distressed thing anyways. I dont know how it will go with multiple washings, will need to do more laundry. Also did black text on a 60/40 oxford gray hanes beefy tee with good results.
Quote from: Gilligan on December 30, 2015, 01:57:40 PMClearly it seems that Brother is selling a lot of water/carrier in their ink since most of that went away after the heat press.That is possibly why the weight difference doesn't like up to the volume difference. Assuming pigment weighs more than water/carrier fluid.Some might say if the inks are similar between the two (someone else's words not mine), then maybe the Brother is diluted with higher volume of carrier/water, thus requiring more volume to end up with a similar final result. Which means more ink sales when its all said and done.This isn't shocking really as others pointed out. Most of us probably agree M&R wants to sell machines and Brother wants to sell ink.
blends work OK, they are more work on the front end. We find that you have to do 2 light coats of PT for them to work.
I believe the Kornit is the only one doing poly and poly blends well.