"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
Just printed a red and white print where I printed red first, flashed it then printed white. Seemed to come out ok and the customer was happy but then again they were looking for a mid-deep red.
you can also play with your mesh counts, we have run different types of discharge up to 305 mesh. Using Matsui High Mesh discharge, you can go higher. The ink is wayyyyyy thinner though.We flash our DC all the time. just low flashes, nothing crazy. Are you printing on a black tee? Does the art dictate that you need a black print?
I like Sericol texcharge for reds.
Ever adjust your red pigment load? You can and make sure you use a fixer and cure at full time and temp
I would run that tan, blue, yellow, red, flash, white, flash (if possible), black. Hot pallets also help with wet on wet. I try to get them to 140+ but some manufacturers have told me 180. Hard to get that hot in a solo operator setup though unless you have a bigger press with multiple flashes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: lancasterprinthouse on March 06, 2020, 07:09:17 PMI would run that tan, blue, yellow, red, flash, white, flash (if possible), black. Hot pallets also help with wet on wet. I try to get them to 140+ but some manufacturers have told me 180. Hard to get that hot in a solo operator setup though unless you have a bigger press with multiple flashes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalkyou guys are both crazy. the white should be last, as the black can EASILY get stepped on.
Yeah we prefer to put white last. We will throw a flash in quick wherever possible and prioritize which colors we dont want stepped on for that same opacity reason. We set it it up like plastisol wow, smaller areas and darker first, then more open areas and brighter colors at end or before flash. Also on longer runs flashing helps us avoid build up on the back of screens and sometimes that gets a little messy. Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk
Quote from: Maff on March 06, 2020, 09:09:27 PMYeah we prefer to put white last. We will throw a flash in quick wherever possible and prioritize which colors we dont want stepped on for that same opacity reason. We set it it up like plastisol wow, smaller areas and darker first, then more open areas and brighter colors at end or before flash. Also on longer runs flashing helps us avoid build up on the back of screens and sometimes that gets a little messy. Sent from my SM-G970U using TapatalkThis is pretty much how I set it all up as well. Even with this technique implemented, reds still need to go right before a flash or last in the sequence.Everyone has given great advice and input, but no one has admitted that they have this same issue. Does anyone else experience this phenomenon with red discharge or is it just me?