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Like I said, I love printing with it. But when I have to see my crew re-running and order through the dryer because they aren't 100% sure of the cure, I get a little pissed. I know most shops around here could care less and would deliver, but you wouldn't believe how many times people have come to us to "re-cure" their order from another printer because they were under cured. I don't want to turn into that guy to save a few bucks on the cost of an ink. There must be a reducer added to it to make it so creamy, it's really nice on press, but that high cure temp and longer dwell is questionable to me. Quick white, which is what we switched from for this, flashed fast, cured up great 320 for 12 seconds you could stretch the crap out of it with no cracking, not with this, it needs the high temp and longer time, then it's nice and solid. Alan has a monster dryer so it probably doesn't affect him on that end.
I have the Miami white and find it cures just as fast as any other white. It flashes as fast if not faster than most whites I use on the auto.
Quote from: islandtees on January 26, 2013, 12:07:56 PMI have the Miami white and find it cures just as fast as any other white. It flashes as fast if not faster than most whites I use on the auto.Are you using the regular or Non Pthylate version?
I'm nervous to try the Miami white I just got in now. I got i the non ph. I'll let you all know what my experience is. I got a gallon of smooth and a gallon of superior. Trying to find the perfect white ink for both the manual and auto. My dryer isn't very long, so I can't afford a back log there.
Mike, what is your dwell time/ temp that you are curing at? Gas or electric dryer, length of chamber? How is it holding up in a stretch test. Just curious. The last batch we printed pfp running through our heatwave set at 380 degrees, temp of ink staying steady at 360 degrees for 30 seconds, still cracked at stretch test. Had to crank the dryer up to 400 slow the belt down a little more and let the ink dwell at almost 400 degrees for 20 seconds or so to have it not crack. Like I said, I love the coverage of the ink, and the way it prints, its the curing that's been buggin me out.