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Offline ericheartsu

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would you use a DC base
« on: March 06, 2013, 02:03:22 PM »
We have two projects coming up that are some weird blended polyester tee.

Would you use a clear DC ub or a white DC ub to print them? One of the tees is black, one is royal
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Re: would you use a DC base
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2013, 02:06:47 PM »
I would use neither until I tested them. Royal is going to be an issue anyways. Why do you want to discharge them?
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Re: would you use a DC base
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2013, 02:09:53 PM »
I would use neither until I tested them. Royal is going to be an issue anyways. Why do you want to discharge them?

whenever we've used poly ink on shirts like this, they come out thick and gross feeling
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Re: would you use a DC base
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2013, 02:24:35 PM »
We do this on all our blends even the dreaded Kelly, Royal, and Purple.. Usually a hybrid base of 70 clear to 30 white. The snap flash eliminates scorching which is a bonus. Better softer print with clean overprint colors. Prints faster, ink way cheaper.
Why Not?
Matter of fact we DC or DCbase practically everything

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Re: would you use a DC base
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2013, 02:32:16 PM »
We do this on all our blends even the dreaded Kelly, Royal, and Purple.. Usually a hybrid base of 70 clear to 30 white. The snap flash eliminates scorching which is a bonus. Better softer print with clean overprint colors. Prints faster, ink way cheaper.
Why Not?
Matter of fact we DC or DCbase practically everything

Thanks Tony! this is exactly the post i needed!
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Re: would you use a DC base
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2013, 03:06:15 PM »
You are welcome sir. Our ink costs will be just over half of last years. Which is a four figure #

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Re: would you use a DC base
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2013, 11:00:34 AM »
turns out this works great on 50/50 or tri blends, but does not work on poly/spandex garments!
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Re: would you use a DC base
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2013, 11:06:57 AM »
yeah, it won't work on poly at all.  What you should be looking at for that is silicon ink.

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Re: would you use a DC base
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2013, 11:10:53 AM »
Who makes that?
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Re: would you use a DC base
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2013, 11:12:25 AM »
nazdar, I am not sure if you can order it off the site yet.

they were showing samples in AC