ghetotige

Hi Guys I have has any one ever had or know of this problem.....
Using a brand of t-shirt called Blue Max in the UK which is 100% cotton, after printing a black t shirt with a design it tears like tissue paper...

I pre treat the garment using DTG pre treat,
Press for 10 sec high pressure at 150 deg/c
Print the design,
Dry under a stahls clam press for 120sec at 150 deg/c very light almost no pressure....
Then hit it for 10 sec at 165 deg/c high pressure..

Not that any of that matters as I have tried every combination I could think of and it came down to the time, even a unpretreated unprinted garment will tear if heated for 120 sec..... The funny thing is a printed garment will be fine where the print is it just falls apart around the non printed but heated area as defined by the heat press....

So why do I bother with this T-shirt? Well to fair we have used Starworld T-shirts for most of the year they print OK, but nothing I have tested holds the white ink like those blue max... They look truly stunning when printed, the white ink goes on smooth and shiny with none of those pesky lint fibers protruding...

Im thingking it has to do with moisture in the fabric causing it to become dry and brittle after heating... Maybe a blast of steam after drying would solve the problem... any thoughts?

 

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ralphe

yes this has happened to me, several times. It was the shirt and something in it that when heated to 350degrees for 16 seconds caused it to fall apart like toilet paper, except that toilet paper is stronger. pick another brand, or in a few months try this one again, my troubles seemed lot related, and my guess was that the manufacturer had a whole bunch of bad colors, bleached them, then made them black- who knows, but its really something to watch these shirts fall apart.

 

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