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Old June 20th, 2007 Jun 20, 2007 12:15:41 PM -   #1 (permalink)
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We do chroma blast in cotton shirt ,everytime we press the image look perfect the problem is arond is coming yellow .

my setting 400 d 40 seconde

if hi play with the temperature low temp is help 370 d 50 sec (is less yellow) the problem the image is less good .have white spot in the image

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The instructions I was told was to use 375 degrees F, 45 seconds with extra heavy pressure. To get the extra heavy press, a swing away press was recommended. The yellowing might be scorching the shirt or the adhesive on the paper. Try droping the temperature down, increasing the time and load up on the pressure. The white spot in the middle might be a cold spot on the heating element of your press or the platten might not be perfectly flat. (These are just guesses since I have not seen your press).

Here is the instructions that I found on the ChromaBlast website - http://www.chromablast.com/downloads...structions.pdf. According to this, your time of 40 seconds might be too long. Drop it down to 25 seconds and see if that works. Remember to do your wash tests. Best wishes.

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Thank you Mark!

we did the test at 400 25 sec and the result is perfect after the wash.


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Not a problem Greg. Just passing along the info that was given to me. Best wishes.

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Cotton scorches at 400F so the less time you can spend there the better. You can remove the yellow with hydrogen peroxide. Just put it in a spray bottle with some water and spray it on the shirt and the yellow should go away.
 
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Cotton scorches at 400F so the less time you can spend there the better. You can remove the yellow with hydrogen peroxide. Just put it in a spray bottle with some water and spray it on the shirt and the yellow should go away.

You can also leave your shirts in the sun, this will remove the scortch.
 
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Im trying out my Epson C120 with the Chromablast inks for the first time. I tried the first heat pressing of the image, and all I got was a light outline of the image. This was after the transfer printed and sat for about an hour. Do I need to press it right after it has printed?
 
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