There was a slight yellowing when it was first printed, but it was not there after washing twice. The Claria Hi-Definition Ink came with my Epson 1400 printer. I used 100% cotton tees. It's definitely not for dark colors as you can see from my test on the ash tee.
I know that prices are going to differ from location to location, but having done some checking on prices, Chromablast seems to be about 65 percent of the cost of JPSS.
Am going to get a couple of samples from my supplier to test it out for myself. Am curious to see what happens if you use Chromablast paper with sublimation ink?
We are based in Africa, where cost is even more critical than in the developed world. Chromablast is just too expensive for our customers to use. The increased durability is not enough to justify paying triple what you would normally pay for a standard inkjet transfer.
There is something that we discovered during our testing though that might be of benefit to those using this system - we found that transfers printed onto the inkjet paper which is sold by ONE STEP in Miami, lasted much longer than transfers printed onto the Chromablast transfer paper................
This is another pic with the chromablast and the claria hi-definition ink. As you can see, there is no yellowing. I pressed it at 375 for 25 sec with medium pressure. I did this in B&W so I can check for yellowing, and as you can see, there isn't any. I will be washing it for a few times and post the pics.
Here is my final test. I used a 100% poly tee. The chromablast paper and the claria hi-def ink worked beautifully. I have decided that since this ink and paper works so well together, that I will buy more chromablast paper and not the chromablast ink, since I don't need it to do 100% cotton, 50/50 or poly. The pic attached are (1) right after being press on to the shirt and (2) after two washes. If anyone has also tried the chromablast paper and the claria hi-def ink, let me know what you think.
Those results are looking pretty good Jan. When Sawgrass talk about the image 'being tattoed into the shirt', it leads me to believe that their Chromablast ink may be dye based, the same as Claria is. Someone on another thread here, is reporting good results with Durabrite ink as well, so it would 'appear' that Chromablast paper works with dye or pigment inks?
How does this compare to the higher quality inkjet transfers (like Ironall for Darks)? Is the 'carrier paper' like the carrier paper for sublimation (it's only purpose is to take the ink from the printer to the substrate) or is it a film/vinyl that is transferred to the shirt? If the latter, it something that could be print&cut with a vinyl cutter to eliminate the yellowing from the unprinted border?
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We bought the Chromoblast system a little over a year ago. We were using the Chromoblast paper and ink. As you mentioned we constantly got the yellow shadow. We also had the images fade out on the first wash. The shirts did not look even remotely like they did before they were washed. I had a YAFL team that we did shirts for and by the end of the season they were so faded I was embarrassed to have made them. I had nothing but customer complaints. The ink also clogged the ink jets in the Epson 1200 printer. We had stripes in the photos and color changes as it did not work well with the printer. Finally after working with Sawgrass and the vendor we decided to just junk the whole thing. The vendor discounted the Sawgrass DTG and we replaced the Chromoblast with that.
Last night I did 12 tees for my son business and they came out beautiful. There was no yellowing. I even reduced the heat to 365 and pressed for 45 sec. I really and honestly think that the Claria HD Ink and the Chromablast paper were made for each other. I have ordered the larger Chromablast paper and Epson's High-Capacity Ink Cartridges. I believe this is a much less expensive way to go without the hassle of clogging and jelling (jelling is what happens to the ink after about six months or more) of the Chromablast ink.
This is a discussion about Why hasn't Chromablast replaced conventional garment sublimation? that was posted in the Dye Sublimation section of the forums.
Re: Why hasn't Chromablast replaced conventional garment sublimation? 
