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Unik Ink · August 30th, 2007

Has anyone else had problems with white ink coming off of colored Gildan shirts? My printer had to reprint an order twice because when he used a large coverage of white on a colored Gildan shirt the ink started to peel after one wash. We did tests on other brands, varied flash/no flash, single/double coat the white, and Gildan was the only brand that this happened to. We use Union Inks, but tried other brands as well, and all white plastisol inks washed off. I don't know if it is a dye used by Gildan in their color shirts that is causing the plastisol to act like this or what. Just wondering if anyone else was experiencing this.

T-BOT · August 30th, 2007

that is weird, is it a full moon ?

sometimes, actually more often then i would like to admit I'm so sure i'm doing it right, only to find out later i was not.

Never had problems printing plastisol transfers on Gildans here in Canada.

May be some others will help out here.

Rico Menor · August 30th, 2007

No probelms here with printing on Gildan colors.

Is it peeling or cracking.

Unik Ink · August 30th, 2007

It's peeling off. We ran the tests on brands under all different scenarios and Gildan was the only brand we had a problem with. We used Hanes, FOL, Delta, Jerzees and put the same ink on all, ran them through the dryer, washed them all together, and Gildan was only one to mess up. Really weird.

Fluid · August 30th, 2007

really weird. We use Gildan T's every day with no issues like this.
How are the shirts being cured and were the Gildan the same colors as the others tested?

Unik Ink · August 30th, 2007

We tested several of the same colors of each brand. I'm not sure of the exact temp on the dryer, but I think close to 300 degrees @ roughly 30 seconds on a conveyor dryer.

Unik Ink · September 6th, 2007

Update: It wasn't the Gildan brand shirts, it was the ink. We were using Triangle 1701 Phoenix white. It washed off all of the shirts after a few washes. I went to their website and that ink is made for polyester/cotton blend shirts. I think that is where our problem was. We were printing on 100%

antman428 · August 11th, 2008

I don't know about the poly blend ink being your problem either, I use Rutland Supreme White on everything and it's a poly cotton blend ink as well but, I've never had the problem you're having...maybe there is still more to it.

nicprint19 · February 12th, 2009

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Originally Posted by Unik Ink


	Update: It wasn't the Gildan brand shirts, it was the ink. We were using Triangle 1701 Phoenix white. It washed off all of the shirts after a few washes. I went to their website and that ink is made for polyester/cotton blend shirts. I think that is where our problem was. We were printing on 100%

didnt want to thread revive but:
i have just used this ink on 100% shirts for a moderate supply is this an issue? I would like to know before completing a customer's order

monomag · February 12th, 2009

I tried using a gallon of Triangle white also and had the same problem. So I went back to Willflex and have not encountered it again. This happened to me on two orders and could not afford to continue replacing orders. Not going to totally blame the triangle ink, but it was the only variable I changed and have not encountered the problem again. (Had the same problem with their yellow gold ink also.)

nicprint19 · February 12th, 2009

Well Triangle ink's site says that it is for poly and 50/50 so my guess is that if you or the customer intends on washing the shirt not to use it on 100% cotton, I'm glad I read this thread before making a big mistake, just switched to 50/50 so hopefully no problem

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Originally Posted by monomag


	I tried using a gallon of Triangle white also and had the same problem. So I went back to Willflex and have not encountered it again. This happened to me on two orders and could not afford to continue replacing orders. Not going to totally blame the triangle ink, but it was the only variable I changed and have not encountered the problem again. (Had the same problem with their yellow gold ink also.)

CASU · February 15th, 2009

I have ever had a problem with the triangle ink white or gold. on 100% cotton gildan t-shirts. I will be printing an order tomorrow with it , i'll let you know if I have a problem.

nicprint19 · February 15th, 2009

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Originally Posted by CASU


	I have ever had a problem with the triangle ink white or gold. on 100% cotton gildan t-shirts. I will be printing an order tomorrow with it , i'll let you know if I have a problem.

thanks a lot

nicprint19 · February 18th, 2009

Well since no one got back to me I decided to do a wash test, I screened, dryed, screened again- like you would for any dark garment- then I washed and dried twice. Everything looks good