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badalou · April 29th, 2007

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Originally Posted by toastynhere


	Lou, I had this same problem with my c88 durabrite inks, but my Everlast pigment inks are doing the same thing. When I washed my garments, the fabric really showed through the print and gave the image a faded look. I am using IronAll from NewMilford and had used my JP12 to press it. I printed the same image on the blue grid opaque paper from NewMilford and the colors were beautiful. No fading at all. Could the problem be the amount of pressure being used to press the image? Would too much pressure make the garment show up through the image and make it look "faded"? By the way, I read some of your earlier posts about the JP12 and am waiting on my new MightyPress 16x20 which is going to be delivered tomorrow. I couldn' imagine filling my 100+ orders with that little machine. Getting a straight image is very difficult. One more question about the opaque transfer. I know that there is going to be a plasticy feel to it, nature of the beast, but is there a way to minimize this effect? I've tried rubbing over the images with a garment as in your instructional videos, but am having a challenge with the garment after it comes out of the wash. Seems very hard. Any help is appreciated and keep the videos coming. Kevin

Were the shirts white?. Plasticy feel.. gee I wonder why.. could be because that is what it is. This is why I hate any type of opaque transfer. Some are thinner than others but still. Glad your getting the bigger press. getting the image straight is difficult.. ahhhh... hello... I solved my problem... Hope this somewhat helps. Too much pressure? How much ink are you putting on the transfer..