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Originally Posted by angelic_endeavor |  | | | | | | | | | Hi Kelly! Hope you had a GREAT Christmas!! OK, bought Gildan Ultra 9 oz. 50/50 sweatshirts -- they're bright white, heavy and excellent quality. OK, pressed two sweatshirts -- one that I told you about for my BIL, and one for my husband of his classic car. The SoftStretch performed beautifully! I carefully looked for white in the "ribbing" like the problem you had, but nothing. Just perfect! The only thing I notice with the SoftStretch is that when peeling, it's a little gummy, and the micro-fibers of the material (?) kind of pull up with the peeling and it looks a little "fuzzy" for lack of a better term. I was tempted to give it a second press, just to lay it down a little, but didn't have a teflon sheet (only parchment paper) so I just stretched the shirt a little in each direction, and then kind of "patted" the transferred area a little. Looks perfect! If I find time, I will photograph my husband's sweatshirt as best I can...
I am LOVING the SoftStretch! I'm NOT loving the OEM Durabrite cartridges though, since the printing turned out GREEN again instead of gray (on both shirts!), and this time, it didn't change back! Anyway, how can you print a shirt and tell someone, "I know this looks green, but give it a few days, and it will look gray..." YOU CAN'T! So now I am researching 3rd party inks. Humpf! It never seems to end! I'm always researching something, or trying to get something to work! Sounds like my golf game...
Hope all is well! Wishing you a happy holiday season!
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Hi Melissa -
What a great update, thanks so much. I will write down that swtshirt and try it. I like Gildans. I'm getting good feedback on the LSTee as well as the Swtshirts (I did them with ironall.)
Did you get to do a wash test yet? I'm always curious about those. The wash tests for SS went very well, so I'm guessing yours will, too, and I hope they do. I hope your BIL liked the swtshirt
.
I also find that when I am peeling the SS it feels like it's really attached to the shirt. I've read other people have gotten it to peel like butter, like the ironall. I've had a few peel off like that, but can't figure out what I did different. In threads along the way, I think others have said it had to do with longer dwell time and heavy pressure. I have to re-read up on that.
That is great news about no white showing in between the weave. Leo didn't have any either. I think I am the only one so far, so it's either me or my swtshirt.
I really hope the problem with your ink resolves. It sounds like it's been plaguing you. Has it happened from the beginning? Sometimes, I wonder if a machine just comes off the line wrong. If it's happened from the start, maybe you should think of swapping it with a new one from whereever you bought it from. I think Lou said he went through a few printers when he tried a new one (can't remember exactly what he said.)
I have taken a Christmas break (I want to move as fast as a slug now that I am not under pressure!
), but I agree with you completely. It seems I am always trying to refine the supplies to get the right combination for things to just go smoothly and then I can just go on with it. I don't look forward to getting back in the ring, but I'll end up there again.
Hope you had and are having still a wonderful holiday, and thanks for the well wishes, too. If you have any wash news on your husbands, would love to hear it. Hope your day off was wonderful!!!
All the best,
Kelly