Discuss the various aspects of screen printing. Inks, speciality printing, print locations, durability, etc. printing white ink
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Hi! Question - I am trying to print white ink on a purple shirt and am having a very difficult time with it. I am using a low bleed union ink and a 100% cotton shirt and was using a heat gun to flash with - but just got my flash unit in last night and will be trying that today to see if it makes a difference. I put the first layer down and flash then the second layer - well there seems to be numerous issues...it is flaky, sometimes it sticks to the screen...i'm just having problems..any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: printing white ink Use a 100 mesh if you can.
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Re: printing white ink Thanks for the info. I will let you know if i get it to working for me. What, in your opinion is the best type of ink to use on 100% cotton shirts?
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Re: printing white ink regular all purpose plasticols. Rutland, Wilflex and Union are the best inks out there.
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Re: printing white ink that's what i thought - thanks
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Re: printing white ink Wow, I just printed my first white color on a couple of shirts last night and had that same problem. Thanks for the info.
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Re: printing white ink craziness i say...craziness...hoping i can get my done tonight!
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Re: printing white ink Don't flash it for too long. I flash for about 10-12 seconds. It should just be dry to the touch, not fully cured.
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Re: printing white ink well - it has littel white flakes and then when you print again after flashing the flakes stick to the screen
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Re: printing white ink can you post a pic of the "flakes" ?
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Re: printing white ink not at this time - maybe i can get a picture of it this evening- hey does anyone know where i can get either Nike or Ping or something similar golf shirts - wholesale?
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Re: printing white ink I believe Virginia T's and BroderBros carry them
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Re: printing white ink cool- i will check them out
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Re: printing white ink woo-hoo....i finally got a good print - thanks for all your help and suggestions!!! what a GREAT feeling!
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