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Old April 8th, 2008 Apr 8, 2008 8:41:37 AM -   #1 (permalink)
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Help just washed my screen printed shirts and most of them got washed out!
Did i not cure them long enough or was there something i wasnt suppose to do when washing them?
Any help would be great.
 
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Old April 8th, 2008 Apr 8, 2008 9:38:36 AM -   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: Help washed shirt ink off!
We'll need more info to help.

What kind of ink?

Did you flash?

How did you do the final cure? Temp? Time?
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I would say that you didn't cure long or hot enough, or you over-flashed an underbase and it didn't adhere (the top ink). We cure at 350* with our belt speed at 1 minute.


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