Hey guys/ladies!
I have been asked to do a small run of "softball" shirts, most of which are 50/50.
I am pretty much a total newb to this, having only done a few jobs on 100% t's.
I have read a few things about low-bleed inks, etc and believe I have that covered. However, I am worried about the curing. As I am just starting, I am using an oven (calibrated with heat strips), and dont plan to buy a tunnel dryer for awhile.
Should I just turn this down? I am in no position to eat 14 dollar shirts..
I'm recently going through the same thing. I posted pretty much the same thing yesterday and didn't get a lot of info.
From what i understand, we're going to have to get the low-bleed ink and follow the reccomended cure times as best we can. I figure i'll do a couple of prints on test scrap and see how to get a proper cure. you won't be able to tell if you'll melt the poly or not until you run one, but at least you can get a good idea of a proper cure before you run the product through.
better to have ink wash out of scrap than the finished product!
Yeah, I just talked to a guy at Lawson about it, I bought some of their general use Rojo Red plastisol, he said I shouldnt have a problem with bleeding, especially since I am not using a white underbase (gray shirts, rojo red covers well). He also recommended a 110 screen, which I was planning on using as well.
If you're using gray shirts you don't have to worry about bleed anyway. Just use your regular plastisol and cure as normal. If you were trying to print gray on a red shirt that would be a different story!
i've got to figure how to get a bright white onto a bright orange.
Dont know what ink you use, but a decent thickness emulsion used with the Lawson 1550, possibly two coats oughta take care of that.
At the very least, your forearms will gain an inch or two of diameter...
Printing/curing 50/50 softball shirts 
