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Old April 28th, 2008 Apr 28, 2008 8:21:34 PM -   #1 (permalink)
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how long does it take to cure plastisol inks with a heat gun?
 
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Old April 29th, 2008 Apr 29, 2008 9:39:07 AM -   #2 (permalink)
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Until every square inch of the ink reaches at least 320F degrees.
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A heat gun is generaly used to partially cure between ink colors; enough to when the next screen goes down, the ink layer is dry enough not to stick to screen. It's really effective when printing multi-color on nylon jackets when using a jacket hold down device.
However, as previous poster stated, the entire ink layer, all the way thru top to bottom, must reach whatever the cure temp of the ink you're using to fully & properly cure. Heat gun may be effective perhaps for a small left chest print, but larger full front or full rear designs will need at least a flash dryer, or better would be a conyevor dryer.
 
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thanks guys.. all i have for right now tho is a heatgun it came with my package
 
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Old April 30th, 2008 Apr 30, 2008 8:41:39 AM -   #5 (permalink)
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Get yourself a flash unit and trust me, you'll thank yourself after a few larger jobs.
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