When i first started out, I used a hair dryer ( to cure my waterbased prints) And thoughts about a heatgun it harder to get equal coverage. With the hair dryer method (which i do not recommend) I had a lot of inks bleed. White shirt red ink, Now pink shirt. I would not want to sell that product anymore, too much risk. I would say get a flash dryer (equal coverage, know its cured) and deal with less headach after..
If you are a hobbiest & want to do one shirt every now & tehn maybe, but you really can't use a hand gun dryer for any production.
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If you have a heat press, which we use for our dye sub and cotton transfers, you can use it to cure a 1 colour screenprint. We heat gun for about a minute all over, and then press for about 5 secs at with minimum pressure. We lay a teflon sheet over the print and slowly pull off after pressing. We use plastisol and it gives it a great finish. I have done numerous wash tests, and all is okay. I outsourced a 3 colour design on 140 shirts, and they were thrown back at me as they were not cured enough and flaked and washed off. I am not even going to offer multicolours anymore. Most of my prints are 1 colour.
Which do you use to sweep the floor: a toothbrush or a broom?
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If you are going to make more than just one or two shirts at a time then you will need a flash dryer. It would take way too long to print and dry a shirt one at a time with a heat gun.
Heat Gun? Or flash dryer? 
