Trying to print a single color bright red on a white t shirt
would it be best to put down a layer of white then the red
or just flood the screen and layer the red and flash then
lay the red again
on a white shirt i would probably only do 1 stroke of Red.. no need for a flash plate as you already have the white underbase(The shirt color) and I wouldn't think you'd have to print the red twice.
Normally when I print on white shirts(which is rare for me, but wish more clients bought white shirts) I just print 1 stroke of whatever color is needed.
Hey Scott, do your 1 print dark on light shirts look the same after 3-5 or more washes. I have a problem of the image fading just a little bit. Like with black ink on a white shirt...looks GREAT when I run it through the dryer, but after a few washes it looks faded a little. Thanks
Hey Scott, do your 1 print dark on light shirts look the same after 3-5 or more washes. I have a problem of the image fading just a little bit. Like with black ink on a white shirt...looks GREAT when I run it through the dryer, but after a few washes it looks faded a little. Thanks
It's a trade off between the hand of the print and a bit of fibrillation after a few washes. IMO, the customer expects a bit of fade/fibrillation, and there's no way to control how they wash the shirt, so aim to please up front.
I understand...I just wanted to make sure that others had the same problem. I have seen some people with shirt that still have Dark prints on light color shirt and I dont understand how. I have tried print/flash/print and that helps.
thutch15:
I'm not sure about customers shirts, but any time i've made a shirt for me they have held up even through a bunch of washes..
the only one that didn't was a design on a black shirt with no flash plate underneath. ligth grey and light blue ink.... the black shows through now. all the other shirts i've made seem to have held up alright.
I'll have to try it out and rewash a shirt over and over through a day or two and see how it looks afterwards.
on a white shirt i would probably only do 1 stroke of Red.. no need for a flash plate as you already have the white underbase(The shirt color) and I wouldn't think you'd have to print the red twice.
Normally when I print on white shirts(which is rare for me, but wish more clients bought white shirts) I just print 1 stroke of whatever color is needed.
-Scott Lewis
Silk Screen Expressions
i agree i wish i could print on white tshirts all day long. i can do thousands a day if that was the case.
anyways red ink on white tshirts is one print and it is done. no need for an underlay or flash
Printing single color red on white t shirt 
