[SmashmouthShirts]

hello everyone,

I've done a run of white shirts w/black ink. The shirts are Hanes 5.4 oz. The ink turned out fine, except there's a little bit of bleeding around the text. Is it because the shirts are cheap? Am I pressing too hard with the squegee?

Thanks for the help....let me know if I need to provide more info.
-Rich

 

[Rodney]

Hi Rich, good question. I think we should see an anwer soon on this one

 

[triplej]

hello everyone,

I've done a run of white shirts w/black ink. The shirts are Hanes 5.4 oz. The ink turned out fine, except there's a little bit of bleeding around the text. Is it because the shirts are cheap? Am I pressing too hard with the squegee?

Thanks for the help....let me know if I need to provide more info.
-Rich

Hi there, Nice to meet you SmashmouthShirts.

Can you send me a scan or a close up digital pic of the text you are talking about. It could be dye migration, an off contact issue or about 2-3 other problems. I will know more after the e-mail. I will post my answer here. My e-mail is jamie at printmojo.com. Look forward to hearing from you.

 

[SmashmouthShirts]

Thanks for the help Jamie. I sent you an email w/the design.

-Rich

 

[buddha]

How many strokes are you using? Lift the screen and look under neath around the edge of your design and see if there is any ink. could be if your using more than one stroke your a shirt could have shifted. Like Jamie said just need to see the shirt.

 

[globalwp]

Could also be the mesh count. Stay with 110 mesh on this job, one stroke and make sure you off contact is less that 1/8" from mesh to platon, Also use a good spray adhesive so the shirt won't lift.
Just in case, no need to flash dark on white.

 

[TraderBaby303]

Well I have had the same problem as well. I found out that I was not applying Emulsion to both sides of the screen. I found out that if there is not emulsion on both sides the ink will tend to smear. With both sides coated you get a good thick stencil for that ink to fill up. Now with ink, I use both Plastasol and water based. For water I use less ink, and with plastasol I use more ink. I do this because water based is a bit more thinner. I hope this helps.