The thing that the conveyor will not do is press down the fiber. If you squeegee it down and don't let it fall off the end, you can do that, but there is always more chance of difibrilation and the downside. You can always do the conveyer and then a quick (and very Heavy) pressing just before the print and see if you like the effect. It's certainly less of a pain than having 50 shirts hanging to dry.
Conveyor Dryer for Pretreat drying and drying final print
I was wondering if anyone uses a small portable conveyor dryer to dry there pretreat shirts faster?
Anajet told me that they recommend hang drying after pretreating for 24 hours. As they found heat pressing or using something like a converyor dryer, the whites do not print as vivbrant.
And you use a conveyor dryer to dry shirts? It seems it might be easier to throw a shirt on the converyor, print and then throw the shirt on the converyor again instead of always waiting for the heat press to finish.
Any thoughts would be great.
Yes I did a shirt and did not find any detailed info aside from a couple people saying they do use a converyor dryer.
Anajet told me that they recommend hang drying after pretreating for 24 hours. As they found heat pressing or using something like a converyor dryer, the whites do not print as vivbrant.
And you use a conveyor dryer to dry shirts? It seems it might be easier to throw a shirt on the converyor, print and then throw the shirt on the converyor again instead of always waiting for the heat press to finish.
Any thoughts would be great.
Yes I did a shirt and did not find any detailed info aside from a couple people saying they do use a converyor dryer.
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Do you use a conveyor dryer? And hanging 50-100 shirts at a time is painful.
No, I hover and press right after spraying. I can pretreat 6 shirts and pres 2 or 3 of them in the time it takes to print one(FP-125). With an MP10 I could see trying to figure out a faster way. I don't have a belt dryer any more, but it would be good to experiment with even with curing the ink. Note, if curring ink or pretreat, it's best to have a long vented dryer designed for waterbaed ink. Plastisol dryer(infared) will be inadequate.Do you use a conveyor dryer? And hanging 50-100 shirts at a time is painful.
i'm not sure why AnaJet would say that. pressing with heavy pressure has worked best for me. i do hover first to get some of the moisture evaporated.
then, of course, very light pressure on the final print cure.
then, of course, very light pressure on the final print cure.
You can use a conveyor dryer but like zoom said you need to press heavy before your ready to print. I've used our gas forced air dryer before with decent results. You wouldn't have the same results with a typical electric (non forced air) dryer. Saying that I still like the results better with using the heat press alone when the pretreat is still damp, it seems to be the best way to really mat down the fibers IMHO
The whole process of the pretreat has been a concern of mine. Being alittle bit of a lazy person I was wondering what would happen if after the pretreat is sprayed on would it work to run the shirt through one of the old style double roller "clothes dryer". Yes, I do remember my mom using one but thought that running the shirt through the rollers it would remove excess, spread out the pretreat evenly and would press the fibers down. I have not found one yet but if people here think that it might work, I will try to put something together and give it a try.
Give it a try. It's good to experiment but I would think that you'd get pretreatment where it does not need to be and possibly use more liquid(spend more money) than needed. Pretreatment is a critical step, but once you study all the techniques that have been used before, you should be able to come up with your own way that works consistant for you and gives good print and wash results.The whole process of the pretreat has been a concern of mine. Being alittle bit of a lazy person I was wondering what would happen if after the pretreat is sprayed on would it work to run the shirt through one of the old style double roller "clothes dryer". Yes, I do remember my mom using one but thought that running the shirt through the rollers it would remove excess, spread out the pretreat evenly and would press the fibers down. I have not found one yet but if people here think that it might work, I will try to put something together and give it a try.
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