[deltsigjoe]

Hello all... I have a project I'm working on and I want to see what you all think...

I am printing a red heart on a dark shirt. The heart has some initials in it in white.

I was going to print a white base on the shirt, then print the heart on top of the base (with the initals cut out) to only have 2 'coats' of ink on it... is that the best way of doing it?

another way I thought was to put a white base, then red, then the initials in white... but that seems like alot of ink... what do you think?

 

[NoXid]

I would do it with discharge ink, but sounds like maybe you only work with Plastisol or regular waterbase?

Red probably does not need an underbase, so I wouldn't layer the inks at all. To allow for printing tolerances, maybe leave a little shirt-colored gap around the white letters, which will make them pop better anyway, else slightly overlap the red over slightly larger than needed white letters if needed for tolerances.

 

[20vK]

230 white underbase, flash, 230 white, flash, 230 red.

Done.

A decent light print with awesome red and opaque contrast white. 2 x 230 lays down less than a 150. So 3x 230 at the thickest is still light.

You have lovely contrast between white and red. No need for a heavier 150 white IMHO. Go 230 all the way with a 1&1 coat and a sharp hard squeegee. 90 if you have a wooden handle, 70 if you have the aluminum 2 part ergo solution.

 

[PositiveDave]

White underbase, doesn't need to be heavy - follow with red, then a top white, will give the best results.

 

[miktoxic]

premix white discharge. flash. red. dry. done. won't even feel 2 coats.