Hey y'all! I'm a newbie to the sublimation world and an expensive world it has become! Oh the colors and just one more print! Anyway, I have an EPSON WF2850 that was converted to sublimation. Love the machine and I also have a really good heat press. I made my daughter a shirt the other night, printed the design, then in turn went ahead and pressed it onto her shirt. It looked really good, light pink, 50/50 blend. She washed it last night and the color has faded so much that it's barely noticeable. Pressed at 390 for 60 seconds and also pre-pressed the shirt before hand. I have Lemero Sub ink and am using A-sub paper. No idea what I'm doing wrong here! Could y'all give me some insight?
Fading after wash
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What did you expect?
50% cotton means 50% fade after a couple of washes.
If you don't want it to fade you have to use 100% polyester.
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unfortunately TABOB is correct,
any cotton content at all means that percentage of dyesub ink leaves the garment on the first wash
you can get some 65/35 blends that only fade 35%, plus you always have to consider all colors in the design must be darker than the garment color (i.e. no light blues on a pink tee, or gradients to white/lighter color, etc.)
if you want you can try something like siser easi-subli sheets, these will work on 100% cotton with a decent press (they are thick and non-breathable though, and you need to cut excess unprinted material)
any cotton content at all means that percentage of dyesub ink leaves the garment on the first wash
you can get some 65/35 blends that only fade 35%, plus you always have to consider all colors in the design must be darker than the garment color (i.e. no light blues on a pink tee, or gradients to white/lighter color, etc.)
if you want you can try something like siser easi-subli sheets, these will work on 100% cotton with a decent press (they are thick and non-breathable though, and you need to cut excess unprinted material)
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