Ink color change

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Jbrie16

Discussion Starter · 19 d ago

What the heck is happening to my athletic gold ink? I have been screen printing for 10+ years and have never seen this. Is it something I am doing wrong? The first batch sat overnight and changed colors drastically. The top is about 2 hours out of dryer.

is it something I am doing, Bad batch of ink etc.

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TABOB

· #2 · 18 d ago

Jbrie16 said:
The first batch sat overnight and changed colors drastically. The top is about 2 hours out of dryer.

Looks like dye migration...
Sometimes it takes days to happen.

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multiplesifl

· #3 · 16 d ago

Tabob on the mark as usual. Dye migration. I've been seeing it more lately, even on retail pieces.

screenxpress

· #4 · 15 d ago

Doubt it's 100% cotton. Try a test using a low-bleed white underbase for the Gold.

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