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Usually I'd say no. Anything with a heater/grill type element isn't ideal.

However, I used to use one like that about 6-7 years ago to dry water based inks (Permaset Aqua). Be aware, it'll take a long time. Maybe 2-2.30 mins each tee but it should work ok. It depends how much you're going to be printing. You could try a heat gun.

Lift the t-shirt up so it's not stuck to the board with both methods, to help get air through and get rid of the water.
 

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Usually I'd say no. Anything with a heater/grill type element isn't ideal.

However, I used to use one like that about 6-7 years ago to dry water based inks (Permaset Aqua). Be aware, it'll take a long time. Maybe 2-2.30 mins each tee but it should work ok. It depends how much you're going to be printing. You could try a heat gun.

Lift the t-shirt up so it's not stuck to the board with both methods, to help get air through and get rid of the water.
Could you recommend me a cheaply priced/good one? I'm not very sure what to look for, specs wise.
 

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I have a flash dryer like that one, with the stove heating element that I started out with with plastisol inks. It worked great for flash cure between colors, but for curing the inks it didn't work as well because the heat from the element was not even. I had problems on larger prints fading, just on the left side after a few washings. Turns out that area of the shirt was getting less heat on on that side of the dryer. Then I came across a good deal on used Ryonet infrared Flash Dryer, it heats faster and temperature is even across the entire surface. I still use the oven element for flash drying on the platten, and use the infrared dryer set on a seperate work table for final cure of the shirts. Hopefully soon I'll finally be able to upgrade to a conveyor dryer.

So yes it should be a decent dryer for the price to start with just make sure the entire print area gets up the the proper temp.

But an infrared element flasher dryer would much better if you can afford it.
 

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I see this guy listing his infrared flash dryers on craigslist all the time.
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I don't know anything about quality of it. It looks like he just buys a basic infrared heating element and adds his own bracket and switch. It does not include a stand but his website has instruction of how to build a cheap stand out of 2x4s
 

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I have that flash dryer and I'm really not happy with it. It doesn't heat evenly, and the really crappy thing is it doesn't swivel! You either have to leave the top of it loose to turn it (which makes it tilt down on one side) or actually rotate the base of it on its wheels. I really wish I had just spent the $100 more and gotten the Ryonet dryer with my kit. Trying to pinch pennies didn't work out for me.
 

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