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Need some advice with this print I did

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Hello forum, I'm new to screen printing and the help I have gotten here has been great. The question I have about this print I did is why the yellow almost looks florescent instead of the yellow of my ink. The yellow I have is almost exact yellow as the old black California plates but when printed on shirt its a brighter shade. I printed with two passes, flashed it and hit it with another two passes. Should I have laid a white under base first? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Just like paint the color of ink can look different on garments after cured.
When the color is critical I try to get a PMS number and match as close as possible.
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I would definitely use a white underbase. On dark shirts, I base just about everything except black ink. Trap the base by adding a .5pt white outline to everything on your underbase screen design. That's a super tiny bit of trap, smaller than a human hair, but that's all you really need for easier registration, and no white peeking out around the edges.
It's usually not desirable to have 4 layers of ink. That will make a very thick, rigid and heavy print. It's not very pleasant to wear. Most people think that a lighter, softer print is more desirable. So try to avoid doing that.
Yellow is tricky, since it tends to be very translucent. I pretty much always use Wilflex Golden Yellow ink, whenever I need a gold or a yellow. It's more opaque and always looks good. No matter what the customer requests, I just send my proof to the customer, colored and listed as 123 and they pretty much never notice it or dispute it.
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Thanks for the reply Bob and The Print Game. The Print Game so your'e saying I had too many passes by hitting it two times flashing and hitting it another two times? Would you hit it once flash and hit once again? I'm going to try it with a white underbase. I was going to try Union Ink.
Yeah, generally you want to lay down as little ink as necessary, so you get a softer feel. When the printing is real thick, some industry people describe it as "bullet proof".
So try to just hit the white once, flash, then hit the yellow once. Experiment with using different mesh screens to control how much ink is laid down. Lay down the minimum amount of ink necessary to make the colors look good.
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try a white underbase with a maxopaq yellow thru a little coarser mesh like a 125. I agree with other posts, you don't what a real heavy thick ink deposit usually. It'll crack and fail over time.
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