[nmhei019]

Hi! This is my first time to use plastisol ink. I have two questions need to be urgently answered.

I set up 1.5mm off contact using pennies. After putting plastisol ink on screen, I flood and push stroke like four times to get the result below. I can get the fine printing around the middle part, but not on the upper and left and right sides. I tried various angles and pressure. I am not sure what I am doing wrong here.

Second question is about the characteristic of the ink. Plastisol ink does not become solid unless you apply high temperature. So you can print without cleaning the screen. I let the screen sit after I used it yesterday and tried to print today. Ink does not seem to come out, meaning no inks on T-shirt. The picture below is the current situation of the screen after cleaning it. Why doesn't the ink come out? What's the solution?

 

[gardenhillemb]

If you are used to using waterbased inks, you need to change screen mesh for Plastisol. Typically, white inks will use a 110-156 screen and colored inks typically use 140-200 max unless you're printing cmyk.

 

[nmhei019]

I didn't know I have to go with at least 140 mesh. I will try it and see how it goes. Thanks!