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tips for printing large area of ink

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terzdesign
I don't wanna do it but I think I might have to. The client wants a large area of color printed on the front of the tee. I told them it would be like having a shield on the shirt, they don't seem to mind.

I was thinking of adding a very faint halftone pattern to the area to allow it to 'breathe' a bit. Are their any good tips out there on how to make the print feel less like a shield? I understand I could use discharge or waterbased but I have no experience in those areas.
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If there is no underbase, you should be able to get a great soft print. 1 coat of emulsion either side, use the sharp edge of the scoop coater if you need to. I'd use a 230 mesh. I rarely do, but you could add some softhand additive too.
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20vK said:
If there is no underbase, you should be able to get a great soft print. 1 coat of emulsion either side, use the sharp edge of the scoop coater if you need to. I'd use a 230 mesh. I rarely do, but you could add some softhand additive too.
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I see where you are going. That would be fine but it's a print/flash/print color area. Basically, a giant white text bubble.
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I see where you are going. That would be fine but it's a print/flash/print color area. Basically, a giant white text bubble.
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What Color Shirt? 100% Cotton? If so i swithced to Comet White From Ryonet, Alot softerhand, can print through a higher mesh like 230 with good coverage.
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I'd you have no white in the design, but just as an underbase, you can do a print flash with a 156. Even 230. Here's a print I'm doing now with 230 underbase. You can hardly feel it, even in the solid areas.

(Edit: came out a bit blurry and can't be changed for a non blurry one on the t-shirt forum app)


If you have white, then add a second 230 top white, so the rest of the design without white isn't too heavy

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So is it one color job ?

For large print area, I switch to waterbased as much as I can.

If we could see the design, that would be easier
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What mesh do you normally use for white pfp? You shouldn't need anything under a tight 156 for a bright, light, durable print.
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Thanks for the replies folks. Here's the design. They are going to want a bright white. The turq. text is the shirt color.

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3 colors job, that would depend how confident you are with water based, but you will have a real soft hand not bullet proof !


Discharge ink, there is no guarantee that color of shirt discharge well, you need to test first.


Last you could request a design modification, and make an outline.
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