Underbase Question

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ClutchInc

Discussion Starter · Mar 25, 2014

I've been searching the forum for this, but cant seem to find it. My question is this:

If you were underbasing a neon green with white on a black shirt, would you only hit the white once, or would you print/flash/print the underbase?

Thanks all.

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red514

· #2 · Mar 25, 2014

from my experience with neon inks, you want a stong white underneath the ink for maximum vibrancy. The neon inks don't seem to be very opaque, so the strength of the white underbase will determine how intense the neon ink prints. the under base doesn't need to be super bright white as that often means you have a thick print. We do one stroke for the white underbase on an auto and get great vibrancy with the neon top colours.

if you are printing manually and find one pass of the underbase is not giving a strong enough white and you want to do a print/flash/print, i suggest trying to minimize ink deposit as to not get a thick print.

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ClutchInc

Discussion Starter · #3 · Mar 25, 2014

red514 said:
from my experience with neon inks, you want a stong white underneath the ink for maximum vibrancy. The neon inks don't seem to be very opaque, so the strength of the white underbase will determine how intense the neon ink prints. the under base doesn't need to be super bright white as that often means you have a thick print. We do one stroke for the white underbase on an auto and get great vibrancy with the neon top colours.

if you are printing manually and find one pass of the underbase is not giving a strong enough white and you want to do a print/flash/print, i suggest trying to minimize ink deposit as to not get a thick print.

Thanks for the info. Im using One Stroke white and it lays down great on one pass. Im using 110 on the underbase, too. One pass will do just fine. Semi-cure, right?

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red514

· #4 · Mar 26, 2014

sounds good! yes, just flash cure the under base so it's dry to the touch.

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ClutchInc

Discussion Starter · #5 · Mar 26, 2014

red514 said:
sounds good! yes, just flash cure the under base so it's dry to the touch.

Thanks for all the advice and help!

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porkchopharry

· #6 · Apr 10, 2014

One Stroke EZ-Flo green, no underbase bro! Or butt registration if it has a white outline. I hate underbasing!

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