whie ink on poly blends......?????

is there a special white ink for poly blends?

bilet69 said:

is there a special white ink for poly blends?

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For 50% cotton / 50% polyester shirts you can use the white ink and white ink pretreatment that comes standard with most direct to garment printers.

For 100% polyester, the polyester pretreatment that will let you print on white and light colored goods using the standard inks. At this time there is no white ink available for 100% polyester goods.

Harry
Equipment Zone

equipmentzone said:

For 50% cotton / 50% polyester shirts you can use the white ink and white ink pretreatment that comes standard with most direct to garment printers.

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You can do this, but the white inks will discolor from pulling the dyes from the polyester, just like screen printing without the proper inks.

I saw on another thread that people were using some different pretreats. Plan on testing this one on blends:
Pretreatments

for the replies posted,
are any of you using the dtg machines?
usings dtg v02 bright inks?
i was recomended from colman representative to use the poly pretreat..... but i guess i did not descibed that i wanted to use white ink etc.

after seeing the warning on the label, i noticed that whit ink should not be used on poly blends......
i dont plan on printing on anything less than 50 % cotton or more than 50% poly.

thank you very much for all responses

I have printed on 50/50 poly blends with the standard white pretreat and it worked with out any major issues. Most sweatshirts made are a blend of some sort. I would try a couple of test shirts and do your own wash tests. As of right now all of the poly pretreats are designed for light garments. It helps the inks bond to the polyester fibers. You will find that a 50/50 blend has a larger opening between the fibers and your prints will not look as good as what is printed on a good 100% garment.

yes i have noticed that sweatshirts definatly dont look as good as say printing on a ringsprung tee!

i just recently wanted to start printing on some burnout tees and higher end stuff which tends to be poly blends so was just curious since these tend to be expensive compared to regular tees etc. plus i want to print on hoddies etc, once summer is over.

thanks

Way to go! I think it is great that you are thinking outside of the "box". Trying different garments will only make you better and will let you offer more of a selection to your customers. Which DTG printer do you have? We are running 2 Vipers. I just ran a job on Bella Ribbed V necks they worked but were quite a challenge.

bilet69 said:

yes i have noticed that sweatshirts definatly dont look as good as say printing on a ringsprung tee!

i just recently wanted to start printing on some burnout tees and higher end stuff which tends to be poly blends so was just curious since these tend to be expensive compared to regular tees etc. plus i want to print on hoddies etc, once summer is over.

thanks

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It's also a good idea to do wash tests on any new type fabric that you print on to make sure of the coverage and washability before you take an order on.


Harry
Equipment Zone

yes thank you for the props..... definatly my learning curve has been slow to say the least!
owning these dtg machines as with any of the garment printers im sure they all act the same and it is all trial and error!!!! probably more error than trial at first lol

i am really happy for the shirts that i have printed etc. really good quality etc, just i have been improving the artwork aspect since that seem where your quality of print comes from. i wish dtg had offered a 2 day class instead, there is tons to learn and tons of markets to move into!

i definatly want to explore into more items to print on etc..... like you said more to offer the customers etc! only makes sense!

thank you for the help guys and girls
i completely new at this and this forum is a huge help!!!!!!

mark