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WHite Shirt Pretreat

2.7K views 20 replies 10 participants last post by  sspeedy  
#1 ·
Hey everyone, just wondering if you still dilute the white shirt pretreat you buy from All American or have they changed it where you dont need to? I called Tigers but they said depends on me. The previous bottle I bought in desperation mode took out the guess work and was ready out of the bottle.
 
#12 ·
I actually used to just use the dark shirt pretreat and cut it 50/50 for my lights. I never once noticed yellowing of white shirts. I applied very little and it made the colors pop real good. I have since switched to light shirt pretreat just because of suggestions and users telling me it has better wash results than the way I was doing it.
 
#13 ·
Does anyone use the white shirt pretreat from AA? Im not diluting it but the blacks just arent very dark as compared to the one I used before. I wont say any names as I dont look to promote any other company but it seems this pretreat is a bit watered down. Wonder if I just got a bad batch.
 
#14 ·
i use AA light pretreat without dilution, and the amount i use is about 1/4 of what i would use in dark pretreat. just a light misting is all you need. i then press the shirt twice (330 degrees) for 10 seconds each, or until the steam is gone. this makes the production mode look better, but the hi-res really looks great and doesn't bleed.
 
#19 ·
Would you do the same thing with a 60/40 cotton/poly shirt safety green shirt? We just did some with a full color logo (including white under base) and the wash results aren't the greatest. I'm thinking we just used too much pretreat. We used dark pretreat because we were printing white ink. We lost a very small amount of colored in in the wash test.
 
#15 ·
I was so busy last two days. We have 2 biggest Brazil companies are visiting AA now. 2.5billion/yr :D. OMG.
Long time ago, competitors told people "AA is dilute ink" because AA insists lowest price all the time. :). Now Pretreat possibility? LOL.
While AA believes "your Success is our Success"?
I rather see you will check your process first. I know all says "I did same thing""I did all AA said".
Cheers! Beers are on me always.
 
#20 ·
you must use the dark pretreat if white ink is involved. i, too, have printed with white ink on the safety green shirts, and i wasn't impressed with the results. the print also tends to crack much sooner than a 100% cotton shirt. a light misting won't give you enough pretreat for the white to look "white". too much pretreat will cause the print to degrade in the wash. i just stay away from the safety colors. not every type of garment is cut out to wear the DTG print.