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screen printing => General Screen Printing => Topic started by: balloonguy on October 09, 2023, 04:44:26 PM

Title: smoothing orange peel print
Post by: balloonguy on October 09, 2023, 04:44:26 PM

I have some prints that look a little orange peeled. It is poly ink on camo hoodies. It looked fine inside when printing last week. I took them outside to get a picture and in the sun the prints are a little textured... Is there a good way to smooth the print after the fact?
Thanks,
Matt

Title: Re: smoothing orange peel print
Post by: Frog on October 09, 2023, 04:51:49 PM

heat press

Title: Re: smoothing orange peel print
Post by: cbjamel on October 09, 2023, 04:54:46 PM

heatpress with teflon sheet give a shiny finish or brown paper gives flat finish for us.
Shane

Title: Re: smoothing orange peel print
Post by: balloonguy on October 09, 2023, 04:55:04 PM

Do you have a suggestion on temp/time/pressure. I have a 1620 hotronix.
Thanks for the quick reply!

Title: Re: smoothing orange peel print
Post by: Frog on October 09, 2023, 05:11:32 PM

Quote from: balloonguy on October 09, 2023, 04:55:04 PM

Do you have a suggestion on temp/time/pressure. I have a 1620 hotronix.
Thanks for the quick reply!

300, 5 seconds, medium pressure should do the trick, however, that camo stuff has a bad repution for bleeding.
So, I'd see no harm in starting testing at a lower temp

Title: Re: smoothing orange peel print
Post by: balloonguy on October 09, 2023, 05:54:30 PM

Thank you. It is working pretty nicely.