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screen printing => General Screen Printing => Topic started by: JayzTeez on October 14, 2011, 09:50:52 AM
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printing fleece for the first time is there any tricks to this?
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If the run is exclusively fleece, you may want to go a step coarser with your mesh, and of course, adjust your off-contact for the thicker fabric.
On multi color prints, shrinkage leading to lack of registration can be an issue since palette stick-um is not as easy of an operation as with T's.
So, many run them through the dryer prior to printing, or spin them under the flash.
Many, who even use a brush-on liquid adhesive for T's still use an aerosol web spray for fleece, and re-apply very often.
Those who use brush-on adhesive may rejuvenate with a damp rag just as often.
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We run all of our fleece through the dryer. It really does cut down on the shrinkage. Using a quality sweat also helps. If it is a small run We try and use the WB adhesive. I hate changing out the pallet paper for small runs of sweats. If it is a larger run then we just use spray tack.