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screen printing => General Screen Printing => Topic started by: Golfnstanley on March 31, 2016, 12:08:10 PM
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Do you need a speciality ink for comfort colors. Grey CC shirt with red and black ink.
Thanks,
Stanley
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Nope not on that color, or with those ink colors.
However, you'll want to use a low-bleed white for certain colors, and even a poly white for some of the others that tend to bleed/migrate badly, then just print regular plastisols on top.
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Nope not on that color, or with those ink colors.
However, you'll want to use a low-bleed white for certain colors, and even a poly white for some of the others that tend to bleed/migrate badly, then just print regular plastisols on top.
So for future reference, using a CC shirt that is likely to bleed (eg. a darker shirt), use a low bleed or poly white for an under base
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And thanks for the help
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Nope not on that color, or with those ink colors.
However, you'll want to use a low-bleed white for certain colors, and even a poly white for some of the others that tend to bleed/migrate badly, then just print regular plastisols on top.
So for future reference, using a CC shirt that is likely to bleed (eg. a darker shirt), use a low bleed or poly white for an under base
It can vary a good bit, which makes these shirts a pain to print on.
Most of the reactive dyed ones can be printed with a cotton white/low-bleed and be good to go (although I would test some of them before doing a full run just to be safe). On the pigment dyed ones, those are the ones that tend to be a huge pain. The darker blues, greens, reds and purples will definitely need a low-bleed white at the least. Specific shades like wine, grape, Crimson, salmon, Willow, and brick will need a poly white to combat the dye migration.
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Not to mention the way the CC spread dust and fluff like no other cotton shirt on the planet. The tiny little soft cotton particles float and coat everything in your shop, including your lungs and nostrils. Then as they travel down the dryer you get a nice shop full of smoke as the little cotton dusties burn off.
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and if you happen to have a miss-run it will cost you out the A$$ and they are a pain to print!!!
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No good for WB / discharging then?
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The only ones that work for WB/Discharge are the reactive dyed ones, and even those are spotty.