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Direct to Garment => DTG - General => Topic started by: Grape Ape on October 02, 2013, 12:46:32 PM
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Has anyone had problems with Gildan Light Blue garments scorching when pressed after DTG? Also the shirts will not cure going down the dryer. Thanks.
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I came onto this forum because I was looking to answers for some other questions I had that may have been answered already, but I do frequent other boards often and keep very up to date following DTG technology.
Gildan right now is not the shirt to use for DTG - unless you are using black, ash or white.
They put a chemical in there shirts this year that does not interact with pretreats nicely.
I have been using hanes beefy tees lately for odd colors - any other color besides the above three, but even black, ash and white hanes or fruit of the loom shirts have printed better I think.
Print well and prosper.
Javi
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Electric dryer by chance? When I bought our DTG machine the company was rather clear to us to not use a electric dryer. They said ideally a gas dryer but the vast majority of shops use a heat press.
Sorry I can't be more of a help than that, but our DTG has been sitting in a corner for the last year ::)
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On a very similar note,
I just ran a CAR09 Precious Cargo Onesie in a heat press, and the first side went perfectly, while the second, at the same temp, time and pressure, scorched!
I have to chalk it up to uneven distribution of a sizing agent or something similar.