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screen printing => General Screen Printing => Topic started by: Maxie on November 12, 2013, 11:20:34 AM

Title: Printing large area foil
Post by: Maxie on November 12, 2013, 11:20:34 AM

We have a hard time printing this image, we get repeat orders and battle every time.
The image is about 12X14".      Anybody have any ideas for gettting good results printing large areas in foil.
Thanks.

Title: Re: Printing large area foil
Post by: kingscreen on November 12, 2013, 11:23:04 AM

What issues are you having? That photo looks pretty good to me.

Title: Re: Printing large area foil
Post by: ebscreen on November 12, 2013, 12:23:52 PM

Looks like your issues are only at the edges?

How big is your heat press?

Title: Re: Printing large area foil
Post by: Maxie on November 12, 2013, 01:40:08 PM

We have quite a  lot of seconds, foil sometimes does not stick on the edges and now and again spots don't stick well in solid area.
Any small blemish shows up.            We have a press much bigger than the design.    We also have a clean alumimum plate we put on the press, any dirt on the press shows up.      Any dirt on the printing board also shows up.

Title: Re: Printing large area foil
Post by: ebscreen on November 12, 2013, 01:59:27 PM

All of my heat presses have a cushion type bottom platen, rather than a hard surface.
Might be worth a whirl.

I'm assuming by printing board you mean a pallet on the press. What mesh and ink are you using
on press?

Title: Re: Printing large area foil
Post by: chuckielb on November 18, 2013, 07:52:02 AM

Use 86 screen pfp the adhesive

Title: Re: Printing large area foil
Post by: Orion on November 18, 2013, 09:12:51 AM

Transfers, here is the link:

http://www.unionink.com/unionink/products/special-tex/Foil.pdf (http://www.unionink.com/unionink/products/special-tex/Foil.pdf)