Even thought we have an auto press we still use our manual press from time to time, very simple for me once the flash is good and hot my print strokes is my count, so how every long it take's me to print a shirt it's flashing plus I set my flash about 2 inches over the pallet or adjust the height for whatever I'm printing.

So basically youre adjusting your flash temp and distance so that the flash takes as long as the print stroke takes to flood and print, with maybe another "stencil clearing" second stroke? Dont you ever experience times when your print stroke is faster or slower than others? Do you ever get parts of the print still wet because you went faster on a print stroke, resulting in the garment sticking or opacity suffering? Since I have been using a timer, I know for sure there are times when some print strokes are faster than others, by 2-3 seconds, which can be a considerable difference when flashing.

I guess I am a bit OCD, hence the timer. If it takes 8 seconds to flash a print between colors, then I want each flash to be 8 seconds exactly. If I didnt time it, I am positive I would be getting some flashes at 6 or 7 seconds, resulting in less than desired results. My goal is the most consistent prints, shirt to shirt.

Or maybe I am taking the "it needs to be dry but still tacky" too seriously. Maybe I should just run the flash a little warmer and not worry as much about it staying tacky, so long as its not under there a long time coming close to curing the ink.

Thanks for the reply!

Thanks guy's, we just got to do some clean up from the water and wipe down walls from the smoke

Been there, done that, even got the T-Shirt. Nothing compares to the immediate feeling of shock and disbelief when it's first encountered, but it sounds like you're over that and now just have to deal with stink and the insurance. Glad to hear that for the most part you're doing okay.

Ohh man, D, that sucks .. Fire and water damage is no joke...good luck pal, we're here if ya need anything. I can run off DTFs for ya or whatever.

Yes we are fully insured just waiting on the Fire Marshal report