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Offline Logoman

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Printing over seam of Tee at shoulder
« on: February 21, 2016, 06:14:59 PM »
Does anyone print over the seam and it look good? I have a few customers that have been asking about it. I have tried before but it has always looked bad. Build up on the shirt. Any suggestions?


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Re: Printing over seam of Tee at shoulder
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2016, 07:31:10 PM »
Discharge is the answer.
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Re: Printing over seam of Tee at shoulder
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2016, 08:12:22 PM »
what he said!
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Re: Printing over seam of Tee at shoulder
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2016, 03:33:10 AM »
the top shoulder seam is a nightmare to print over. Even discharge will leave a deposit. You have to use a soft substrate and alot of pressure. I hope its only one color. Good luck and I hope your charging for it.

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Re: Printing over seam of Tee at shoulder
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2016, 09:29:44 AM »
Neoprene is the way..

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Re: Printing over seam of Tee at shoulder
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2016, 02:44:22 PM »
Discharge will work well but you could also try thinning the ink a little bit with a soft hand additive depending the ink you are using and the shirt color. Obviously you wouldn't want to do that if you want bright white on a black shirt. On our allover pallets, we use a 1/4" neoprene so it has a little give when printing over the seam and that usually works well.