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Offline blue moon

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printing on shirts prior to tie dying
« on: May 17, 2021, 01:22:40 PM »
we have to print tomorrow on PFD shirts that will be dyed latter. Can we just use plastisol? The imprint will be white, so I am thinking white ink.

Anything else we should know?

thanx,

pierre
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Re: printing on shirts prior to die dying
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2021, 01:36:29 PM »
Yep, plastisol is fine. I used to do this regularly for a local Boy Scout troop. Sometimes before and sometimes after dyeing. Only thing I learned was adding a black outline helped most of their designs work better no matter how each shirt was individually dyed. This really depends on what type of dying pattern is used.
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Re: printing on shirts prior to die dying
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2021, 02:03:18 PM »
Yes.  No issues.  The teachers and kids love it.  This was a (business) that did these for an event on white tees.
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Re: printing on shirts prior to die dying
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2021, 02:12:15 PM »
awesome! thank you both!

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