Don't feel alone in this Scott, it's an industry problem. First screen, use a low mesh (110) with hard squeegee (70/90/70), 15-25 degree angle with plenty of pressure and slow speed. Drive it into the shirt to mat down the fibers then flash it. You can cook it or gel it, just make sure the surface is dry. Second screen medium squeegee (60/90/60) same mesh, same angle fast stroke with enough pressure to clear the screen only.
If you can see the fibers in the ink film, slow down and add more pressure to #1 white. The fibers are being picked up by fast print strokes and sticky ink. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Nazarenus Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 6:12 PM To: Screen Printer's List Subject: [SE-List] dark shirts Hey Guys, Woe is me... one of my customers returned shirts today because they washed out...I just can't get white on darks. And I've tried really, really hard. I'm using the white buffalo ink... I'm doing the flash print flash formula... I'm not curing it completely after the first hit. I've tried not doing that (completely cured on first hit) I've heated them beyond curing temp. I'm really quite discouraged... we've been printing for a long time without problems but within the last year, not good.... What am I doing wrong? --Scott D. Scott Nazarenus NAZWEAR INTERNATIONAL 1338 10th Street Gering, Nebraska 69341 Phone: 308.436.7499 Fax: 308.436.7566 web: www.nazwear.com _______________________________________________ Screenprinters mailing list [email protected] http://mailinglist.screenprinters.net/mailman/listinfo/screenprinters _______________________________________________ Screenprinters mailing list [email protected] http://mailinglist.screenprinters.net/mailman/listinfo/screenprinters
