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how to print white onto dark garments.
hi i wonder if anyone could help? im tryin to print white onto dark tees but its not looking to good! it goes on fine but the color just isn’t as bright as i would like! i would like to this in one print instead of printing over the first print!
Also wen i wash out the design on the screen i seem to get a goowy stuff off the emulsion which is fine when it dries but causes probs wen wet! can anyone help me plz!!
Cheers Simon
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Greetings from the land of the Maple Leaf
If you’re looking to put down an opaque white in one hit, the size of screen mesh will play a huge part. You would probably want a coarser mesh than for ‘normal’ printing. Also, assuming you’re using plastisols, there can be quite a difference between brands – try looking for ‘Super Opaque’ on the label. Also, if you’re hand printing these, two or more strokes of the squeegee is usual.
The goo you’re finding on the stencil when washing out is almost certainly a result of underexposure. You should try a simple exposure test – use any piece of film positive you have to hand and mask all but a fifth of it with a piece of black paper or thin card. Expose the stencil for a minute, uncover another fifth, expose another minute, and so on. Expose the last one for your ‘normal ‘exposure time. You’ll end up with a stencil that has five bands -the last one having been exposed for your normal time, the next +1 minute, the next band +2 minutes, then +3 minutes and so on. Wash it out and determine which band gives you what you need. You should then have an indication as to what is the correct exposure time for your particular set-up.
Hope this is helpful!
Graham.
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You will need a course screen, and an ink called TEXILAC it is as thick as h*ll and that is how you use it. You will also need a round edged squeegee to roll the ink onto the material. You may find you still need to overprint once or twice to get a totally opaque coverage. Then it must be oven dried at about 170 deg.
Horrible stuff to work with! 😮
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