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| jerboy |
 Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:58 am |
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any suggestions on a good water based ink for t-shirts.
i'd like to do white on a dark color, but can't really do two passes without things getting blurry and i can't flash cure between passes, so i guess i'm looking for a water based ink that can air cure if thats possible, i might have to end up doing black ink on white shirts just to keep it down to one pull on each shirt. |
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| modskin |
| Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:03 am |
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You're not gonna get a crisp, opaque print on a dark shirt if you don't flash it.
Flash cure it with a hair dryer.. It's water based. Shouldn't take long. |
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| jerboy |
| Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:35 am |
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modskin wrote: You're not gonna get a crisp, opaque print on a dark shirt if you don't flash it.
Flash cure it with a hair dryer.. It's water based. Shouldn't take long.
i was thinking of that, but wasn't 100% sure if that would work, i've also heard that once the ink is dry to the touch, you can throw them in the dryer for a bit to cure the ink, would that work? |
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| ribuckethead |
| Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:14 pm |
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| I've heard the dryer trick too. Never tried it but would be damn easy. |
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| ivescreenedforless |
| Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:25 pm |
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Go to home depot and get industrial blow dryer aka Heat Gun. I have one similar to this...
I've used it on plastisol with mixed results, its hard to get the whole design to the right temp for long enough. Water based doesnt need to "cure" so I works great, just dont burn the shirt. Thing gets so hot ive used it to light cigarettes. |
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| jerboy |
| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:45 am |
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| any particular brand of ink? right now i'm using speedball acrylic for work on wood and paper, but would it do right for shirts? |
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| jerboy |
| Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:54 pm |
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i ended up using the speedball fabric ink and it worked out GREAT!!
one single pass, air dry, then hit them with an iron with a piece of cloth between the ink and iron for about 3-4 minutes a piece. washed one last night and it held up perfectly.
heres some pics
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| auragreg |
| Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:15 pm |
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i was thinking of trying water based ink on shirts too ... I have some Nazdar 2700 ... will that work?
or should I stick with the Plastisol ink?
preferences???? |
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| boss |
| Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:15 pm |
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| I use the nazdar aqua print 9500 series. works great with the heat gun treatment. Even white ink on black shirts. Just be sure the shirts are 100% cotton. |
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