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| weaksauce |
 Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:37 pm |
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Howdy, So how would one cure ink on tshirts at home? The screen burning and cleaning seams straight forward, but I havnt found any home curing instructions online as of yet..
-Ike |
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| ThrashCan |
| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:50 pm |
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| you can get little flash dryers. look them up on google. |
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| toomuchjunkhere |
| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 12:00 am |
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| if you cant afford a flash dryer right away, you can always use a heat gun. It will take way longer, and you have to be careful not to burn the shirt, but it works. |
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| weaksauce |
| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 10:50 am |
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Hey, thanks for the tip on flash dryers, i had thought they only did what was termed 'pre-curing', that is not final curing quality, i take it that is NOT the case and you can complete a cure with a flash cure unit?
-ike |
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| ThrashCan |
| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 12:52 pm |
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| I dont know really, I've never used one. But from what I've seen online I think thats all you need. |
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| weaksauce |
| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 6:04 pm |
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thanks trashcan, i think i will pick some local shops brains until i can get something close to an answer on if the flash unit will do the trick, i think i can get one for like 200 bucks if im price savy..
toomuchjunkhere, any thoughts? have you used a flash before to do a final ink cure on say, cotton goods or the like?
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| toomuchjunkhere |
| Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 2:55 am |
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| All my shirts are cured with a flash dryer. You don't really need a conveyer dryer unless you have a lot of room and cash. You can get cheap or used flash dryers on ebay. I think i paid like 300 shipped for mine, and i havent had any problems at all with it. |
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| dine alone |
| Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 6:46 am |
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Ive been using a heat gun for some time, and it does the job just fine
Just keep the thing moving so you dont burn a hole in your shirts
Stretch the print alittle to make sure it doesnt crack,that way youll know if your plastisol is cured or not
Just dont try a print run of 100 , your wrist will fall off |
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