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Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:37 pm |
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what mesh count do you use for printing detailed designs on t shirts?
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Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 8:15 pm |
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Start at 230 for any detailed work. If you go any higher you will be printing on vinyl or plastic or specialty paper. Hope it helps. |
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:22 am |
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but it depends very much on the type of ink you use.
the water based ink I use for teeshirts is not very liquid (it makes it more opaque and really steady), so it's better to use it with a large mesh. Otherwise it's a mess when you have to wash your mesh. And it dries quickly in the mesh.
If you have a more liquid type of ink, solvent based ink or uv inks, perhaps it will be easier to use a more precise mesh and print more details.
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:19 am |
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At my shop I use plastisol inks. My average meshcount is 155-175. I only bust out the 230 for super fine detail and only use 300 when I'm doinf process printing. |
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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:11 pm |
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Stranglehold77 wrote: At my shop I use plastisol inks. My average meshcount is 155-175. I only bust out the 230 for super fine detail and only use 300 when I'm doinf process printing.
when you printed the zorlac ts what mesh count was used ??
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Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:27 pm |
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