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| masonmayhem |
 Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:42 pm |
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Location: Redneck Riviera, AB
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| anyone have any problems with this? apparently i'm the only one in this town who will print on nylon jackets. a lot of places won't even heat press. everyone is scared that they're going to melt them. i've done 3 color prints and haven't had a problem. |
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| Earwick66 |
| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:09 pm |
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Location: Grand Saline,TX
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as much as i hate printing nylon jackets, i do get stuck printing them quite often..my only complaint(okay..i have a bunch of complaints)is the fact that a lot of these jackets are lined(micro mesh/flannel/fleece)and the actual printing surface cant be tacked down directly to the platen rendering a multi-color print quite difficult(if not impossible)..
jacket "hold down" you say?? well..our shop's jacket clamp is fucked beyond repair and my boss is a tightwad and wont buy a new one so..i tell him..i'll do the best i can and fuck you if it's not perfect. another trick is a pre-flash to take out the wrinkles before printing.
the melting problem is a tricky one..we use an old dryer that gets up to curing temps but isnt quite as harsh/high heat as our huge gas dryer and we actually have the temps marked on the temp dial for certain jacket/types/brands that we've printed..and yes...printing these does suck but.." the customers always right even when they're wrong and wont listen to reason!"  |
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| masonmayhem |
| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:01 pm |
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Location: Redneck Riviera, AB
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i stitch rip it open and slide the jacket onto the platten that way. we have someone that knows how to run a sewing machine that stitches em up.
as for our dryers. if i'm doing more than one color the only spot dryer i use has one setting. HOT. like 670 farenheit. so it takes like 3 seconds.
on the last hit, or if i'm doing one color jobs, i speed up the conveyor dryer almost double time. works just fine.
the only complaint i have other than i could be doing something else, is that when i add the nylon bonding crap it makes my ink less viscous. it flows too much. so i have to be extra careful not to make the graphic blur. |
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| Fool's Gold |
| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:03 am |
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Joined: 10 Mar 2005
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Location: Ontario Canada
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| let the bonding catalyist/ink mixture sit for a few hours and it should thicken up/start to cure and you can print it then. Nylon is the devils fabric, polyester is a bit better with the right inks, but all synthetics are ca ca |
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