Curing Matsui 301 with Printgen MG additive?
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 4:58 pm
I'll probably try placing a call directly to Matsui on Monday if possible, but I wanted to go ahead and ask here if anyone had any experience (or more specifically any issues) with curing Matsui's water-based inks when using their Printgen MG additive? I did a run of 12 shirts today doing white on black using the additive, and it did an EXCELLENT job of not drying out in the screen and clogging the mesh. However, even though I spent a few minutes per shirt curing with a heat gun at 4-6 inches, I had at least 7 shirts wash out horrendously. Talk about a Maalox moment
Maybe I was being overly cautious and trying not to scorch the shirts (since I singed a couple last run I did before i had the Printgen), but I did a stretch test on each in the heaviest inked areas and saw no cracking. The 5 that survived are going through wash #2. Needless to say, I feel like an abject failure (thankful at least that this was something I was doing out of my own pocket and not a job specifically for a customer), but I guess at the least I've got 7 guinea pig shirts for test prints.
Any advice on the Printgen or consistency tips for heat gun curing are welcome
Maybe I was being overly cautious and trying not to scorch the shirts (since I singed a couple last run I did before i had the Printgen), but I did a stretch test on each in the heaviest inked areas and saw no cracking. The 5 that survived are going through wash #2. Needless to say, I feel like an abject failure (thankful at least that this was something I was doing out of my own pocket and not a job specifically for a customer), but I guess at the least I've got 7 guinea pig shirts for test prints.
Any advice on the Printgen or consistency tips for heat gun curing are welcome