Too much ink on shirt
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Too much ink on shirt
I tried printing a shirt and the ink poured through the shirt side of the screen causing too much ink to blot on te shirt, what could be the cause of this?
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Shamax
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Re: Too much ink on shirt
A couple of possibilities (or a combination of them): You could be using too much pressure when you back-flood, and as such, you're pushing too much ink through the mesh and it's not shearing off evenly.That, and it's possible your off-contact isn't even or it's set too high causing you to use too much or uneven squeegee pressure.Lottie05 wrote:I tried printing a shirt and the ink poured through the shirt side of the screen causing too much ink to blot on te shirt, what could be the cause of this?
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ApeShirt
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Re: Too much ink on shirt
A few things to consider are: screen mesh, off contact, type of ink and squeegee durometer. A bit of info on what you're using would help.
Greg
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If you're not going to go all the way then why bother going at all.
ApeShirt Apparel Printing, LLC