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can i use a oven to cure the shirts?

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:18 pm
by pmichael25
dont have enough cash to buy a conveyor, does it work or no?

Re: can i use a oven to cure the shirts?

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:45 am
by ROADSIDE
... I may work.... but let me ask you this.
Do you really want to print your shirts that bad?
Instead of wasting all your time and potentially burning your house down... go visit your FRIENDLY neighborhood screen printer and see what you can work out.

Ambition is great when combined with logic and reason... ~ Tone

Re: can i use a oven to cure the shirts?

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:00 am
by taglessthreads.com
I agree. I can't imagine what a headache it would be using a kitchen oven. Another solution I've heard people have tried is using water base ink and hang dry them after printing for 24 hours. Takes a while hanging each one but should be faster and safer than using an oven. I've never tried this so make sure you test print and wash after.

Re: can i use a oven to cure the shirts?

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:13 pm
by sticker printer
Hello all,

Yes you can use it.

But it will be very difficult as you have to set the temperature of oven according to the ink on your shirt.

Re: can i use a oven to cure the shirts?

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:56 pm
by d fleming
Daddy, why does my pizza taste like your ink smells?

Re: can i use a oven to cure the shirts?

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:22 am
by Jiminscreen
d fleming wrote:Daddy, why does my pizza taste like your ink smells?

why does my t-shirt smell like pizza....... mmmmm pizza flavored t-shirts

Re: can i use a oven to cure the shirts?

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:43 am
by macparks
NO.... I have tried this on numerous occasions. mostly why, it doesn't work is because the shirt is stationary. It will scorch. Just use a heat gun. They get hotter, and you can create air movement.

Re: can i use a oven to cure the shirts?

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:34 am
by tpitman
Can you use an over to cure the shirt?
Not if you're married and want to stay that way.

You can't just air-dry waterbased shirts. They also need to be heat-set for washability at temperatures up around 300, same as plastisol.
The heat gun will work, but it's always sort of hit or miss in terms of getting an even, over-all cure from shirt to shirt.

Re: can i use a oven to cure the shirts?

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:45 pm
by RonaldTurner
I use an electric oven to cure shirts, set to broil, which turns on an electric element at the top. It works great, albeit not nearly as good as a conveyor.