polyester questions. please help!!
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polyester questions. please help!!
i am a screen printer who was thrown into this field with no experience and a supervisor who is never available. i need to know approx. times for polyester drying. is it safe to flash? what is a good dryer temp/ speed? please help me
Re: polyester questions. please help!!
It is safe to flash, you just have to really watch it and make sure that you don't burn it. We set our dryer at 320 - 330 and it usually stays in there for about a minute (just a guess, haven't really timed it).
Re: polyester questions. please help!!
Hello!
Polyester generally is not extremely heat sensitive. Nor will you have problems with adhesion. However, polyester tends to have bleeding issues. Meaning that the die in the garment will migrate through your ink film. Make sure that you use an ink that has bleed resistance. A good white plastisol ink for Polyester is Wilflex PolyWhite.
Thanks,
Erin
Polyester generally is not extremely heat sensitive. Nor will you have problems with adhesion. However, polyester tends to have bleeding issues. Meaning that the die in the garment will migrate through your ink film. Make sure that you use an ink that has bleed resistance. A good white plastisol ink for Polyester is Wilflex PolyWhite.
Thanks,
Erin