Printing with High Opacity Water Based Inks - Shirt sticking
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:30 pm
I hope you guys can help me with this. I recently purchased some Enviroline (Matsui) High Opacity Water Based inks to print a multi-color job on black shirts, and I am having a very difficult time getting it to print correctly. The problem is that the inks stick to the shirt and when the screen is lifted off the shirt lifts as well, and is mis-aligned for the next color. I have tried both spray adhesive, and pro-bond adhesive(the stuff that looks like elmers glue). I've also tried adjusting the off contact up and down more than usual. It sticks whether I make one pass or two or three. I can get about 1 out of every 15 prints not to stick, but obviously that just won't do.
I am printing on 100% organic cotton t-shirts (I've tried 3 different brands) and I am using a 156 mesh screen.
Do you guys have any idea why this is happening, and what I can do to fix it?
Thanks in advance for any advice/help you guys can give me...
I am printing on 100% organic cotton t-shirts (I've tried 3 different brands) and I am using a 156 mesh screen.
Do you guys have any idea why this is happening, and what I can do to fix it?
Thanks in advance for any advice/help you guys can give me...