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| boss |
 Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:11 pm |
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| are they absouletly necessary? couldnt you use a heat gun or a hair drier? I've only printed 1 color shirts so far, and am thinking of doing multi colors. |
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| Destructive13 |
| Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:37 pm |
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| I like my Flash dryer works really fast and I dont have to sit there with a hair dryer or heat gun. |
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| Herosk8 |
| Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:18 pm |
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Destructive13 wrote: I like my Flash dryer works really fast and I dont have to sit there with a hair dryer or heat gun.
Ditto, if your going to do multi color print you need a flash dryer, i just makes the printing go faster.
Flash dryer: 10-15 sec between prints
heat gun: several minutes between prints |
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| boss |
| Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:46 pm |
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| ogsk8r |
| Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:40 pm |
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| but if you dont have alot of money, a 15.00 heat gun at home depot works just fine !! |
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| ivescreenedforless |
| Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:06 pm |
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Just to confirm what everyone is saying...
Yes a flash dryer is a very wise investment. I don't think a blow dryer can get hot enough to cure the ink. A heat gun is a pain in the ass and often wont fully cure the imprint, making unhappy customers when the image washes out.
A conveyor dryer is best for your finished product but a flash can be a good sub. Just flash a little longer after the last color. (careful not to burn the shirt.
Depeding on your needs, Acrylic ink, like the speedball shit, can deliver a soft print and doesnt need to "cure" but a heat gun helps secure the print. You wont get bright colors but it some cases (like black on light colors) it works great.
Sorry for the rant, just trying to give you some more. |
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| x24x |
| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:13 pm |
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| On light colors if the designs aren't touching, you can even print wet on wet....I do use plastisol inks though. |
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| sheltered |
| Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:38 pm |
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| If its a longer run I print plastisol wet on wet with light shirts. If using a flash dryer to cure shirts I remove the shirts from the pallet, and fold them over or place them on a separate piece of wood. If the printing pallet gets too hot it may warp. A heat gun is sketchy at best.(for plastisol) |
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| boss |
| Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:34 am |
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well, I tried a heat gun with white plastisol on black shirts. They looked great! But I couldn't get them to fully cure  good thing I only tried 3 shirts.
Anyone have a flash drier for sale? |
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