This pop is caused by the ink on the shirt holding to the ink in the screen, until you forcibly separate it by lifting the screen. In printing, both of these can result in serious wash issues. As far as i know about, shirts printing inks usually are water based or plastisol ink, chemicals in na. From plastisol, water based, low cure, or solvent atlas has an ink for you. Troubleshooting common issues with plastisol screen. What causes screenprinted shirts to crack, fade, and. Five mistakes new screen printers make 2 regular guys. How to keep screen printing from fading or cracking. Printers often refer to ink drying in screen when it becomes hard and clogs the screen meshs open parts.
Cracked prints can lead to seriously disappointed customers. These inks contain a bleaching agent that can remove the color from the back side of a cotton shirt during curing. Atlas offers several quality screen printing ink lines. Use a press wash for when you are done screen printng for the day, but plan on keeping the image on the screen. Why does the plastisol ink crack on my washed garment. Home screen printing may not be as high quality as screen printing done by a professional company or tshirt maker. Use an ink degradent to remove plastisol and grpahic ink from the screen and mesh. General information about screen printing plastisol inks. Weve been printing for many years so i know the shirts need to be cured properly and the specs say 340 degrees. If you have a question about your inks, or the printing process call us at 8187180888. Inks used in screen printing are more varied and complex than those used in other printing processes because of the wide range of different materials the modern screenprinter is asked to print on. If the print has been cured properly, the ink will stretch with the fabric and will not crack. We manufacture screen printing inks for a wide variety of substrates using a variety of curing technologies, like uv, uvled and solvent. An atlas expert is looking waiting to talk to you about your screen printing.
Undercured ink will tend to stick to itself and peel or fall off entirely in the wash. Screen printed plastisol ink how to check print quality. If your screen releases with a pop when you lift it, the screen mesh is likely too soft. In addition to suggestions you mentioned, we should pay attention to the screen printing inks, which we print them onto shirts or other fabrics. Clean plastisol ink off your screens with either mineral spirits or any of the various brand name screens washes available from your screen printing supplier. My shirts are cracking, peeling, or flaking after wash test. When pointed at the print coming out of the dryer the ir gun will read the temperature of the garment on the led screen. This phenomenon usually occurs when printing on 100 percent cotton substrates, and its caused by using lowbleed inks meant for printing on synthetic substrates.
This usually is caused by using excessive heat during printing, most likely after the flashing process. Too high of a temperature or too long under heat, and it will burn. If the ink isnt given enough time to cool after flashing. Nazdar screen inks are for commercial and industrial printing. Here again, the problem tends to be undercuring ink.