OK - I haven't got any ink plopping over the open image, but it is as if there is a vacuum between the ink on the shirt and in the screen, so that when I lift the screen up, the shirt is peeling off it instead of staying on the platten. Can this have something to do with the thickness/viscosity of the ink? It's a supercover ink that has more pigment and is designed for cover ing dark fabric.
Off contact is about 1/8 inch.
Other thing is that I don't have a flash unit, and this problem is occuring before I even got a heatgun near the plattern, so it's not a heat thing in this case.
Also, this problem occured the very first shirt I did - so there wasn't an ink build up problem.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Shaun
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When you print the shirt, try this. Put the ink on the end of the screen that is away from you. "Flood" the screen by PULLING the squeegie toward you with VERY LITTLE pressure so that you've created a thick layer of ink over the entire surface of the stencil (maybe about as thick as you would spread mayonaise on a sandwich). Then while holding the squeegie at about 45-60º PUSH it away from you shearing the ink off onto the shirt. Do this by pushing the entire length of the stencil area. Then LIFT the squeegie off the stencil and PLACE it back down on the screen near you and PUSH it AGAIN the entire length of the stencil (this time WITHOUT "flooding" the stencil). Do this without lifting the screen off the shirt until you can see that all the ink has been sheared off the stencil and onto the shirt. It is not uncommon for this "dry stroke" to be done once or twice after the initial flood & print stroke.
When you print the shirt, try this. Put the ink on the end of the screen that is away from you. "Flood" the screen by PULLING the squeegie toward you with VERY LITTLE pressure so that you've created a thick layer of ink over the entire surface of the stencil (maybe about as thick as you would spread mayonaise on a sandwich). Then while holding the squeegie at about 45-60º PUSH it away from you shearing the ink off onto the shirt. Do this by pushing the entire length of the stencil area. Then LIFT the squeegie off the stencil and PLACE it back down on the screen near you and PUSH it AGAIN the entire length of the stencil (this time WITHOUT "flooding" the stencil). Do this without lifting the screen off the shirt until you can see that all the ink has been sheared off the stencil and onto the shirt. It is not uncommon for this "dry stroke" to be done once or twice after the initial flood & print stroke.
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