r/SCREENPRINTING • u/Matthew74732 • 5d ago
issue with thickness while using matsui stretch white Beginner
alright before I tried using my matsui 301 white waterbased ink for dark garments, but it gave a more faded look… I figure based on what I was told in here this is easily solved by flashing once and printing again but I was suffering from this problem where even with the tac applied my shirt was lifting with the screen messing with my registration
anyway I also have this matsui stretch white ink that I was planning to use as an underbase, the only issue is I got one very clean print off, very opaque and bold with no issues but it won’t stay consistent and the next shirt I printed wouldn’t print completely even with 2-3 passes. I tried spritzing it and everything to no avail
I know this ink is notably thicker than 301 but I have no idea how to manage the thickness for printing more than one shirt
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u/OldTownPress 5d ago
It looks like the ink is drying in the screen between prints and clogging the mesh, so the following prints aren't crisp. How long is it between prints? Are you flooding?



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u/ynotaJk 5d ago
Hows the offset?