As the garment manufacturing industryvcontinues to produce new and excitingvapparel with a seemingly never-ending combination of fabric compositions, it is left to the apparel embellishment industry to develop the best practices to print these new fabric combinations.
In this installment of the Impressions Tech Tips Newsletter, we will be working with the ANVIL® 32PVL Women’s Freedom Tank, made of 65% polyester/35% rayon. The challenge posed here to the textile screen printer is the polyester/rayon fabric and how to properly print, flash and cure this super lightweight blend.
In Part 1 of this series, step-by-step techniques were listed for everything from press setup to preparing pallets and applying pallet adhesive. In Part 2, we'll start with emulsion practices and sufficient coverage on screens.
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From the moment I enrolled in my high school printing class as a freshman to the time I printed my first shirt, I’ve been hooked on screen printing.
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One of the top complaints I have heard in my career is that textile inks, whites in particular, are not opaque enough.
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