Sypher-319 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Is this a result of my poor choice in shirt, or is it a result of the ink? At best I can get the yellow to leave a faint ghost, but the other colors wont take at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy - Admin Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 What kind of transfer? Sublimation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sypher-319 Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 Yeah its sublimation. I took a risk and used some off the shelf sublimation ink without a lot of reviews from "trytheink". About to do another test with 100% polyester bolt of cloth, will post results in a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sypher-319 Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 Heres the result of having the temp set to 400F and the time set to 120 seconds, and another run at 72 seconds. The yellow is extremely vibrant at 72 seconds, even though its difficult to see in this shot. The other colors however dont even show, and I had them split up into 6 distinct CMYK +Black and grey stripes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilesink Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 (edited) Looking at that the ink is not sublimation ink. At that temperature just about any length of time would give results for all colours on 100% poly and not as vivid but definitely clearly visible on 50/50 polly cotton. I have tried many different inks and will now only use sublinova as I find the results the best by far. Edited November 4, 2019 by reptilesink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnson4 Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 (edited) I hear CobraInks Also has great Sublimation inks- I use The Pigmented ink they have, have been for the last 3 years or so. He only offers them for certain models though, since they are color matched. He does have color profiles i believe for some of them. Do you have a photo of the ink? Sound silly, but they have a distinct color difference vs Dye and pigmented from my experience. Edited November 4, 2019 by johnson4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sypher-319 Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 Is it possible I just need to purge the lines of the old ink? Seeing anything at all is suspicious. I printed 2 13x19 pages covered edge to edge in CMYK to try and clear the lines prior to printing anything with the sublimation ink, perhaps I need to print more. Ill be manually marking some paper with the ink to see if it is indeed sublimation ink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sypher-319 Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 ITS VERKING! Heres the result of smearing the ink directly onto the transfer paper and firing it at 380F for 50 seconds. Now does anyone know the best process for flushing out the lines and clearing everything out 100%? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilesink Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Use wic reset and select ink charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sypher-319 Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 Fuck...the black almost immediately clogged and now all I get are faint bands. This is really frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy - Admin Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Inks are one thing that it doesn't pay to go too cheap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sypher-319 Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 Which inks would you recommend for sublimation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy - Admin Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 14 hours ago, Sypher-319 said: Which inks would you recommend for sublimation? Sawgrass for small format Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilesink Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 I only use sublinova myself. Over the last 7+ years I have tried loads of different ones but always go back to sublinova. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annachinn Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 yes , sublimation paper don't transfer on poly cotton , instead you use heat tranfer paper for better result , yesterday i purchased poly/cotton next level 6051 t-shirt check this out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annachinn Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 yes , sublimation paper don't transfer on poly cotton , instead you use heat tranfer paper for better result , yesterday i purchased poly/cotton next level 6051 t-shirt check this out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnson4 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) There are people selling stuff to sublimation on cotton. the powder is the same thing as DTF and plastisol transfers use. The paper you print the transfer on is plastisol transfer paper so the ink doesn’t dry as quickly and you can add powder. Powder it, press it and the powder takes the sublimation color, and the powder sticks to the shirt. the only difference is, the hugely inflated price for this “ new and advanced method of polymide sublimation transfer”. ive done it, it seems to work fine if that helps anyone. Edited January 10, 2021 by johnson4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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