Sunday, April 26, 2009

Harrrooooooooooow!

Monthly update time!

Haven't been doing too many shirts, just one or two here and there. Made up some Le Freedom and Livin' Large shirts this weekend. I had planned to try out the white ink on a number of shirts and see how it turns out.

Well it doesn't turn out too great. The first shirt (the essential 'test' shirt, so I don't screw one up I'm making for someone in particular) turned out fine. It wasn't until I was getting ready to do the second one that I noticed the problem. Well no, that's not quite true. When I first pulled the lid off the white ink, I noticed the consistency wasn't the same. It was thicker, more viscous. Closer than ice cream than to the pudding that the black ink is like. I figured, different ink, we'll just try it and see how it works. Anyway, as I start the second shirt, I go to wipe the screen down, and most of the white ink leftover was already starting to harden. This is about 2 minutes after I started the first shirt, the usual timing I'm on. The black ink doesn't do this.

I'm still waiting to see if the white ink has ruined the screen it's on or if it'll wipe off. Apologies to Mat, your shirts won't be done until I figure this problem out.