wet on wet

[chrispunx]

hello all, i have another question i'd like to have answered if possible. whats the deal with wet on wet printing? i know the standard is print flash print, but what are the pros and cons about wet on wet?

[Andymac]

it's way fucking faster.

[obreal]

Registration needs to be solid, it's much easier on light shirts rather than dark, and what Andymac said (altho that's pretty much a given).

[chrispunx]

ok, cool. i wantedd to be able to expirement with wet on wet. but i didn't see many topics on this subject. and gonna use water based inks, i figured it would be best to do wet on wet with WB, any suggestions or things i need to be aware of?

[Tom]

Yip, wet on wet on light shirts is great. With darks you have to flash. This will only work on a really solid press. The screen needs to hit the exact spot on every print. If there is any play at all in it you'll get really muddy prints as the ink build up on the bottom of the screen will also print down. Im sure someone can explain this in better english for you

[gozo]

What more better English than from an Irishman. Its only the English that can't speak proper English.
Oh, and the Americans too.

[chrispunx]

i have the 2c/1s silver press from ryonet. i'll probably have a bunch of trial an error type of runs then huh? well...its all good.

[Andymac]

the essence of wet on wet is (a) your art is butt register/does not trap, and (b) your press holds register, so when the second screen touches the 1st print, it is always in the same place, on the backside of the second screen.

If you get a buildup of ink on the back of screen #2, then clean it occasionally.

If you do have art that overlaps (like an underbase, etc) then you have to flash.

[ImJustRickG]

what are the pros and cons about wet on wet?

Also, there's way more wetness.

[ittybittypress]

i have the 2c/1s silver press from ryonet. i'll probably have a bunch of trial an error type of runs then huh? well...its all good.

So you don't have micros? I wouldn't try it on anything that is registration critical then.