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Many screen printers use their flash dryers to cure. Flash dryers get the job done, but there are some tips and tricks to ensuring your print becomes completely cured. Ryonet's in-house expert Colin Huggins goes in-depth about how to properly cure plastisol ink with a flash dryer in this video: https://youtu.be/vOhjGvMYoHM.
In the video, he focuses on how different variables (temp of room, type of shirt material, type of flash, type of platen, temp readers, and temps of inks/shirts/platens) can affect how well the ink cures. He also addresses other tips, like doing a stretch and wash test.
What else do you do to ensure your ink cures when using a flash? What issues have you seen when curing with a flash?
In the video, he focuses on how different variables (temp of room, type of shirt material, type of flash, type of platen, temp readers, and temps of inks/shirts/platens) can affect how well the ink cures. He also addresses other tips, like doing a stretch and wash test.
What else do you do to ensure your ink cures when using a flash? What issues have you seen when curing with a flash?