a screen printers it's Josh wells from Ryan F in a recent video Ryan demonstrated how to put water-based ink on moisture wicking polyester garments from hands today I'm going to show you how to use low cure plasticity to achieve a similar result on the same pains x2m poly garment before printing plastics all on polyester there's a few things you need to know first thing to keep in mind is dye migration dye migration occurs when a polyester fabric hits a certain temperature usually around 300 to 310 degrees the dyes in the garment become gaseous and will actually color the ink that is on the garment in an effort to avoid this we use inks that cure below this point second thing to keep in mind is that while water-based soaks into the fiber of the garment giving it a soft hand feel glass of salt will sit on top of the fabric and can give the print a chunkier heavier feel on the garment mesh is another important factor to consider before printing class assault on poly garments in this case we're using a 110 mesh count the reason for that is we want a nice deposit of ink while not depositing two months now that we've got everything in order let's set up and print our garment today I'm using in international coatings poly series and gold this ink cures the lower temp 285 to 300 degrees since we're using low cure ink it's important that we cure at the right temperature to ensure the quality of our print stands the test of time you will want to lower the tempo on your conveyor or adjust the way you cure to ensure that the ink does not leave the 285 to 290 mark one thing to note is that polyester heats up much quicker than cotton not only does the finish garment look great but it feels great too thanks for watching screen printers for more information about the products you saw in this video visit screen printing com don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more awesome videos