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Troubleshooting Textile Ink Drying and Curing Issues

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Proper drying and curing are critical to short- and long-term ink performance on garments. This final step in the screen-printing process can be the culmination or the ruination of all the efforts preceding it. And what happens in the dryer definitely does not stay in the dryer. Drying and curing issues can become apparent when the print comes off the belt or months down the road. The potential impact on your business makes addressing them—or, even better, heading them off—imperative.

Proper drying and curing are critical to short- and long-term ink performance on garments. This final step in the screen-printing process can be the culmination or the ruination of all the efforts preceding it. And what happens in the dryer definitely does not stay in the dryer. Drying and curing issues can become apparent when the print comes off the belt or months down the road. The potential impact on your business makes addressing them—or, even better, heading them off—imperative. Click here for a user-friendly table is designed to provide a quick take on the possible causes of common symptoms of drying and curing problems and get you off to a fast start in solving them.

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