sunscreens

[Paul]

Hi! I get hold of 15 pairs of car sunscreen. I never print one of those and never seen them in my life
My are black ream with black mesh on one side and white ish on the other side. is that look like a standard sunscreens to you? I did try to sublimate on them and they look fine just on the bit of the dark side as white is more off white...

[Andrew]

The one's we use are very white on both sides. Print very well and colour is always good. These will never give as good an image as mousemats etc as you can see through them so you need to decide if the image isn't as bright due to the print or just the standard loss from being see through fabric. What time and temp did you use? 190 for 50secs or there abouts.

[Paul]

thanks for this! i used 180c 50sec. vibrant colors but need to tweek a bit as backgrouns is not 100% white.

[Andrew]

I know many seem to like to use a lower temp but have you tried upping it a bit. I find a crisper and bolder image is achieved with a higher temp on items like sunscreens. I've tried lots of times and temps on sunscreens. When doing a big run on certain prints we even use the printed paper twice and adjust heat/time on the 2. You can get away with 30 seconds first press. As with most sublimation, trial and error to find what suits you is the done thing.