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Hiya
Just been round my nephews doing some more testing for him
He's wanting to print cotton T's
he got some paper from yolo (well expensive at £40 for 25 sheets) (especially when your only 16)
printed him a couple of tee's but the results weren't much than my cheap transfer paper i use
it felt very rubbery and cracked as soon as you put any pressure on it
i did one for his little girlfriend and she (in her words lol)
'adjusted her bra' and it left a horrid mis-shapen bit

so i've just spent ages searching thru the info on here and i think the best option is Chromablast
so next question what printer can be used?
can it be used for sub work as well?
what ink do you have to use?( i know ink is a funny question so pm if needed)

i have an epson B1100 can i put the ink in there and use that?

he wants A3 size :~

and i gather i need special paper as well?

what finish does it give? is it long lasting? does it crack, fade etc and can it be tumble dried, ironed etc pls

apologies for all the questions but it's the only way to find out info

thanks steve

have you got hold of yolo and asked them, i have had paper off them and it printed and is still washing/wearing fine

no
but tbh we didn't like the rubbery feel that the transfer gave us anyway
i think with any transfer your going to get that rubber feel and because of that it will crack etc

thats why i thought about investigating the chromablast route

can it be used for sub work as well?

If you mean the ink then no.

what ink do you have to use?( i know ink is a funny question so pm if needed)

Chromablast is the ink - the process is a combination of ink and a special paper.

A lot of people use epsons but the later Ricoh's can be used with Chromablast ink using carts.

Can i put chroma ink in my B1100?
as i use replacement carts now, so can i just remove my carts and then put the chroma ones in and use them and then return to sub carts once finished etc
at the mo i have 2 sets of carts
sub and normal ink

Has anyone got a chroamblast set up?
if so would they mind sending me a sample of some description pls
it can be on a scrap piece of cotton cloth or a reject they've done etc
i'll happily pay for expenses etc i just want to feel what it's actually like etc
and see how it stands up to washing etc

thanks

smitch6;34038 wrote:Has anyone got a chroamblast set up?
if so would they mind sending me a sample of some description pls
it can be on a scrap piece of cotton cloth or a reject they've done etc
i'll happily pay for expenses etc i just want to feel what it's actually like etc
and see how it stands up to washing etc

thanks

would.be worth to ask martin. Bms is selling this system so iam sure they got some printed samples. Worth drop them a line...

smitch6;34035 wrote:but tbh we didn't like the rubbery feel that the transfer gave

I'm yet to try any of their papers but are there not different papers that would give a different hand?

I think there's only one type of paper for chromablast ink and to get a soft hand I think you stretch the shirt a little after pressing. Could be wrong though!

Doh! thought you were talking about chromablast not Yolo :redface:

Lol, I did go back and check....I know my marbles are on their way out!