Learning about Fabric Printing || Major Faults on Transfer Printing || What's are the Remedy
We have discussed about the basic methods of fabric printing that are widely applied in Textile sector.
If you missed that session, you may go through the following link: Basic Printing Methods
Today we will discuss about the major faults of one Method among these.
05 Major Faults of Transfer Printing:
01. Cracking
Cracks may appear in the design due to poor treatment or inappropriate viscosity of printing paste.
Remedy
Appropriate thickener and other ingredients to be used.
02. Stain due to friction
This types of stain occurs when the printed portion is still wet, and come into the contact with some dry staff.
Remedy
Drying & fixation properly.
03. Miss-alignment
Incomplete transfer of design from paper to fabric due to removal of transfer paper while the fabric was still hot.
Remedy
Transfer of paper after the fixation.
04. Banding
This defect is created by the print head’s movement over the substrate during transferring.
Remedy
Welding the transfer paper to the fabric.
05. Flushing
Flushing is caused due to low viscosity printing paste in wet transfer with highly moistened fabric.
Remedy
Using evenly moistened fabric with regulated contact pressure.
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