Screen Printing FLEECE – 11 Tips

Screen printing on fleece is not always easy, but if we follow some basic rules, it will be easy to handle, and you will not make any more misprints. Here we have 11 tips to help you with screen printing on the fleece.

#1 Lint Pick up Screen

Removing fleece fluff with a lint pick-up screen before printing — Use a lint pick-up screen and table gum to remove fleece fluff before printing

Using roller squeegee to remove lint from printing area — Place under first print head and use roller squeegee for lint-free printing area

On fleece, we have a lot of fluff that must be removed before printing. For automatic printing machines, we use a lint pick-up screen. We spray some table gum on a Teflon sheet.

Put it under the first print head screen and print with a roller squeegee. The lint sticks to the screen, and your printing area is lint-free.

#2 Lay down the Fluff

Using a roller squeegee to lay down fleece fluff and improve registration — Lay down fleece fluff and improve registration with a roller squeegee

On Fleece, we sometimes have some fluff, with a Roller Squeegee you will be able to lay it down, but furthermore, you will press your Fleece on the pallet, what will improve your registration. A Roller Squeegee should always be used by printing fleece.

#3 Transparent Layer of Ink

Transparent layer of ink to keep fleece fluff down — Use a transparent ink layer to keep fleece fluff down

Lay down a transparent layer of ink, to keep the fluff down.

#4 Proper Mesh Choice

Proper mesh choice for fleece screen printing — Use S-type mesh for under-base on fleece to get more ink down

Proper Mesh choice is important for Fleece, as you need to get a good amount of ink down, think about S-type mesh for the under-base. As it has a bigger mesh opening.

#5 Reduced Pressure

Reduce squeegee pressure for better registration on automatic printing machine — Lower **squeegee pressure** on automatic printing machines for improved registration

To keep a better registration, reduce the pressure on the squeegee, on the automatic printing machine.

#6 Polyester

Pre-shrink polyester garments before screen printing — Pre-shrink polyester garments by passing through the dryer before printing

If you have an amount (%) of Polyester in the Garment, pre-shrink it first. Just past in your dryer once first before printing.

#7 Stokes used

Limit the number of squeegee strokes in screen printing — Use minimal squeegee strokes for efficient screen printing

Please limit the number of squeegee stokes used, don’t double stroke everything, keep it simple and use few strokes as possible.

#8 Paint-Roller

Using a paint roller to apply table gum — Applying table gum with a paint roller for a thorough coating

Use a Paint Roller to deposit the table gum; you need a lot of it!

#9 Pallet Tape

Use Pallet tape, as it absorbs the water from table gum and gives the table gum a better grip and it helps that the table gum does not stick to the garment.

#10 Avoid Flash

Minimize flash cure usage to maintain registration and prevent fleece shrinkage — Use **flash cure** sparingly to keep registration and avoid fleece shrinkage

Using your flash cure, as little as possible, helps to keep registration and your Fleece does not shrink.

#11 Blocker/anti migration

Using Blocker/anti-migration ink as an under base for screen printing — Use PRINTPERFEKT AM 1 as an under base to prevent migration

Use a Blocker/anti-migration Ink as Under Base, to prevent migration problems. Use an under-base like PRINTPERFEKT AM 1.

Summary:

These 11 Tips will help you to control screen print on Fleece, easy!

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1 thought on “Screen Printing FLEECE – 11 Tips”

Levi Armstrong

October 30, 2021 at 7:10 PM

It’s great that you mentioned reducing the pressure on the squeegee for better registration on the quality of the print. I plan on creating a screen-printing business in town since I have always been doing it for years. I’ll take note of these tips when I start my business. Thanks!