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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: TT distortions

From: Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2004-07-29

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:55:33 -0000, mikezcnc <eemikez@...> wrote:

> Thanks for the comments, Stefan. I like the idea of preshrinking the
> paper same principle applies to new cotton shirt, that mother used to
> buy a size larger tocompensate for that shrinkage. Attached PCB looks
> to me quite nice. Mike

The important thing is the shirt shrinks very much the first time you wash
it, and then much, much less.
Buying the shit larger is more like printing at, say, 101% scale to
compensate.
What i have in mind is wash the fabric before the taylor cuts the shirt.
Thus
causing most shrink before the image is printed and having less distortion
later on.

But of course that needs proof of concept, which i'll do asap.

ST