Advice Wanted re: Vastex Eqt

By spike4821 on Jun. 28, 2011
United States

Hello All, We're a t-shirt design business and looking to take screen printing in-house after 6 yrs of outsourcing (for quality control & flexibility). Originally looking at table top printers and a small conveyor (ie Little Buddy) but opportunity to purchase a used Vastex setup has risen that I'm very interested in.
Equipment is approximately 10 years old but in good shape. Main pieces are:
4 station, 4 color V2000HD
DriBox I conveyor
E-2331 Exposure unit
E-flash unit
(spray gun, screens, inks, etc.)

The seller has decided to come down to $4000 for everything. Price seems fair... But is it? Advice would be appreciated! Thanks!

Screen Printing

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Submitted by DKgrafix on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 14:00

Vastex V2000HD is a great press, I do not know about conveyor.
Just one thing to mention, if you want to try process colors on dark garments that needs underbase, you will need an extra color. I would not get anything under 6/4.
If you are going to do only spot up to a 4 colors, it is a good press.

Good luck

Dennis
dkgrafix.com

Submitted by spike4821 on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 22:25

DKgrafix wrote:
Vastex V2000HD is a great press, I do not know about conveyor.
Just one thing to mention, if you want to try process colors on dark garments that needs underbase, you will need an extra color. I would not get anything under 6/4.
If you are going to do only spot up to a 4 colors, it is a good press.

Good luck

Thank you! Good point about the 6 color! Loc

Submitted by ZooCity on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 22:57

The press has a good rep. I've checked out a newer one and yep, solid.

Some people like the dri-boxes but I had one for a whole week and had to return it for an EC-I. If you have a very short dryer like this, essentially a flash hanging in a tin box with no insulation, no doors, you really need a good temp controller or you'll have a lot a variance in cure temps. The temp controller on the DB series is essentially what you see on a baseboard electric heater and responds slow. A PID control can stay on top of things and keep the IR panel within a degree or two of wherever you set it.

Get serials and call Vastex. You could probably get some info on upgrading/parts for all the gear. Might not be that hard to wire your own PID controller into the oven.

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