Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
Hello People, I was wondering about sawgrass, chromablast inks? I have been in touch with a rep from the company and was wondering if anyone has used them and what they thought? Thanks again
YEAH I use and know others that use the chromablast inks they work great and i work for a company and as a distributor of sawgrass inks they stand behind what works. my advise go with it.
Need information on where to get either individual chromablast carts or bulk inks to fill existing refillable carts for the C88. It is my understanding that when the transfer is pressed to the cotton substrate, the entire coating is transferred but when initially washed, only the area with the printed chromablast print is left on the substrate and the unprinted area washes away and any "hand" also goes away. Is this true?, I did find the Sawgrass website on this product but could not find detailed information on costs and the actual printing and transfer procedure. Have not had a lot of success with the laser printed transfers that have came out lately so would like to find something that would do a good job on cotton lights without doing a lot of multicolor screen printed transfers.
Thanks
Here is what I know about ChromaBlast:
- The first sets of ChormaBlast inks were not that good, but the new version of ChromaBlast inks have held up pretty well based on wash tests done by some friends.
- ChromaBlast does do some of the softest prints without having to do print-cut on it.
- The ink in the ChromaBlast has some type of binder agent in it that allows you to use a transfer paper with a very low amount of polymer (i.e. adhesive) on it. Thus, you have a soft hand to your prints.
- The cost to do a standard 8" x 10" print with full coverage was quoted to me around $2.00-$2.50. Seems high initially, but if you don't have to own an optical registration cutter or pay the labor for cutting / weeding the transfer paper.
As far as I know, whether to go with a bulk system or cartridges is the same as dye sub. Your cost per a print is much more with cartridges than with bulk systems. However, if you are only do prints a couple of days a week...then you are going to have the problems keeping the ink lines flowing. For dye sub, I recommend trying to run a print every other day at a minimum to keep the lines from clogging. Not sure if the ChromaBlast ink is the same size of particles as dye sub ink. Maybe someone else that is running the ChromaBlast ink with a can speak about their experiences. Hope this helps.
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