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Old April 21st, 2007 -   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: Ink Additives ?

As far as I know they don't give the same result. One is intended to loosen the ink for easier printing (or to dilute a colour, bulk out the ink, etc.), the other is used to give the print a softer hand. The extender adds more base (i.e. plastisol without pigment), so it's not going to have the same effect on the hand.

I don't use plastisol though, so I'm only going by memory. I know it's come up on the forums (including a few times in the last week or two), so if you do a search you should be able to find the information from people who use both products (in particular I recall Fluid going over what they do/how they work).
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