IHwear

I have just started screen printing and I am trying to find a good quality ink to use to screen print onto my shirts.

What is the most preferred ink people use?

I also have a trouble drying the ink. We use a flash dryer and it takes at least a minute to dry. Are there any other cheap alternatives to use to dry the ink on the shirt?

 

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InkedApparel

there are many high quality inks out there and everyone uses all different kinds..it just depends on your likes about a ink and your dislikes....I have been using wilflex ink alot latley and I have to say I like the wilflex ink.....I also use a flsh dryer to cure my shirts...I cure at 4 inches above the garment for 40 - 45 seconds and check to make sure the temp is reaching 320 degrees with a temp gun.the shirt usually reaches cure temp(320) between 15 - 20 seconds and it starts to smoke around 35 seconds...I have never had an issue of peeling or cracking or fading inks.

Hope this helps

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IHwear

Thank you, that is helpful. Have you ever worked with waterbased inks?6

 

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InkedApparel

yes I have worked with waterbased inks......except for the ink drying in the screens really fast , I like waterbased inks....no feel is a big plus also....

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adawg2252

For plastisols I like Wilflex and International Coatings. IC is going the route of pthalate free and pthalate compliant inks without an additional cost the customer. Wilflex has a seperate line (Epic) that is Pthatlate free but costs a lot more than their standard plastisols.

For Waterbased Inks I like Spectrachem a lot. It's similar to speedball, but with a much wider color range, and more opacity, especially on darks. It works on both paper and fabric, so theres no need to have seperate ink stock if you decide to do flat printing. Roughly same price point as speedball too.

 

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Joe Wallace

[quote=adawg2252;589375]For plastisols I like Wilflex and International Coatings. IC is going the route of pthalate free and pthalate compliant inks without an additional cost the customer. Wilflex has a seperate line (Epic) that is Pthatlate free but costs a lot more than their standard plastisols.

Are the Pthatlate-free plastisols drain-safe? I am using water-based ink at the moment but would love to upgrade to plastisol if there's a drain-safe variety.

 

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