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What ink is best for my designs on black american aparrel shirts!!??



 
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Old April 13th, 2009 Apr 13, 2009 4:02:45 PM -   #1 (permalink)
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Default What ink is best for my designs on black american aparrel shirts!!??

Hello, i am fairly new to printing and have some bright colored neon designs that i have been printing on black american aparrell shirts! i need to know what brand plastisol is best for the white undercoating and also the neon colors! check the designs out at werdclothing.com
 
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for underbase on 100% cotton we use IC Ryonet white. Wiliflex, union, and rutland also have nice whites.
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thanx! i use the IC ink from ryonet! was jus wondering if theres sumthin better!!! thank you!
 
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Is there a good water based white ink that will work nice on American Apparel black tees?
 
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I doubt there is anything particularly magical about the american apparel blank.

I am sure any ink will stick to their cotton about as well as it does anyone elses. I just mixed up some colors with Matsui opaque white so I am anxious to see how the prints turn out.
 
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I also heard Matsui ink is really good...hmm I guess I gotta do tests myself.
 
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Printing neon onto an dark AA shirt is tricky. Most of the time you have to use an underbase that is printed/flashed/printed/flashed, then neon on top. That can make for a heavy handed print that the people who like wearing AA's probably wouldn't care for. The problem with neon inks is they are transparent in nature. They don't have the pigment you find in other plastisol colors therefore requiring you to do more work for the colors to pop. I would consider using a discharge underbase and find a series of neon plastisol that isn't transparent. AA's discharge very well and adding an opaque neon color on top would give you a much more pleasant shirt to wear, and probably be brighter in color as well. Now, I don't have to print neons very often so I can't offer much advice on high opacity neon inks, but I'm sure the google machine could help solve that issue. Try Union maxopaque neons and I have heard that Ultrasol Inks has high opacity neons but I can't comment on their effectiveness first hand. Good luck.
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