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biklops · January 18th, 2007

hi everyone!

I'm a complete amateur, so bare with me please. I need to find a brand of inks that create a very soft feel on the fabric but does not require heat setting with any unprofessional equipment (preferably not at all).

I'm looking for the richest, brightest colors so please recommend me specific brands/products, not just "waterbased." I need some real guidance.

Also, could someone point me toward the products used to achieve this:
Threadless T-Shirts - Creation of Prepare for Fight
It's the threadless.com technique for printing soft on dark fabrics.

Thanks in advance!

HeathenPeddler · January 18th, 2007

I think I've ordered Versatex (? it'll get here tomorrow, but I think that's the brand) They do a fixer, you add 2-3% to the ink and it'll air-dry in a few days

Rodney · January 18th, 2007

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	I'm looking for the richest, brightest colors so please recommend me specific brands/products, not just "waterbased." I need some real guidance. Also, could someone point me toward the products used to achieve this: Threadless T-Shirts - Creation of Prepare for Fight It's the threadless.com technique for printing soft on dark fabrics.

You can get a Chino based inks from Rutland (visit their site to find a distributor near you): http://www.rutlandinc.com/new/products/newproducts.htm

I think Fluid might know where to get the discharge based that's used instead of a normal white ink underbase to help with the soft feel prints.

hon623 · January 18th, 2007

Wilfex had another product line call Oasis, and it had a product call Plascharge. You can mix it with the plastisol ink to print as the discharge ink. I do have some samples from my company but just don't have time to play with it.

Besides that, Wilflex also have a base call NOVA base, which can add to the plastisol ink or use it as a base to mix different color. The print on the shirt is pretty soft, the downside is it's not that opeque as the regular ink but you don't need to deal with the discharge.