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renwick · April 19th, 2007

hi what i need to know is i`m going to be making a design for dark t shirts.
What i need is a ink (white) that is as bright as possible with a soft touch .
I have been using plastisol but don`t like the touch of it.Also i`ll be doing black on white and i want it to really stand out i`ve tried and after the first wash has faded.I have orders already but i`m not going to sell until i`m happy.
ANY HELP WOULD BE GRATEFULLY RECIEVED.

neato · April 19th, 2007

Have you experimented with your plastisols some?

Have you tried different whites and maybe higher mesh counts?

renwick · April 19th, 2007

what mesh count would you recomend for this?

neato · April 19th, 2007

It all depends on your ink.

I can use some creamy whites with 230 mesh, p/f/p and get a really nice opaque print with a light hand. There's still going to be some feel to it, but it's pretty nice.

brent · April 19th, 2007

For opacity in water-based inks, I recommend union aerotex brand line. Separate some of it in a container when you use it, and add retarder base, because it'll dry out in your screen quickly. But that's what I used for my last run of white on navy, and with one coat it came out very well. I'm sure it would work well on black as well. Try it out. You might want to also look into discharge inks....