just wanna ask how will i be able to achieve a glossy or shiny finish?
what ink should i use, plastisol or water based?
is there a chemical to add to the ink?
i currently have waterbased inks and im wondering how i will get those kind of finish. it's because i have some light shirts with dark prints however the prints kinda shine as if it's coated with a clear layer of ink.
With plasticols I believe it is longer dwell time in the heat chamber. More exposure to heat for a more glossy print. Might be less, I cannot remember at the moment.
Another way is to print a clear over the print. This will also help with preventing fribrelation during washing.
I spend an inordinate amount of time trying to avoid a glossy finish with plastisols, but here goes . . . raise the temperature of your dryer. That ink will level out like enamel paint and shine like, uh, well it'll be shiny. Print through a coarse screen to put plenty of ink down, too. That'll help.
With plasticols I believe it is longer dwell time in the heat chamber. More exposure to heat for a more glossy print. Might be less, I cannot remember at the moment.
Another way is to print a clear over the print. This will also help with preventing fribrelation during washing.
What is this clear you speak of?! I imagine its like a clear coat... but of what?!
just wanna ask how will i be able to achieve a glossy or shiny finish?
what ink should i use, plastisol or water based?
is there a chemical to add to the ink?
i currently have waterbased inks and im wondering how i will get those kind of finish. it's because i have some light shirts with dark prints however the prints kinda shine as if it's coated with a clear layer of ink.
help me please. thanks!
If you want shiny ink, use plastisol, and cure longer than it should. If you want, you can also make it shinier with more layers of ink and perhaps thick athletic ink.
If you want shiny ink, use plastisol, and cure longer than it should. If you want, you can also make it shinier with more layers of ink and perhaps thick athletic ink.
would you know any way to do this with water based??? this was something i was trying to acheive as well..
I don't know why anybody is not saying something about fusing...and fusing papers....Well in my country it happens this way....First Plastisol is printed and then its heated(Cured) in a heat chamber or with a hot air blower ... and finaly you need to Fuse it with heat pressure machine using a paper that is called FUSING PAPER (which may be available as matt fusing paper or glossy fusing paper) upside down to the printed area. You can desirably use the kind of paper you need and get the matt or glossy effect
I don't know why anybody is not saying something about fusing...and fusing papers....Well in my country it happens this way....First Plastisol is printed and then its heated(Cured) in a heat chamber or with a hot air blower ... and finaly you need to Fuse it with heat pressure machine using a paper that is called FUSING PAPER (which may be available as matt fusing paper or glossy fusing paper) upside down to the printed area. You can desirably use the kind of paper you need and get the matt or glossy effect
thanks for the replies and suggestions. right now im only into water-based inks - particularly Opaque and Wetlook inks for dark and light shirts respectively. can i achieve a glossy with this kind of ink? hope so...
how to achieve a glossy finish 
