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I had been trying to do red on black without a white underbase. Needless to say it looked horrible and the more layers I put down, it got even more horrible.
I picked up a bunch of Union Ink lit at the SGIA show. I ordered a sample pack of Maxopake inks. First I tried red on black with 110 mesh count. It looked far better, but not quite what I really wanted. It had that rough, sand paper look.
Then I tried gold on green with a 125 mesh count and it turned out beautiful. So I went back and made another screen for the red print in a 125 mesh count. It looks freaking awesome.
The best part is, I had assumed that Maxopake inks would be hard to print with like my white plastisol. They are just as creamy as my regular opacity Lawson Multi-Tetch inks! They needed very little stirring as well. They also flash faster than my Lawson inks. I can start flashing them really fash, before my unit even heats up all the way. The Union Ink catalog claims they only need 300 to cure.
Since I started screen printing a few months back, I've been analyzing peoples t-shirts at the gymn, standing in line, ect. Especially simple one/two color stuff that looks like it was done at a shop as opposed to elaborate commercial stuff. I think the results I got with maxopake red through a 125 equal or excede any red on black t-shirt that I've seen on people walking around.
Union Ink makes it really easy to try out their stuff. They have sample packs at discounted prices and they even let you swap colors.
Today I ordered my second sample kit. This one includes two whites, a black, one ultrasoft, one maxopake, and one shimmer. Can't to get them and try out the whites!
Union Ink also makes plastisol discharge base. You mix the base half n half with Union ink Maxopakes and add an activation agents.
I saw some shirts on display at the SGIA show that used this half n half formula. They had white on black, red on black, and some others I think. It looked like the perfect way to get a nice soft one stroke color on black shirts, without having to mess with water-based discharge inks.
I picked up a bunch of Union Ink lit at the SGIA show. I ordered a sample pack of Maxopake inks. First I tried red on black with 110 mesh count. It looked far better, but not quite what I really wanted. It had that rough, sand paper look.
Then I tried gold on green with a 125 mesh count and it turned out beautiful. So I went back and made another screen for the red print in a 125 mesh count. It looks freaking awesome.
The best part is, I had assumed that Maxopake inks would be hard to print with like my white plastisol. They are just as creamy as my regular opacity Lawson Multi-Tetch inks! They needed very little stirring as well. They also flash faster than my Lawson inks. I can start flashing them really fash, before my unit even heats up all the way. The Union Ink catalog claims they only need 300 to cure.
Since I started screen printing a few months back, I've been analyzing peoples t-shirts at the gymn, standing in line, ect. Especially simple one/two color stuff that looks like it was done at a shop as opposed to elaborate commercial stuff. I think the results I got with maxopake red through a 125 equal or excede any red on black t-shirt that I've seen on people walking around.
Union Ink makes it really easy to try out their stuff. They have sample packs at discounted prices and they even let you swap colors.
Today I ordered my second sample kit. This one includes two whites, a black, one ultrasoft, one maxopake, and one shimmer. Can't to get them and try out the whites!
Union Ink also makes plastisol discharge base. You mix the base half n half with Union ink Maxopakes and add an activation agents.
I saw some shirts on display at the SGIA show that used this half n half formula. They had white on black, red on black, and some others I think. It looked like the perfect way to get a nice soft one stroke color on black shirts, without having to mess with water-based discharge inks.
