Sunbrella and Plastisol Inks?

My guess is poly or nylon bags. Therefor use low temp poly inks. Bags may be nylon. Then you need a nylon catalyst too.

If they have plaatic zips or Velcro, be careful you won't melt anything

20vK said:

My guess is poly or nylon bags. Therefor use low temp poly inks. Bags may be nylon. Then you need a nylon catalyst too.

If they have plaatic zips or Velcro, be careful you won't melt anything

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Thanks for the reply. Sunbrella "a fabric made of woven acrylic fibers with pigmentation added prior to extrusion". Would nylon be grouped with acrylic when considering ink application?

Also, I would print on the fabric before the bags were constructed. Good tip though.

Nik

Update and to answer my own question : )

Sunbrella got back to me. If anyone is interested.. you can use plastisol inks effectively with Sunbrella fabric, however you will experience 8-15% shrinkage when curing inks in your dryer. They suggested to preshrink then print and cure. About an additional 2% shrinkage.

Another option was to use a flocking adhesive or air dry ink. Nazdar makes this and its call PX Series. Need a solvent resistant emulsion and 86-110 mesh screen.