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Discharge
- Softest print on dark garments
- Discharge is a Water Base Ink with an activator
- Replace the dye in the shirt with color of your choice
- 100% Cotton garments work, however some
blends produce great results
- Discharge can be used as an under base with Plastisol on top
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Water Base
- Screen Printing Ink that delvers a very soft hand
- Normally reserved for light garments
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Plastisol
- Historically the most common ink used in
textile screen printing
- A dispersion of resin in a plasticizer, forming
a liquid or paste when heated
- Has the heaviest hand of all the screen printing inks
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Simulated Process
- Using four color process principles while not being limited
to 4 colors to produce photo realistic textile screen printing
- Normally reserved for dark garments
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Oversize
- Image area up to 17.5” x 25”
- Great for printing larger on Ladies garments that
are too small for Jumbo
- 1.5X the cost of standard printing
- Can print on a wider range of sizes without needing
multiple sets of screens
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Texture & Specialty Inks
- A base or additive that is mixed into Plastisol ink
that gives the finished product a unique look or feel
- Types of Specialty Inks are Plush, Suede, Fashion Soft, Nova,
Bubble Stretch, Cork, Frost, High Density, Ice, Puff, Glitter, Sculpture, Rock, and Brittle
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Softhand
- A type of Specialty Ink that reduces the
feel of Plastisol ink
- Not as soft as water base or discharge
- Works best on light colored garments
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Liquid Silver/Liquid Gold
- Ink that has the shiny characteristics
of metallic without the flakes
- Finished product resembles a chrome look
- No up charge as with metallic screen printing ink
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Transparent Ink
- Ink that is typically printed on heather or pastel garments that
will give the finished product a “tone on tone” or “wet” look
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Glitter Ink
- A clear ink that can be printed on top of any
color that will give the finished product a sparkly look
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