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screen printing => Ink and Chemicals => Topic started by: blue moon on August 29, 2016, 03:04:50 PM
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we have a job that calls for white print with some glitter flake in it, but needs to be done with waterbased ink.
What's a good ink to get?
pierre
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others will most likely have a better answer, but i believe matsui and virus have inks like this.
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I have never seen a waterbase crystalina..the mesh required for the flakes would be a mess.. you may have to run a DC white and the greenest crystalina you can find then educate the client on whats available.
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Matsui make some bomb metallic water base
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cool..I thought he said crystalina..those are glitter flakes.. but good to know on the metallics..
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is there a clear waterbased gel I can print over the large flakes? We could mix the glitter into the clear and then overprint to seal it. Would that work?
pierre
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Matsui has a glitter base with RB code. Works great for large flakes (even up to .008 through a 38 mesh]...
The base evaporates off in the dryer leaving an awesome hand.
You need to get polyester crystals, as the metallic will tarnish.
Also... If you're doing these on 50/50s, you'll want a bleed blocking base to make sure you don't get dye migration into the base/binder
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