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screen printing => Waterbase and Discharge => Topic started by: jason-23 on May 31, 2012, 09:45:05 AM

Title: 50/50??
Post by: jason-23 on May 31, 2012, 09:45:05 AM: Can you discharge 50's? If not what happens if you do?
Title: Re: 50/50??
Post by: mk162 on May 31, 2012, 09:52:57 AM: yup, it won't discharge completely usually, but it gives a neat effect.

try one out.
Title: Re: 50/50??
Post by: Prosperi-Tees on May 31, 2012, 10:38:19 AM: it is pretty cool. It leaves a sort of mottled effect as only the cotton discharges.
Title: Re: 50/50?? - Poly discharge
Post by: Dottonedan on May 31, 2012, 10:52:52 AM: This makes me ask, has there ever been a product that discharges the inks (from ploy) ? Lets say we had something that was 70% poly. What would release or dissolve or react with the garment dye from poly (more so than heat does) ?
Title: Re: 50/50??
Post by: tonypep on May 31, 2012, 10:59:30 AM: Actually you can discharge base many 65/35 poly cotton blends and tri-blends with viscose. We do it all the time.
Title: Re: 50/50??
Post by: Dottonedan on May 31, 2012, 11:12:53 AM: Great! What is Viscose?
Title: Re: 50/50??
Post by: Frog on May 31, 2012, 11:15:57 AM: Quote from: Dottonedan on May 31, 2012, 11:12:53 AM
Great! What is Viscose?

Simple answer: Rayon
Title: Re: 50/50??
Post by: Dottonedan on May 31, 2012, 11:32:03 AM: Quote from: Frog on May 31, 2012, 11:15:57 AM
Quote from: Dottonedan on May 31, 2012, 11:12:53 AM
Great! What is Viscose?

Simple answer: Rayon

So you add Rayon to get a discharge print? Doesn't sound simple.
Title: Re: 50/50??
Post by: Frog on May 31, 2012, 11:34:47 AM: Quote from: tonypep on May 31, 2012, 10:59:30 AM
Actually you can discharge base many 65/35 poly cotton blends and tri-blends with viscose. We do it all the time.

If I read Tony's post correctly, he's saying that he has successfully discharged many poly/cotton blends as well as tri-blends containing rayon.

As with most discharge on suspect garments, always try a sample, and even if successful, keep your fingers crossed for consistent results.
Title: Re: 50/50??
Post by: tonypep on May 31, 2012, 11:51:11 AM: Correct Andy. Some of the earlier heathered 50/50s from Alt App and Am App worked beautifully with discharge pigmented inks. Most tri-blends won't take color very well but a DC base usually knocks out enough dye to overprint with plastisol and get a softer hand. Tultex, Nxt level, and Am Apps work well. Royal apparel sucks. So yes, test of course.
Title: Re: 50/50??
Post by: Frog on May 31, 2012, 11:54:39 AM: Just quit throwing out new words like "viscose" when "Rayon" will suffice! lol!
Title: Re: 50/50??
Post by: tonypep on May 31, 2012, 12:11:21 PM: HaHa Andy......I use Viscose because it's on the label, confuses people, and makes me look smarter than I am!
Seriously though Viscose is a type of rayon just as sports gray and ash are different types of heathers.
Title: Re: 50/50??
Post by: mjrprint on May 31, 2012, 03:16:50 PM: I have done a discharge base with wb inks on top. Works fine for me.