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screen printing => Waterbase and Discharge => Topic started by: dirkdiggler on July 19, 2013, 11:53:59 AM

Title: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: dirkdiggler on July 19, 2013, 11:53:59 AM
I am happy to report that YES it works, and it discharges amazingly well.  Straight out of the bucket base with ZERO activator, ZERO waste, and a full YEAR shelf life.  Brannon will be the distributor in my area, and there are other large distributors across the US so its local to everyone.   70,000 Peachtree road race shirts were printed with this underbase and plastisol on top only a couple of weeks ago, and they looked amazing.
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: Inkworks on July 19, 2013, 11:57:05 AM
Does it have a name yet? or still hush-hush?
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: ScreenPrinter123 on July 19, 2013, 12:03:52 PM
Pictures of the Print? Or better, pictures of the base on the shirt without any top colors after it was run through the dryer?
When will it be available?  And, I'm guessing nobody knows price point yet? 


CCI's Premium Base is so stinking cheap, not a big deal to us to have some waste.  BUT if pigments came along that would last that long that pop like CCI's, now THAT's a game changer...  Or, perhaps that is what you're saying -- can you add pigments to this base that has no activator and have similar results to the other required-to-have-activator bases that you add pigs to?
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: tonypep on July 19, 2013, 12:09:04 PM
Does it have a name yet? or still hush-hush?

Original version was Simplexity
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: spotcolorsupply on July 19, 2013, 12:24:36 PM
That is great news!! We look very forward to selling this product line... Will be interesting to see where the price falls.
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: JBLUE on July 19, 2013, 12:25:34 PM
And the current version is called? Anyone?....... :)
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: dirkdiggler on July 19, 2013, 12:32:31 PM
Simplexity...by GDI inks.  I will post a pic in a few.  They are looking at mostly the underbase business.  That's where its most effective.  You can add other pigments, but they wont warranty the base if you do.  They have there own pigs, but I haven't tested all of them.  For those of you discharging underbase with plastisol on top, this is it.  Price will be higher than CCI and its something you have to balance, no activator and a full year shelf life goes a long way in my shop.
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: ebscreen on July 19, 2013, 12:41:08 PM
How was printability? Dry in issues? Basically treated like standard discharge?
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: Prof_Yaffel on July 19, 2013, 12:52:01 PM
Is it formaldehyde free technology or is it still the old smelly discharge powder already mixed in somehow ?
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: dirkdiggler on July 19, 2013, 01:13:40 PM
does not stink up the shop, yes its zfs.  here is a single stroke pic of the underbase.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v143/jlansdell/2013-07-19_12-34-58_516_zpse7f6e8e1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/jlansdell/media/2013-07-19_12-34-58_516_zpse7f6e8e1.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: mk162 on July 19, 2013, 02:08:26 PM
it looks like it cracked really bad. ;)
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Post by: ScreenPrinter123 on July 19, 2013, 02:17:13 PM
I didn't want to say anything either, but whoever is doing the stretch/crack test at the end of the dryer should be given a bonus for his efforts.
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: dirkdiggler on July 19, 2013, 02:38:41 PM
what? that's a distresser!  no cracks at all. ;)
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: ScreenPrinter123 on July 19, 2013, 02:42:04 PM
Oh, you call your crack guy a distresser?  We may need to change our office titles too.
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: ZooCity on July 19, 2013, 03:14:44 PM
So when/where can I get some of this???

*we've been reactivating DC mixes, but it's not 100% reliable.  At some point, after 3 activations typically, it clods up and is donesies. Some color won't reactivate at all, some have no problem. Seemed to work a little better with Texcharge v. CCI but does work on both.  Higher pigment load will frustrate this a little. Just an FYI.
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: dirkdiggler on July 19, 2013, 03:50:22 PM
Call Brannon Spot Color Supply
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: ScreenPrinter123 on July 19, 2013, 03:55:44 PM
does not stink up the shop, yes its zfs.  here is a single stroke pic of the underbase.

([url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v143/jlansdell/2013-07-19_12-34-58_516_zpse7f6e8e1.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://smg.photobucket.com/user/jlansdell/media/2013-07-19_12-34-58_516_zpse7f6e8e1.jpg.html[/url])


Jason,

What mesh was this pushed through?
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: dirkdiggler on July 19, 2013, 06:04:41 PM
that's a 110, I just happened to have that screen available, but it would have worked well with a 230 IMO.
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: Rockers on July 19, 2013, 07:37:25 PM
So may I ask where the difference is to the Virus discharge inks?
I got a sample of them which came activated and has the same shelf life. Available already for a while.
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: dirkdiggler on July 19, 2013, 08:17:42 PM
So may I ask where the difference is to the Virus discharge inks?
I got a sample of them which came activated and has the same shelf life. Available already for a while.

We are talking USA here.  I knew of an Italian one for a while as well.  Maybe that's the one you are referring to.  Don't think anyone in the US has tried it.
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: Rockers on July 19, 2013, 08:29:30 PM
Of course they do, just ask Brandon. Virus is the name of the Ink manufacturer.
http://lunicatools.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/brochurevirus2010d.pdf (http://lunicatools.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/brochurevirus2010d.pdf)
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: StuJohnston on July 20, 2013, 09:41:32 AM
We even have a virus rep here in Oregon, or at least she travels here. I've been meaning to score a sample. She said there's a shop here in portland that uses them, but I don't know who that is and I don't recall her saying who.
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: brandon on July 20, 2013, 11:39:05 PM
Yeah, they are a large Nike shop that distros Virus. Or at least they used to. Haven't heard much about it though lately.
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: brandon on July 20, 2013, 11:41:48 PM
And yeah it works. But back to the original post. So when, where, how much, how quick may we the masses try this out?
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: dirkdiggler on July 21, 2013, 09:58:18 AM
Spot Color Supply for details. 
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: spotcolorsupply on July 21, 2013, 10:54:38 AM
Meeting with the manufacturer next week. Should have pricing and availability info then.
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: JBLUE on July 21, 2013, 03:55:13 PM
How is the was test with the plastisol over the top? Any issues with adhesion to the pigment in the DC base?
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: stitches4815 on August 14, 2013, 08:09:14 PM
It has been almost a month since the last post and I haven't seen any new information about this product. 
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: kingscreen on August 14, 2013, 08:48:03 PM
Scott from Spot Color Supply was in our shop today and mentioned it. I don't want to say anything before they make any announcements. But as the saying goes, "If it sounds too good to be true...".
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: JBLUE on August 15, 2013, 12:42:47 AM
Scott from Spot Color Supply was in our shop today and mentioned it. I don't want to say anything before they make any announcements. But as the saying goes, "If it sounds too good to be true...".

Thats the same saying that is flying around out this way.
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: dirkdiggler on August 15, 2013, 10:46:50 AM
The sample you see above is no joke, it worked.  Brannon should have further details, but it did work on the sample I printed.
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: noortrd on August 20, 2013, 10:59:14 AM
please tell me the company name.
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: tonypep on August 20, 2013, 11:11:45 AM
Simplexity and again....contact Spot Color Supply
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: Sbrem on August 20, 2013, 11:55:58 AM
I wrote to Brannon, and the manufacturer seems to be the hang up, he could sell it like crazy with the pre-hype surrounding it...

Steve
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: dirkdiggler on August 22, 2013, 01:34:55 PM
Should be widely available at multiple distributors in a few weeks, this came from the man himself today via a phone call to me.  Brannon is still the supplier in this neck of the woods, per (the man).
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: noortrd on August 22, 2013, 11:22:35 PM
Who is the manufacturer.?
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: spotcolorsupply on August 23, 2013, 08:26:27 AM
Please be patient everyone  ;D

As soon as the product is available we will announce it here first!!
Title: Re: Update on GAMECHANGER Base!
Post by: noortrd on August 23, 2013, 11:24:23 AM
We know a company name who sale preactivator discharge paste its called   stanwell expan taiwan . Also a company in turkey who make preactivator discharge paste. You also try 10% jacquard rongalit st liquid in discharge paste and shell life may be 6 months .