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Special Effect Inks & Techniques
Discharge Ink
Discharge is a waterbased solution that when printed on 100% cotton garments, actually removes the the dye color from the shirt. The print appears on the shirts as the raw color of the garment (usually a natural off-white color).
A discharge printed shirt should always be washed before it is worn to ensure that all the discharge agents are removed from the shirt fibers.
The finished print is very soft to the touch because no actual ink is applied to the garment.
( example also has a brown plasticharge shadow)
A discharge printed shirt should always be washed before it is worn to ensure that all the discharge agents are removed from the shirt fibers.
The finished print is very soft to the touch because no actual ink is applied to the garment.
( example also has a brown plasticharge shadow)
Custom screen printing and Design
Reflective Ink
Reflective ink is made up of a clear base combined with thousands of tiny aluminum coated glass beads. These beads are highly reflective when exposed to light. The ink has a muted grey color when printed and a bright silver/white color when reflecting.
Because the ink color is so muted we recommend that all the reflective ink used in a design be either outlined or surrounded by other print colors to improve.
Adding reflective ink to your design is a relatively inexpensive way to make sure that your shirts will stand out from the crowd.
Because the ink color is so muted we recommend that all the reflective ink used in a design be either outlined or surrounded by other print colors to improve.
Adding reflective ink to your design is a relatively inexpensive way to make sure that your shirts will stand out from the crowd.
Plasticharge Ink
Platicharge is a hybrid of Discharge and plastisol ink. In Plasticharge printing a discharge solution is mixed 50/50 with traditional plastisol inks. The principal behind plasticharge printing is that when printing, the discharge portion of the ink will remove the garment color while at the same time the plastisol ink will lay down a thin deposit of new color.
This type of printing like discharge should be washed before being worn.
The finished print very light and soft to the touch.
This type of printing like discharge should be washed before being worn.
The finished print very light and soft to the touch.
High Density Ink
High Density is a popular special effect ink that when printed, rises straight up off the shirt and has a hard rubbery feel with sharp edges. A High density print has slight glossy finish.
Suede is a special effect ink similar to high density ink except with a soft leather like feel. Suede ink can be either printed high for a 3-D effect or printed normally for a more subtle felt like feel. A finished sueade print has a matte finish and is very soft to the touch.
High Density and Suede are clear bases that can be added to any print color.
(example blue-"High Density" grey "Suede"
Suede is a special effect ink similar to high density ink except with a soft leather like feel. Suede ink can be either printed high for a 3-D effect or printed normally for a more subtle felt like feel. A finished sueade print has a matte finish and is very soft to the touch.
High Density and Suede are clear bases that can be added to any print color.
(example blue-"High Density" grey "Suede"
4-Color Process Printing
4 color process printing is a printing technique that uses yellow, cyan, magenta, and black inks to reproduce 100% of the design colors. This method of printing relies on halftone dots from the 4 process ink colors mixing together to create all the color variations in the design.
Process printing is exceedingly complicated and it is very difficult to get accurate color across the entire color gamut. Process prints tend to be somewhat muddy and lack the brightness and color range of other printing techniques.
Process printing is best suited to photographic images and some fine art reproductions.
Process printing is exceedingly complicated and it is very difficult to get accurate color across the entire color gamut. Process prints tend to be somewhat muddy and lack the brightness and color range of other printing techniques.
Process printing is best suited to photographic images and some fine art reproductions.
