Try Ready-For-Use Inks For Doing Some Screen Printing On Your T-Shirts

Water based inks provide you with a lot of versatility when it comes to mixing it up for screen printing t-shirts. You can go with ready-for-use (RFU) inks for a quick start, match your favourite Pantone with an ink mixing system, or tap into discharge to customize your inks for use on dark fabrics. RFU inks can be mixed to your heart’s desire, as long as you mix water based with water based. In fact, RFU ink mixing is becoming so popular and common that many ink companies are compiling ink mixing formulas with software specifically for their RFU inks. Unlike conventional "pigment and base" mixing systems, RFU inks are already ready to print and they do not need to be mixed into a base to be able to cure onto the garment This is certainly time saving. However, one limitation of mixing RFU inks is you won’t be able custom colour mix a specialty ink, like a shimmer by using the inks as pigments. Plus, RFU mixing systems aren’t as versatile when it comes to mixing Pantone colours; a handful of which might fall just outside of your reach.

Most ink mixing systems are comprised of a varied number of different pigments and at least one mixing base. They’re usually complemented by a web based mixing software that allows you to plug in whatever Pantone colour is desired to determine the ratio that can be mixed to achieve the desired colour. The software will then list out all items needed to make the colour you want in the appropriate quantity. You can mix almost every Pantone colour. You open your horizons to facilitate any trademarked colour for larger clients. You have to only stock the minimum amount of colours or pigments rather than full ink lines.It takes time to mix a specific colour and you will need to check it to make sure it prints correctly. Most often you can’t facilitate specialty colours such as metallic ones and fluorescents.

You can also create custom colours for dark garments without an under base. Discharge is a water based ink product consisting of a reactive formula using two parts. The goal of discharge is to achieve custom colours on dark coloured garments without using an underbase. It works by removing the actual pigment from the natural fibres and creating a natural light coloured base to print on top of. Discharge works when you mix a discharge ink with a discharge activator. Once the ink is activated and printed onto a garment, the ink is then cured on the garment. As the ink cures it oxidizes and removes the dyes out of the fibres in the garment, leaving behind the pigments of the ink, or lack thereof.

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