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Ink revealed once shirt is wet (from sweat) ??
« on: September 25, 2012, 10:52:12 AM »
Has anyone worked with this company?  http://www.viewsport.us

The image is printed clear (I guess) and is revealed once the person wearing the shirt starts to sweat. 

I'm interested to know how they do this.  Is this an ink?



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Re: Ink revealed once shirt is wet (from sweat) ??
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2012, 11:10:00 AM »
this was on Shark Tank last year. pretty cool. from what the guy was saying, he worked with an ink manufacturer to produce it.
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Re: Ink revealed once shirt is wet (from sweat) ??
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2012, 11:38:49 AM »
There were some inks oh about a 15 ys ago that were Hydrochromic (also Photochromic aka Photochromatic.) That reacted to water or light. They came from Japan and might have been Matsui.
I used to do allover belt printing with it for the Theme Park market.

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Re: Ink revealed once shirt is wet (from sweat) ??
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2012, 11:42:13 AM »
Bam just did a search and it was Matsui. Appears to be other mfgrs as well.

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Re: Ink revealed once shirt is wet (from sweat) ??
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2012, 01:07:36 PM »
Awesome!  Thanks guys.

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Re: Ink revealed once shirt is wet (from sweat) ??
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2012, 01:32:02 PM »
BTW it's probably very pricey

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Re: Ink revealed once shirt is wet (from sweat) ??
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2012, 01:39:00 PM »
BTW it's probably very pricey

The hyrdochromatic ink that Matsui makes prints WHITE and then goes clear when wet.  What the viewsport stuff does is print CLEAR/transparent and then shows up/blocks moisture when wet.

I'd almost think it's more of a permanent water repellent screen printed and mashed into the garment completely?

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Ink revealed once shirt is wet (from sweat) ??
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2012, 07:10:23 PM »
Oh, I need it to print clear.