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Alan, a few years back I did some cheer shirts and the customer wanted heavy glitter on the print, what I did was use a 86 mesh, left the ink wet and sprinkled the glitter over top. and run thru the dryer. The order was not very big so I also heat press them also, I,m thinking I also did one more step but can't recall right now. I bought glitter from a hobby store and tried to get stuff that looked crushed up pretty much..Oh union has crystalina if that works for ya.Darryl
Quote from: 3Deep on February 26, 2014, 01:27:00 PMAlan, a few years back I did some cheer shirts and the customer wanted heavy glitter on the print, what I did was use a 86 mesh, left the ink wet and sprinkled the glitter over top. and run thru the dryer. The order was not very big so I also heat press them also, I,m thinking I also did one more step but can't recall right now. I bought glitter from a hobby store and tried to get stuff that looked crushed up pretty much..Oh union has crystalina if that works for ya.DarrylNot sure what you mean by the clear cystalina reducing opacity? The nice thing about the cyrsalina is the base it is suspended in complete;y disappears after cure. So you can print this stuff on a white base after its been flashed o any other color for that matter. Tho crysalina might not qualify as a metallic.
union ink sells glitter flake. I have their clear and the crystalina. pierre
Quote from: Inkman996 on February 26, 2014, 02:00:06 PMQuote from: 3Deep on February 26, 2014, 01:27:00 PMAlan, a few years back I did some cheer shirts and the customer wanted heavy glitter on the print, what I did was use a 86 mesh, left the ink wet and sprinkled the glitter over top. and run thru the dryer. The order was not very big so I also heat press them also, I,m thinking I also did one more step but can't recall right now. I bought glitter from a hobby store and tried to get stuff that looked crushed up pretty much..Oh union has crystalina if that works for ya.DarrylNot sure what you mean by the clear cystalina reducing opacity? The nice thing about the cyrsalina is the base it is suspended in complete;y disappears after cure. So you can print this stuff on a white base after its been flashed o any other color for that matter. Tho crysalina might not qualify as a metallic.I need something that would be my top white screen with flakes and I don't have room to add an additional screen other than the top white. I was just planning on adding the flakes into my top white screen and if I added a clear base with flakes to my top white ink then my opacity would go way down. If I'm understanding this correctly I'd have to print the base and the top white along with a crystallina screen?Quote from: blue moon on February 26, 2014, 01:15:01 PMunion ink sells glitter flake. I have their clear and the crystalina. pierreThat's not the flakes by themselves is it? Is what you have already mixed into as base of some kind?
I think the problem you are going to run into is that the white ink is highly opaque and any flake that you add to it will get lost in the ink. That's why it is usually suspended in the clear or tinted gel.pierre
Quote from: alan802 on February 26, 2014, 02:37:38 PMQuote from: Inkman996 on February 26, 2014, 02:00:06 PMQuote from: 3Deep on February 26, 2014, 01:27:00 PMAlan, a few years back I did some cheer shirts and the customer wanted heavy glitter on the print, what I did was use a 86 mesh, left the ink wet and sprinkled the glitter over top. and run thru the dryer. The order was not very big so I also heat press them also, I,m thinking I also did one more step but can't recall right now. I bought glitter from a hobby store and tried to get stuff that looked crushed up pretty much..Oh union has crystalina if that works for ya.DarrylNot sure what you mean by the clear cystalina reducing opacity? The nice thing about the cyrsalina is the base it is suspended in complete;y disappears after cure. So you can print this stuff on a white base after its been flashed o any other color for that matter. Tho crysalina might not qualify as a metallic.I need something that would be my top white screen with flakes and I don't have room to add an additional screen other than the top white. I was just planning on adding the flakes into my top white screen and if I added a clear base with flakes to my top white ink then my opacity would go way down. If I'm understanding this correctly I'd have to print the base and the top white along with a crystallina screen?Quote from: blue moon on February 26, 2014, 01:15:01 PMunion ink sells glitter flake. I have their clear and the crystalina. pierreThat's not the flakes by themselves is it? Is what you have already mixed into as base of some kind?yes, that is the flake on it's own. I could have sworn I had some silver flake too, but can't find it right now.I think the problem you are going to run into is that the white ink is highly opaque and any flake that you add to it will get lost in the ink. That's why it is usually suspended in the clear or tinted gel.pierre