Polyester Printing

[Logoman]

I have Graphite Poly Tees to print I have no Poly Inks. If I take the 3 colors of Ink that I am using and add Nylobond to it, will that work? printing a Black under base and white and orange on top of it. I would turn my temp down. would the inks still cure while adding the nylobond to my inks and the polyester not bleed through?

[tonyt79]

I print a lot of poly shirts with standard wilflex epic and union diamond white with no problems. I tend to only use poly inks if it is a high bleed color of poly, like red or pink.

[papinc]

A 'nylobond' additive isn't going to work for blocking dye migration....it's meant to give ink 'grip' on nylon, especially woven...think jackets...  Additionally, this product has a 'pot life' when added...so it's use it or lose it so to speak for the ink it's been added to.

If these are the 100% polyester performance fabric, I would really recommend the Wilflex line of Top Score inks if you can get them in time for the job at hand... they print very nice...all colors I've used...lower cure temp.

I also wouldn't recommend a black under base... I think that's just asking for a headache.

[jvanick]

If these are the 100% polyester performance fabric, I would really recommend the Wilflex line of Top Score inks if you can get them in time for the job at hand... they print very nice...all colors I've used...lower cure temp.

While the Top Score inks print really nice, don't try to do wet-on-wet with them... they are not recommended, and I can attest to the fact that they don't work well for wet-on-wet printing.

the Wilflex Performance line works great for wet-on-wet tho...  just got done printing nearly 40k performance hoodies with Wilflex Performance inks and they printed and worked great.
 

[papinc]

I would concur...WOW and Top Score...not so much

[Frog]

A 'nylobond' additive isn't going to work for blocking dye migration....it's meant to give ink 'grip' on nylon, especially woven...think jackets...  Additionally, this product has a 'pot life' when added...so it's use it or lose it so to speak for the ink it's been added to.

If these are the 100% polyester performance fabric, I would really recommend the Wilflex line of Top Score inks if you can get them in time for the job at hand... they print very nice...all colors I've used...lower cure temp.

I also wouldn't recommend a black under base... I think that's just asking for a headache.

Just a note on Nylo Bond (and the other similar products)
Its second characteristic is curing through a catalytic reaction, so lower temps can be used, which also help reduce chances of poly dye migration. This was alluded to with your mention of its pot life, as it sets, even with no heat.

[dirkdiggler]

Performance series here.  No problems.