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Offline printeranonymous

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Hydrochromic inks for shirts
« on: October 04, 2015, 04:35:31 AM »
Where can I buy these and does anyone have an ink thats liquid activated that'd show off sweat for example? I want to use it on lycra/spandex/nylon shirts..


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Re: Hydrochromic inks for shirts
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2015, 08:00:12 AM »
We had thread about it.  Use search function.

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Re: Hydrochromic inks for shirts
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2015, 12:26:21 PM »
Search here is a tad weak, but searching for the term "hydrochromic" on the home page came up with numerous threads about this stuff going back to 2012
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Re: Hydrochromic inks for shirts
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2015, 10:13:14 PM »
I appreciate it Frog! Not a whole lot of updated information on a lot of the posts. What is Matsui? I see it posted everywhere, I tried googling and it says it's a restaurant, lol.

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Re: Hydrochromic inks for shirts
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2015, 10:47:48 PM »
You need to hone your search skills.
I typed in Matsui Ink and found dozens of references including this
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Re: Hydrochromic inks for shirts
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2015, 12:35:45 AM »
Also would it be possible to have a sublimation shirt of a picture of a cat for example and dye it bright blue with thermo dye and when heated up it reveals the cat?

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Re: Hydrochromic inks for shirts
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2015, 04:36:08 PM »
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Re: Hydrochromic inks for shirts
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2015, 05:08:38 PM »
That should work.

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Re: Hydrochromic inks for shirts
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2015, 12:05:08 AM »
Is this difficult to do at home? What kind of binders or whatever is it called?

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Re: Hydrochromic inks for shirts
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2015, 11:11:48 AM »
Actually on polyester it may sublimate.
I've done it on cotton with Matsui inks.

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Re: Hydrochromic inks for shirts
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2015, 02:27:46 AM »
How can I do this? None of the places that sell the ink will tell me how to dye the clothing unfortunately... :\

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Re: Hydrochromic inks for shirts
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2015, 06:03:16 PM »
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Re: Hydrochromic inks for shirts
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2015, 07:48:25 PM »
You mean the sublimation part?

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Re: Hydrochromic inks for shirts
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2016, 05:16:38 PM »
You mean the sublimation part?

yes. I want the entire shirt to be hydrochromic not print the ink.

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Re: Hydrochromic inks for shirts
« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2016, 05:49:15 PM »
I see the biggest issue here is that most folks in these screen printing forums talk about inks, while you, I think need information about dying shirts or fabric with this stuff.
Check this out. Seems limited in colors, but seems to be going in the right direction.
http://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/newcolorchem/product-detailBqcxSkZunorJ/China-Hydrochromic-Ink-for-Cloth-Umbrella-Paper-Newcolorchem-.html
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