'Waterbased' silione ink? Printing on nylon substrate

[srabadan]

I am being told a factory printing for us overseas needs to use a waterbased, rather than an oil based silicone ink to print a decoration on a nylon fabric.

I reached out to a couple of silicone ink dealers I know and this formulation was something they hadn't heard of. Anyone used a water based silicone before? Looking for some information or printed examples of it.

Thanks.

[Colin]

Is that factory already printing with that ink?  Did they say where they got this ink from?

[ericheartsu]

Check out Peramset, and their hybrid line. It's meant for nylon.

[srabadan]

Don't have much direct experience with these printers yet, I do not know where they are getting this stuff. I've asked folks I know at both CHT and Nazdar, no one has heard of a water based silicone ink. I am wondering if there might be some confusion around the 'water based' ink and 'waterproof' coating language. We will see.

I will check out the Permaset catalog today, thank you.

[mimosatexas]

Not a chemist or expert on this, but I don't think an ink can be both "water based" and "silicone".  They are fundamentally different descriptions of the main component of the ink.  Just like "plastisol" can't also be "silicone".