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Offline 3Deep

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Underbase for shimmer inks
« on: February 28, 2020, 04:05:25 PM »
Hey have any of you ever printed an underbase under a shimmer ink, I would like for the print to be a little softer than when I double stroke or PFP the shimmer.
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Offline Maff

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Re: Underbase for shimmer inks
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2020, 04:16:33 PM »
With plastisol we've tried to use a white underbase and it usually looks way worse.  It made the silver look like a very light gray and very little "shimmer",  same with the gold.  Most of the time we PFP a 135s screen and that seems to look the nicest, or at least what our customers like better.  Sometimes just one layer looks pretty good to but not as opaque.

We've used a discharge underbase with Waterbased Shimmer on top and that is super soft and looks pretty nice, but just a lot more prep and attention to the variables.

You could probably try a discharge underbase under Plastisol shimmer, just make sure the discharge base is well flashed before putting plastisol on top.

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Re: Underbase for shimmer inks
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2020, 05:45:40 PM »
Just do straight up Matsui water base shimmer. Super soft super awesome

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Re: Underbase for shimmer inks
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2020, 08:40:44 AM »
We do exactly what Matt said: 2 135S screens, print flash print.  We usually double stroke both, or at a minimum the base screen.  Print really isnt very thick...