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Offline inkman996

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Water Proof Ponchos
« on: April 25, 2012, 10:20:49 AM »
Have an order for water proof ponchos not a few but a few thousand, these are fairly decent quality not cheapo give aways but good ones to be sold at a university. Any ways I am on the fence about using the typical plastisol and nylobond, my thought is there might be a better more efficient and lower temp way to go? I do not subscribe to the school of thought that plastisol with nylobond does not need to reach plastisol temp, I believe the nylobond only helps bond to the nylon and does nothing to help cure the ink so you still need to reach actual curing temps, especially on a product that will be in the rain a lot.

Thoughts on this? I am sure some here have been down this road with these, Nazdar maybe?
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Re: Water Proof Ponchos
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2012, 10:56:02 AM »
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call Nazdar or even as much as it pains me Garston.  tell them what you have and they will get you the right ink..

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Re: Water Proof Ponchos
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2012, 11:00:00 AM »
to be honest, the best luck i have had with things like this is prepping them with rubbing alcohol.  not really an option on a few thousand though.  Nazdar should have a way around this.

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Re: Water Proof Ponchos
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2012, 11:02:26 AM »
Nazdar has an ink for waterproofed Nylon, but you probably should also ask about the accelerator. Even though it is a catalyzed ink, it takes quite a while to fully cure.

.http://www.nazdar.com/pdf/DA_TDS_LF_Rev_6_070110.pdf
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Re: Water Proof Ponchos
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2012, 11:04:12 AM »
Have you considered sourcing it out? You may take home a smaller percentage but you will save work and learning curve...
Just my thought. As I get older I keep trying to work smart, not harder.
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Re: Water Proof Ponchos
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2012, 12:08:02 PM »
Have you considered sourcing it out? You may take home a smaller percentage but you will save work and learning curve...
Just my thought. As I get older I keep trying to work smart, not harder.
Matt

Prefer not to source stuff when we are a full printing shop. Its not really a learning curve just looking for alternatives, I think Andy nailed it on the head with his link going to inquire more about it.

Yea Sam i agree Garston is never on my list unless super desperate.
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