Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
Alan, thanks for posting. I'm constantly testing different/new whites to find that ultimate "out of the bucket" white. The only thing is @ $380 for 5 it would need to be totally badass. Right now our white we are paying $240.00 for five for a 50/50 style type of white. Out of the bucket we have to modify it slightly but it's been a good white for us. We were using quick white for a long time paying $296 for 5 but that was getting a bit pricy imo. We usually print 10-15 gallons of white a week so that increase would hurt us. I suppose it would be nice to have it around for the 1 hit's or the trouble jobs that come up where we need a stronger white. Just out of curiosity how many gallons of white are you rolling through?
Delicates charge. Add one to your system. Tell your sales team that anything that's not 100% cotton gets it. You could even make a new price matrix for it I suppose. I have it setup in ours so that it displays on the line as "Delicates/poly" so the client knows that's part of the run, but is rolled into the pricing so there's no 'dinger' fees at the bottom line. $0.25 per is the start point and I'll go higher if it's, god forbid, a 12x12 slab of epic performance ink going on a shirt or something. The inks needed for poly and bad 50/50 bleeders cost exponentially more nowadays and it needs to be addressed in pricing. The cost is not gonna go down although the tech seems to be improving (silicone). Epic perf white is $125-150 a gal so that's double ink costs which justifies an added price.
Alan did you not have a problem with the Tidy white climbing the squeegee? I had a gallon bucket here, loved the end result but it would stick to the squeegee. I couldn't even get a flood out of it because it was stuck to the squeegee or floodbar depending. wondering if they made any changes to the formula. I agree that it is very optically bright white and had a nice smooth matte finish. Wish it didn't climb my squeegee. Did you do anything to it?
Have any of you guys tried Wilflex Solar white? I guess it's not technically a wilflex formula but it's 200.00 /5g.
the more i read about white inks, well inks in general, not many members here use Union inks?am i missing the boat?