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screen printing => Ink and Chemicals => Topic started by: rusty on November 09, 2021, 09:26:41 AM

Title: Iradescent inks?
Post by: rusty on November 09, 2021, 09:26:41 AM

are there Iridescent inks available that I could pull off the attached image. It's a portion of the art to show what they are going for.

Or would this have to be a foil thing?

Title: Re: Iradescent inks?
Post by: BP on November 09, 2021, 09:48:09 AM

you could use foil.

Title: Re: Iradescent inks?
Post by: tonypep on November 09, 2021, 09:54:59 AM

Yes iridescent foils for sure, no two will be exactly alike however that may be the appeal.

Title: Re: Iradescent inks?
Post by: rusty on November 09, 2021, 10:35:22 AM

It’s for a 1,000 shirts and we are not set up to heat press that many. Would take over a week.

Was hoping I could screw print it or possibly print the underlying colors and do a clear shimmer over it.

Or I’ll just pass ha

Title: Re: Iradescent inks?
Post by: 3Deep on November 09, 2021, 12:24:53 PM

Was hoping I could screw print

That might be pretty hard to do or just to much fun LOL, very interesting print there, customers can keep us on our toe's

Title: Re: Iradescent inks?
Post by: rusty on November 09, 2021, 12:31:11 PM

Ha, I definitely “screw this” enough.

Title: Re: Iradescent inks?
Post by: tonypep on November 09, 2021, 02:42:30 PM

So the internal cost for the foil and perhaps even more with labor makes this a possible could you/should you or dare I say screw you

Title: Re: Iradescent inks?
Post by: blue moon on November 10, 2021, 11:18:52 AM

crystalina might give similar effect.

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