Thanks guys - I will get hold of our CCI rep as well and see if he'll give me a gallon for testing (they can be good to me that way). They are about 30 minutes from me and we do a lot of business with them so I'll definitely check it out.
Yes - as for print method - pretty much just like a plastisol print in setup with a flash after the base - the flash needn't 'cure' the ink, but simply set it well enough to over print with your colors. We have done high color water base sim process type prints with a discharge base for some time, but this is just something I stumbled across recently and there are times where I feel this technique might be more advantageous than trying to use a discharge base.
Brandon/Jon, I would be interested in hearing how your tests go. I have some prints that are being sampled currently - between 7 and 8 color jumbo prints on micro-modal fabric (basically a type of rayon) we are going to try this method with one of them and do some wash testing afterwards (before finishing the sample runs - 4 sets of art total). If it works well we plan on doing this for all of these prints for both the rest of the sampling and the production - I am not too worried about the prints, but am a bit unsure of how the ink will react to the material and the color fastness for the wash testing. I should know more by about Friday or at latest Monday and will be glad to post back on the results if you're interested.
