Silicone Ink from Source One

[ScreenFoo]

I think that's the VOC compliant version of C-60, or trichloroethylene. 

IIRC, it's mostly acetone, some alcohol, and a bit of hydrocarbon.

[Dr Slomo]

Sorry guys for the late comeback - been a bit crazy lately.  This cleaner was mineral spirits based on the feel, did not evaporate like acetone but I can't find the gallon for the life of me.  I've used it interchangeably on my plastisol and silicone inks with great results, it had an orange smell to it.  afraid I can't give the actual product number though it was a Plastisolve product, maybe 842???

[cleveprint]

sorry to bring up an old thread. getting a lot of our jersey work in now and i have one customer whos jerseys are 80 nylon, 20 spandex. very stretchy jerseys. anyone have experience with the silicone ink on nylon? 

[Frog]

If he doesn't respond here, contact Rob Coleman at Nazdar Source One.

[cleveprint]

well to answer my own question, i cannot get it to adhere to nylon. i had some old jackets and bag panels made of nylon in the back and did some test prints. scratches right off. adheres to the poly shirts just fine.

[Frog]

Just to clarify, not nylon jerseys, but rather ripstop type stuff.

[cleveprint]

i did not have any extra jerseys to test on, so i only had whatever nylon items i had laying around. not sure if the 80/20 nylon/spandex mix that the jerseys are made of would have a different result. if i can get an extra one or two from my customer, ill give them a test.

[Rob Coleman]

The answer is .... it depends! 

Really depends upon the weave, fabric treatment etc.  The product is designed for poly's not nylons.

Out of curiosity - which product number are you testing?

[cleveprint]

We tested it on a Rox volleyball jersey. 80/20 nylon/spandex. It cured, but peeled right off. Just did not adhere. Also tested it on some nylon bag panels and Ultra Club 8925 pouch jacket and had the same result. Basically whatever I had laying around that was nylon.

Works great on the poly stuff though!

[mk162]

I tried nylon as well and it failed, but on poly it's sweet!