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Offline ericheartsu

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waterbased ink on top of discharge!
« on: February 28, 2012, 02:24:26 PM »
I have a client that wants to print on American Apparel Navy 2001 tees. Although the AA tee discharges, it tends to be a little off white, and the client is looking for that super soft feel with REALLY bright white. So i was wondering if it was possible to discharge the tee, then print a white waterbased ink on top of it.

Would that work correctly?
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Re: waterbased ink on top of discharge!
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2012, 02:38:23 PM »
Why not print a white discharge?

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Re: waterbased ink on top of discharge!
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2012, 04:21:31 PM »
I have a client that wants to print on American Apparel Navy 2001 tees. Although the AA tee discharges, it tends to be a little off white, and the client is looking for that super soft feel with REALLY bright white. So i was wondering if it was possible to discharge the tee, then print a white waterbased ink on top of it.

Would that work correctly?
Yes Eric it will. The white wb can be white discharge thinned with water or a base with white pigment. Use a base/ white hybrid for the UB

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Re: waterbased ink on top of discharge!
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2012, 04:28:58 PM »
The CCI white discharge is doing well at the shops that I visit.  You should look into that.
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Re: waterbased ink on top of discharge!
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2012, 05:31:34 PM »
I agree. Yes.  and it doesn't' take much so a 300 mesh would be great.
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Re: waterbased ink on top of discharge!
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2012, 01:35:13 AM »
Why not print a white discharge?

White discharge doesn't come out truly white on a Navy American Apparel Tee. At least not to the clients liking.
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Re: waterbased ink on top of discharge!
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2012, 01:35:42 AM »
The CCI white discharge is doing well at the shops that I visit.  You should look into that.

I have samples of it, but honestly the matsui white has been much better to us.
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Re: waterbased ink on top of discharge!
« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2012, 04:10:59 AM »
JUST ran a small one color quickie on black G2000 with white Matsui 301 WB, Print Flash Print, as per Tom Pitman's phone suggestion a couple of weeks ago.

Wow! Very Bright indeed.....

Decent hand, no fibrillation after 1 (one) wash on a Burgundy PC 51 which has been a bugger for me. "Hand" is NOT quite as good as a discharge white, but close.... and its as white as plastisol after a wash and dry.

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