Looking for a good ink for HDPE water bottles...

[Inkworks]

I have a few cylinder screen printers and occasionally do HDPE squeezable water bottles, They do need to be primed (chemical wipe-on, flamed or corona discharge) I've been using a heavily retarded (butyl cellusolve) 2 part pad printing ink formulated for rubbers and flexible substrates and having moderate success, but I'm not really happy with the adhesion and durability.

Does anybody have any suggestions as to where to chase down the right ink? I suspect some of the bottle print big players are using UV cure inks as some of the printed bottles I've checked out have outstanding adhesion and chemical resistance, I'd be looking for air-cure.

[royster13]

http://primeproductsinc.net

[pwalsh]

I have a few cylinder screen printers and occasionally do HDPE squeezable water bottles, They do need to be primed (chemical wipe-on, flamed or corona discharge) I've been using a heavily retarded (butyl cellusolve) 2 part pad printing ink formulated for rubbers and flexible substrates and having moderate success, but I'm not really happy with the adhesion and durability.

Does anybody have any suggestions as to where to chase down the right ink? I suspect some of the bottle print big players are using UV cure inks as some of the printed bottles I've checked out have outstanding adhesion and chemical resistance, I'd be looking for air-cure.

Nazdar's V5100 Series is a solvent based screen-printing ink that works well in this application on treated HDPE containers

[royster13]

Sorry Jon I skimmed over your post and thought you were looking for bottles...

[Inkworks]

Thanks both for your replies, Peter, I'll contact my local Nazdar rep and get a sample in. Royster, i saw on that link that they would consult so i figured I'd give them a c all Monday.

cheers,
jon