Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
Steve what kind of rubber inks? I've seen ones for latex but I need to print on some bike innertubes, butyl rubber.
Union Process (not to be confused with Union Inks) may still be a resource for Zoo and his Butyl rubber project, but it doesn't look promising.Almost everything I read mentions either Latex as the substrate or solvent. A call could verify if they would still work on butyl rubber, but I'm afraid that the solvent base is a deal breaker for him.
Oh, Peter, Is there any improvement on being able to print these inks wet-on-wet?
Quote from: Colin on September 01, 2011, 11:36:49 AMOh, Peter, Is there any improvement on being able to print these inks wet-on-wet?Colin: Improving the pot life, developing a pigment concentrate mixing system, and getting the ink to where it could print multiple colors wet-on-wet have all been key design factors that Nazdar SourceOne and DOW have been working through these past 8 or 9 months. As stated in an earlier post, we have made some great strides in these areas, and will know more when the beta testing is complete. Although, I still need to throw out the following caution: Silicone inks do not print the same, nor are they as production friendly as the regular plastisol that we are all used to working with.