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I don't have a ton of experience or knowledge on plasticharge. I run it usually with white ink and have nice results. I messed around with it a few weeks ago with a light orange color and the color that came out of the dryer was completely different then the actual ink color. I'm not sure if color accuracy is a problem for plasticharge or if I just did something out of the ordinary.
Plasticharge systems are hybrids. Original intended use was back in the days before DC color formulations were available. And yes, because the colors are diluted as much as 50% they are limited. Vibrant, rich color not really an option
Quote from: tonypep on June 21, 2017, 04:42:07 PMPlasticharge systems are hybrids. Original intended use was back in the days before DC color formulations were available. And yes, because the colors are diluted as much as 50% they are limited. Vibrant, rich color not really an optionTony are you speaking of back in the Pavonine days? When Union came out with white plasticharge back in the '90s we used it as an underbase with plastisol overprinting. We had limited success because of dry-in issues on our underbase screen. If only I knew then, about DC, as to what I know now we would have success with it.Plasticharge has a use for some jobs, but as Tony stated the colors lack vibrancy.
So we stock/save probably 4 dozen or more RFUs for discharge. Reds for some reason don't store well for us. I was going to say it's odd that you had issues with keeping RFUs until you said they were shades of red/orange. Sent from my LG-H918 using Tapatalk
I have a client who orders the same design frequently (3 colors and white). I have always printed them with discharge for a few reasons (challenging underbase being one of them). The only issue I have with traditional discharge is that I can't premix the inks in bulk and add the activator later only as needed for each run due to the inks separating and color shifting while on the shelf. I have tried 3 different discharge systems for this exact job and none "just worked". Sericol was the closest as it is a RFU so the pigments didn't clump or shift, except the inks needed boosting anyway, which meant more mixing prior to printing. I'd like to try out plasticharge, but didnt know if there were any issues I should be aware of related to plasticharge.