Printing 100% Nylon Shell Jacket

[islandtees]

Need some advice. Have used nylobond in the past. These jackets are blue breathable 5000gm waterproof rating Dri Duck Torrent #5335
I wonder what is the best way for 1 color white ink. Do any of you use any kind of catalyst other than nylobond or a specific ink for this type of nylon. Don't know of any inks in white specific for this type of printing. Thanks for the help.

[RICK STEFANICK]

Certainly nylobond or Catalyst works great. It has been a long time since I have done those. I think there are some decent air dry inks on the market also. 

[johnny]

look into one stroke smart white, i haven't tried it on 100% nylon yet but their data sheet says it'll work. i switched over to it as my main white a few months ago and it's been nice not needing to use a different white for any fabric material that's come in so far.

[Rob Coleman]

For 100% nylon, the gold standard has always been the International Coatings 900 series with the catalyst.


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[Nation03]

Just did a bunch of jackets last week - 2 color prints. I used a 125 mesh screen for the white. I've had the best luck with One Stroke low bleed whites with 10-13% nylobond by weight.

[islandtees]

The other thing is this jacket is not just nylon shell, but 5000gm waterproof rating, that's what I'm worried about.

[Steve12Lowry]

The other thing is this jacket is not just nylon shell, but 5000gm waterproof rating, that's what I'm worried about.

How large is the print area? We always took basic rubbing alcohol and went over the print area to remove the waterproof coating.

[Frog]

The other thing is this jacket is not just nylon shell, but 5000gm waterproof rating, that's what I'm worried about.

How large is the print area? We always took basic rubbing alcohol and went over the print area to remove the waterproof coating.

and then explained to the customer how the area around the printing on their raincoat would no longer be waterproof?

[Steve12Lowry]

The other thing is this jacket is not just nylon shell, but 5000gm waterproof rating, that's what I'm worried about.

How large is the print area? We always took basic rubbing alcohol and went over the print area to remove the waterproof coating.

and then explained to the customer how the area around the printing on their raincoat would no longer be waterproof?

We did explain the process which I why I asked how large of a print area. We did not print anything on waterproof garments larger then a left chest. Everything else would be embroidery for us unless they had no issue with losing the waterproof coating.

[islandtees]

Must have the waterproofing as these jackets are used on boats in sea spray.

[Nation03]

I've heard about the rubbing alcohol trick, but never used it. If you add the correct amount of nylobond there shouldn't be an issue. Picture below is on Holloway jacket. Not sure what the waterproof rating is, but that is one hit of white, a very quick flash then the grey overprint. Wasn't comfortable putting them through the dryer so I flash cured them until they were smoking pretty good. Let them sit a while and did the ole finger nail test to make sure nothing was flaking off.

[ZooCity]

I like nylobond dropped into a thicker bodied ink for this.  The ink will thin from the catalyst.  Excellent bond after 24hrs.

For anything multi color including pfp of a white, etc. I don't like screen printing lined jackets.  We have good hold downs but printing the job in registration is a moving target and can be crazy making for the quality minded printer.  I like transfers for the 2 ply jackets.

Not to hijack this but as an alternative what cad material do you all like for transfers on waterproofed product?

[islandtees]

We were thinking vinyl but didn't know how well it would adhere to a waterproof nylon jacket.