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Offline Itsa Little CrOoked

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Re: What is the best water base inks out there for 100% cotton?
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2012, 04:12:20 PM »
We use the Neo pigments from Matsui and get great results

I only have Red NEO Matsui.  The rest are PC Pigments, and I'm always tweaking to get what I want... Not so much with straight waterbase printing on white or light cotton shirts, but when I discharge them with the discharge bases, the colors aren't always "spot on" with PC Pigments. 

Tagless, I'm considering dumping Matsui, charging full bore into the world of Sericol Texcharge, so can you expand on your NEO experience? Give me the "hard sell" okay? You could even pretend you're a salesman, I won't mind. Anybody else too. Even Rick Stefanick, who loves Sericol, privately thinks I might be dumping Matsui prematurely... After all, I am already set up, and have a year plus of Matsui experience.

My main problem as I've stated on this and other boards, is I'm always disappointed in my Matsui Reds.


Offline RICK STEFANICK

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Re: What is the best water base inks out there for 100% cotton?
« Reply #16 on: March 24, 2012, 07:30:54 PM »
Hey Rick, the Sericol line can be used straight out of the bucket or with discharge agent, correct?


yes sir, either way..have you tryed the dirasol 916 emulsion yet? call them they will send you a gallon sample.
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Offline Prosperi-Tees

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Re: What is the best water base inks out there for 100% cotton?
« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2012, 08:07:00 PM »
Haven't tried there emulsion yet, I still have 4 gallons of CCI WR25 still but I will try it out.

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Re: What is the best water base inks out there for 100% cotton?
« Reply #18 on: May 16, 2012, 08:27:48 AM »
We are using Sericol's 916 for more then 12 years. It's a great emulsion but a little slow. Holds excellent detail though.

Anyway if you ask me the wb inks are Permaset Aqua from Australia.