WB Textile Ink

[Graphic D.]

Any reccomendations for a WB Textile ink that will cure in the dryer? Does that even exist? I searched around a bit and got some mention of it being possible, but no specific brands came up.

[Andymac]

cure in the dryer...most will, some better than others, depends on the dryer, WB likes airflow

TAL by TW, International Coatings, Matsui, Permaset, even Speedball Fabric

[Mark McCormick]

Union, & Versatex (Jaquard) as well, but I'm not recommending them over Andy's suggestions. It's trickier to get a WB textile ink to cure without a dryer than with one, that's why you can get a catalyst for most of them. We used to ad the catalyst AND run them thru the dryer. The only problem we ever had was getting colored inks to stick to a white base when printing on darks.

[Andymac]

Can't over cure the underbase (short flash time, just so it is slightly dry on top layer,) and then you have to fully cure both inks in a proper dryer. We had a real problem with Matsui (they were trying to cure both colours with a flash) but once run through a dryer, it stuck real good.

catalyst is a good idea if you are unsure of your cure, but if you are doing this as a job, test your system, then cut the shirt up in strips and wash and dry the strips to see how they hold up.

You can throw the strips in over a bunch of washes and see how bad it fades or holds compared to the original unwashed strip.

[Graphic D.]

Excellent thanks fellas.

[TripleStampPress]

Where do you find the TAL by TW Graphics? I can't seem to find anything about it on their website.

[edwardo_machino]

Nazdar 9500 cures pretty easy. You can also add catalyst for air dry.

[Andymac]

ASk re the TW TAL. My dealer here has it.