Thick Clear Non-Yellowing Air-Dry Ink??
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Thick Clear Non-Yellowing Air-Dry Ink??
Hi,
I have been trying to locate a crystal-clear, non-yellowing, air dry screen printing ink that has a very heavy body-- almost as thick as vaseline. It needs to have good general adhesive qualities, and needs to be flexible. I don't have facilities for a curing oven for 44" wide media, so need air-dry ink. Solvent based is preferable.
It can even be a screenable adhesive rather than an "ink".
I have been researching and testing samples for the past 4 months, but have not located anything that has all the above qualities.
Now with 23 useless samples on the shelves, I'm getting desperate! This is killing me!
Any advice or leads would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
Alex D
I have been trying to locate a crystal-clear, non-yellowing, air dry screen printing ink that has a very heavy body-- almost as thick as vaseline. It needs to have good general adhesive qualities, and needs to be flexible. I don't have facilities for a curing oven for 44" wide media, so need air-dry ink. Solvent based is preferable.
It can even be a screenable adhesive rather than an "ink".
I have been researching and testing samples for the past 4 months, but have not located anything that has all the above qualities.
Now with 23 useless samples on the shelves, I'm getting desperate! This is killing me!
Any advice or leads would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
Alex D
I am printing on canvas coated for inkjet printer ink. Once I pull the screen print, I douse the wet deposit with 40 micron reflective styrene divinyl benzine copolymer beads. Once the layer dries, I print the next image layer on the first beaded layer, and repeat the bead dousing process.
So the ink needs to stick to the coated canvas, as well as adhering to the beads. I need the high viscosity so I can print on the rough grainy surface without bleeding under the screen or having the ink flatten out, or run through the 70 mesh screen when I tilt it between prints.
Thanks for your response & any advice,
Alex D
So the ink needs to stick to the coated canvas, as well as adhering to the beads. I need the high viscosity so I can print on the rough grainy surface without bleeding under the screen or having the ink flatten out, or run through the 70 mesh screen when I tilt it between prints.
Thanks for your response & any advice,
Alex D
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Hmmm, this may sound crazy, because i know you've tried nazdar... but have you tried an epoxy mixing clear with just the catalyst? Once that catalyst is in the mixture gets thicker, you can adjust that with thinner... Nazdar does make an epoxy mixing clear in their ADE series. Use that with thier ADE677 catalyst and a very little RE-180 thinner. This is an air cure or heat cure. it will air cure 100% after 24 hours. But there could still be a better method yet... have you thought doming? My company has a doming machine made by Demak. It's the very best system for doming giving you crystal clear raised image with absolutely ZERO yellowing. I may be able to help you out. Let me know.
Thanks,
Jennifer Mastro
585 436 7570
jmastro@mastrographics.com
www.mastrographics.com
Thanks,
Jennifer Mastro
585 436 7570
jmastro@mastrographics.com
www.mastrographics.com