Contract Discharge Printing

Contract Discharge Printing

Are you a fan of screen printing, but you wish there was a way to get a softer hand to your prints?  Well, luckily for you, there is such a way to get those ‘barely there’ graphics onto your custom garments!  You can jump into contract discharge printing and feel the difference immediately.  Contract discharge printing uses water based inks instead of the typical plastisol inks, which leaves a different, softer feeling on the garment that many people love.

Before I get too far ahead of myself, let me explain how the inks work differently.  With plastisol inks, there is virtually no solvent and adequate heat is required to cure and set the ink.  Water based inks contain solvents, often times including water, which must be evaporated to set the print.  Since water based inks are susceptible to drying out, they cannot be reused like plastisol inks and are more expensive.  The benefit, however, is that the dye can penetrate deeper into the fabric and deposit the color while producing that softer touch that is so desirable.  Plastisol inks only remain on the surface and become rigid after curing.

Contract discharge printing is just an extension of water based ink screen printing where a discharge agent has been added to the ink.  Discharge printing works by removing the preexisting color from the garment via the discharge agent.  If you tint the ink containing the discharge agent, you can simultaneously take out the old color and input your own new color!  So, in the battle of plastisol inks versus water based and discharge inks, there is not clear winner.  It all depends on your customization needs and aspirations.  If you work with us at AMBRO Manufacturing, you won’t have to choose because we can offer you both!  You can contact us to place and order, or to find out more about our company, by email or by calling us at (908) 806-8337.

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Custom Screen Printing Hats

Custom Screen Printing Hats

Most of the time when we think about hats that have logos on them we think of embroidered logos on the hats. But hats do not only have to be embroidered with a logo they can be custom screen printing hats as well. You can create custom screen printing hats of your own if you would like to. You may have seen custom screen printing hats before but have never realized that they were screen printed. One of the most popular hats to get screen printed are known as the trucker hats. Trucker hats are great for screen printing on because they have a smooth surface on the front and are very tall. But you can do custom screen printing hats on hats other than trucker hats.

Custom Screen Printing Hats

Here at AMBRO Manufacturing we can do custom screen printing hats for you. We have all of the necessities to provide you with custom screen printing hats. One thing to remember when you choose to do custom screen printing hats is that you can only screen print a logo onto hats that is 2” high or smaller. If you go higher than 2” high when doing custom screen printing hats you will lose half of your logo because it will not print onto the hats. The great thing about custom screen printing hats is that they are customized by you. You get to choose what style hats you would like your custom screen printing hats to be, you also get to choose the color or colors of that hats you would like to use for your custom screen printing hats. You also get to choose what you would like screen printed onto the hats.

So if you would like to get some custom screen printing hats please feel free to email us or give us a call here at AMBRO Manufacturing at (908) 806-8337.

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