Discharge Screen Printing

Discharge Screen Printing

So let’s talk screen printing.  Firstly, what is it?  Screen printing, at a glance, is applying ink to the surface of a garment through silk screens.  The screens have designs etched out in an emulsion that covers the holes in the mesh.  Once all the layers of the design have been applied, the garment can be dried and it is ready to hit the market.  If you’ve been researching around, you might have heard about discharge screen printing.  You may be wondering what that might be and how it is different than other screen printing.

Discharge Screen Printing

Originally, practically all screen printing was done with plastisol inks.  Plastisol inks are made from PVC and contain virtually no solvent, which means that they won’t dry up when left exposed to the air.  They are user-friendly inks that can be re-used over and over again with no degradation in quality.  For some, however, the ‘hand’ that plastisol inks leave behind is unappealing.  Also prints printed with plastisol inks cannot be ironed as it will re-melt the ink.  Luckily, screen printing with plastisol inks isn’t the only option around anymore.  With discharge screen printing, you can get a whole new look for you custom goods.

Discharge screen printing is a method of printing that uses water-based inks to create the image.  The ink is specially formulated to remove the existing color in the garment, the ‘discharge’ step, and then apply a new color in its place.  This method leaves behind a very soft ‘hand’ which many people like for their prints.  If you are interested in having your own custom discharge screen printing projects done, I urge you to come visit us at AMBRO Manufacturing.  You can contact us to place an order, or to find out more about our company and services, by email or by calling us at (908) 806-8337.

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Scented Tees

Scented Tees

Novelty items are great way to generate interest amongst consumers because the allure lasts just long enough to pull them in for a sale.  It is for this reason that novelty items generally have some kind of hook to pull you in.  They must be interesting, quirky, or flashy enough to want to purchase them for display or shock value.  In the custom garment decoration world, scented tees are just like that; they have that ‘hanger appeal’ that causes a person to walk over and check it out.  Scented tees feature prints that have your own custom selected scent.

If you’ve never heard of scented tees before, well then, that’s perfect!  Scented tees couldn’t be a novelty product if everyone already knew about them.  Part of their appeal is that they are relatively rare to find so a customer is going to want to grab it while they are still in stock.  At AMBRO Manufacturing, we can offer our clients their own custom scented tees.  You can choose from a stock list of scents or if you have something special in mind, a custom fragrance can be mixed up for you as well.  The way it works is pretty simple; just think of a scented print as a sheet of bubble wrap where each of the bubbles is filled with a fragrance.  As you wear your scent printed garment the little bubbles naturally pop, slowly releasing the fragrance continuously throughout the day.

Scented tees will eventually lose their potency after many washes, but until then you will be sporting a unique garment.  Scented tees are great for promotional material, especially if you are trying to sell fragrances or beauty care products.  You can contact us at AMBRO Manufacturing to place an order, or to find out more about our company, by email or by calling us at (908) 806-8337.

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