What is Discharge Printing

What is Discharge Printing

As there become more and more screen printers around, the ideas and inventions keep broadening. Printing is not the basic one color prints anymore; it has grown to multiple colors as well as new inks and things that you can do with them. Now, instead of always using ink that is thick, there are thinner inks, as well as water based inks. A technique called discharge is one of those water based inks that has become popular amongst consumers.

What is Discharge Printing

What is discharge printing you ask? Pull up a chair, sit back, and let me take you on a journey of how discharge prints are created. Discharge printing is when an ink agent gets mixed into the ink, and when applied to the shirt it will remove the dye of the shirt. Almost as if you accidently bleached a dark shirt it will turn lighter where the bleach hit was. Discharge printing lets you do a vintage “bleach out” method or you can add color to the ink. Overall the print is going to have a soft look that will still be vibrant but not as bright as using plastisol ink would have.

The next time you get a discharged printed shirt; all your friends will wonder where you got it and what it is. Since you would have it, you can tell them all about what is discharge printing and how simple it is to get a shirt like that from AMBRO Manufacturing.

AMBRO Manufacturing is the best place you can come to, to find out more about what is discharge printing. It is only a few steps away that you can get your own discharge printed shirt. You can give us a call any time at (908) 806 8337 or email us and we will get back to you with anything you may need to know about what is discharge printing.

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Water Based Ink Screen Printing

Water Based Ink Screen Printing

Custom screen printing is a world full of options so sometimes it can be overwhelming to find what works for you.  Traditionally, screen printing was done using plastisol inks, which are composed of microscopic solid pigments.  Plastisol inks work very well for printing onto fabrics and they are easily reclaimed to cut down on waste ink, which is a huge money saver.  Some people, however, aren’t in love with how stiff plastisol prints can be, especially with a lot of ink coverage on the fabric.  Luckily for those people, screen printing with water based inks was developed! 

Water based ink screen printing is, as the name suggests, screen printing done using water based inks and the effect it has on the print is profound.  Water based inks are much thinner than plastisol inks which means they leave a softer “hand” to your print.  When you run your hand over the print, you’ll barely be able to feel the ink from the fabric.  Since the ink is much thinner you can print over the seams of a garment without distorting the print, which makes it great for all over T shirt printing!  By adding a discharge agent to the water based ink you can perform a process called discharge printing.  The discharge agent removes the existing color from the fabric and so that the ink can deposit a new color in its place.

So how will you know if water based ink screen printing is right for you?  Why not reach out to us at AMBRO Manufacturing to find out more?  Our support team is always here to answer questions and to help provide guidance so that you can reach the customization goal you want.  We are a contract screen printing, embroidery, and sublimation company so we’ve got the knowledge and ability to meet your printing needs.  If you would like to place an order or find out more about us, you can contact us by email or by calling us at (908) 806-8337.

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