Water Based Printing Inks

Water Based Printing Inks

You can start printing softer prints today if you switch to printing with water based printing inks.  People get custom screen printing every day and a lot of the time they are using plastisol inks to do so.  Plastisol inks are nice because the excess ink can easily be reclaimed to be used again which helps keep the cost low.  They won’t dry up since they don’t contain a solvent, but there is a drawback to this property since they need to be cured to set permanently.  When you cure a plastisol ink it stiffens up and when you’re dealing with a lot of ink coverage it can make a garment feel heavy and bulky. Water based printing inks don’t have that problem so you can get super soft hand on your own custom prints.

Water Based Printing Inks

Water based printing inks are formulated with a solvent, usually water, which means you can’t reuse them like plastisol inks, but the tradeoff is in the quality of the print.  Water based printing inks are thinner and penetrate more into the garment while leaving behind a soft hand. The water based inks take on the feel of the garment you’re printing on so it’s perfect for professional fashion applications where quality is key.  You’ll be able to offer fantastic prints that feel top of the line which is sure to please your customers!

If you are curious about what you can do with water based printing inks, you only need to reach out to one of our representatives and we’ll be able to guide you from there.  At AMBRO Manufacturing, we offer our services remotely so you can coordinate your orders over the phone or through email without ever needing to step foot out of your home or office. You can easily contact us to place an order, or to find out more about our company and all of the customization services we have to offer, by email or by giving us a call at (908) 806-8337.

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Dye Sublimation

Dye Sublimation

Have you ever seen a print on a tee shirt that takes up the entire front and back of the garment? If you have and are wondering how it is made then I will be able to help you out. There are many screen printing companies around that can print tee shirts very easily, but there are few that can make an all over printed tee shirt. AMBRO Manufacturing is one of those companies that can make all over prints.

Dye Sublimation

We have been in business for over 30 years and keep moving in the direction of doing all over prints. One of our techniques to print tee shirts this was is through dye sublimation. The process of printing this way is a bit different from normal screen printing. Dye sublimation is a technique that when the ink hits the fabric it will turn into a vaper and get dyed into the fabric when heat is applied. The design can have a range of full colors. It must be high resolution and large enough in scale, so that when we size it to the actual garment it will not print blurry or pixelated.

With any dye sublimation printing, the garment must be white and 100% polyester. This is like painting on a wall; you always need primer first before you apply the color so that it will be bright. Having a white shirt will allow the colors in the design to be bright and saturated. Not only can we use dye sublimation for shirts, but we can also print on the front, back, and sides of socks.

Come to AMBRO Manufacturing to get your apparel printed with dye sublimation and you will never want to print another way again. You can give us a call any time at (908) 806 8337 or you can email us and we will get back to you with anything you may need to know.

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