Sublimation Clothing Printing

Sublimation Clothing Printing

If you’re a scientist, then you’ve probably heard about sublimation before.  If you’re a custom garment designer, you might have heard about sublimation clothing printing.  Is there any connection?  How are these two worlds unified by sublimation? Well, it’s all got to do with using modern technology to create custom fashions!  If you’d like to learn more about custom sublimation clothing printing and how you can get it, stick around and let us at AMBRO Manufacturing tell you all about it.

Sublimation Clothing Printing

So the burning question is: How does it work?  Dye sublimation printing starts with digital artwork at a high resolution.  Using a dye sublimation printer, your artwork is printed onto a heat transfer sheet with specially formulated dyes.  These dyes are meant to convert directly from a solid into a gas, known as sublimation, when subjected to high heat and pressure.  The transfer sheet containing the artwork is then placed onto the fabric in preparation for heat pressing.  Together the transfer sheet and garment will be heat pressed for a brief time to enable the transfer.

Unlike other methods of printing, for example screen printing, sublimation clothing printing actually results in the dyes being absorbed and bonded to the material itself, not just lying on the surface.  This means your prints feel only like the fabric and they are weightless to boot!  All over coverage prints are superb with sublimation clothing printing for that exact reason!  So if you are interested in custom sublimation clothing printing and you’d like to get started on a project of your own, you can come to us at AMBRO Manufacturing.  You can easily contact us to place an order, or to find out more about our company and our customization services, by email or by giving us a call at (908) 806-8337.

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Water Based Discharge Printing

Water Based Discharge Printing

Would you like your custom printed clothing to have the softest feel?  Most custom screen printing is done with plastisol inks and though they do the job, sometimes it can be a bit ‘tough’.  Plastisol inks don’t contain a solvent, so in order for them to set, you need to put them through a drying process.  The heat causes the ink to stiffen up while it dries and for some all over designs and multi-color designs, that can be irritating.  So what do you do if you want screen printing, but also want it to be lightweight and soft to the touch?  You get water based discharge printing!

Water Based Discharge Printing

Water based discharge printing is a form of screen printing that uses a different type of ink altogether to get the job done.  Water based inks, as denoted in the name, typically use water as a solvent.  In order to set these types of prints, the solvent must evaporate instead of cure like with plastisol inks.  What that means for your prints is that they are much more flexible and not tough at all.  The inks are less viscous which means that you can print over seams more easily, which makes water based inks perfect for all over and wrap around printing.

Now you may be thinking, where does the ‘discharge’ factor into the printing?  Well, with an added discharge agent to the water based ink, you have water based discharge printing!  The discharge agent is responsible for removing the pre-existing color in a garment and which is replaced by the color of your choice.  If you would be interested in trying out custom water based discharge printing, you can come to AMBRO Manufacturing where we can provide our garment decoration services to you.  If you would like to place an order, or if you would like to learn more about our company and customization services, you can contact us by email or by calling us at (908) 806-8337.

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