Water Based T Shirt Printing

Water Based T Shirt Printing

For most custom printing needs, plastisol inks will suffice.  Screen printing with plastisol inks is very common in the apparel decoration world because it’s easy and affordable.  Plastisol inks contain virtually no solvent so they are not susceptible to drying out in the open air.  Since they won’t dry up you can leave them on the screen and reclaim at will for reuse which keeps costs low.  However, as with anything, there are drawbacks involved.  When plastisol inks are dried, they stiffen up and the more ink you have on the shirt, the heavier it feels.  For some designs or garments, plastisol inks don’t have a noticeable effect, but that’s not going to be true for them all.

Water Based T Shirt Printing

Water based T shirt printing is a different way of screen printing because the inks don’t behave the same way.  With water based T shirt printing you get much softer prints due to the low viscosity inks.  Since water based inks contain a solvent, which is generally water, they are susceptible to drying out and thus each batch must be mixed for one-time use.  The tradeoff is that the ink is capable of penetrating deeper into the garment, which is ideal for all over printing that goes across raised seams.  Also you are free to work with lightweight and flowy-style garments because you don’t need to worry about heavy plastisol prints.

You can even use water based T shirt printing to remove the existing color and put in your own custom color in one step by adding a discharge agent to the ink mixture.  If you are curious about all that you can do with water based T shirt printing, you can come to AMBRO Manufacturing to find out more.  You can contact us to place an order, or to speak with a representative, by email or by calling us at (908) 806-8337.

Custom T-shirt Screen Printing

Custom T-shirt Screen Printing

Are you planning a party for your child and looking for something to give to the kids then goodie bags? Or maybe you’re having your annual block party and looking for something to give to everyone that attends? Why not get something custom t-shirt screen printing done? What is custom t-shirt screen printing you might ask? Well I will give you a little background on it. Screen printing is the printing process where screens in frames are coated with a photosensitive emulsion, dried with a light, and then burned with the artwork. Once that is done the screens are ready to be loaded up onto the press and covered with ink. Custom is when you design your own artwork or design to go onto the t-shirt.

Custom T-shirt Screen Printing

There are many different shirts and shirt colors to choose from as well as different ink colors. You can customize your t-shirt any way you like. You can get the front, back, sleeve, and right or left chest screen printed. For example say you were planning your annual block party, and this year you wanted to give everyone who showed up something to thank them for coming year after year. You can get them all custom t-shirts! You can get black shirts with a design that says “(Your Names) 5th Annual Block party! 2015” in 2 separate lines with a picture underneath of your choosing in let say white ink or if you wanted you can do 2 colors. Have the writing in white and the picture or design in another.

Another example is say you just opened up a hair salon and wanted to give your new customers something that will get that to come back again and bring in more customers, you can get t-shirts with your store name and design on it as well as the phone number and address. Like I’ve said before there are many different ideas you can come up with for custom t-shirt screen printing. if you would like to learn more or order your very own call (908) 806-8337 or email us today.

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