How to make my ink semi transparent
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:41 am
Hi,
Firstly would like to thank you immensely. We just started up our screen printing business, and using your exposure unit and videos, we have achieved great results thus far burning our screens!
To the question,
We would like to emulate the ink style of a company that we frequently buy shirts from called Buy Me Brunch. They use tri blend shirts for the heathered look, and the heathered look itself shows through the ink; which is very thin on the shirt and very transparent. I will attach a picture below if I can to show the style. My question is, can we reproduce this look with plastisol? (I have tried on a 230 mesh screen and used 5% curable reducer) however the black plastisol I used was not even milky after I added the curable reducer, so I was not surprised when it still came out 100% opaque. From reading around, I am debating on purchasing a soft hand additive, and using that as the main source, while adding small amount of plastisol to it, until I reach the color shade I want and transparency. Can anyone shed any insight on this style of printing? (The ink feel on the buy me brunch shirts is so thin it can barely be felt. From the inside of the shirt, you can't tell there is ink on the opposite side.)
Firstly would like to thank you immensely. We just started up our screen printing business, and using your exposure unit and videos, we have achieved great results thus far burning our screens!
To the question,
We would like to emulate the ink style of a company that we frequently buy shirts from called Buy Me Brunch. They use tri blend shirts for the heathered look, and the heathered look itself shows through the ink; which is very thin on the shirt and very transparent. I will attach a picture below if I can to show the style. My question is, can we reproduce this look with plastisol? (I have tried on a 230 mesh screen and used 5% curable reducer) however the black plastisol I used was not even milky after I added the curable reducer, so I was not surprised when it still came out 100% opaque. From reading around, I am debating on purchasing a soft hand additive, and using that as the main source, while adding small amount of plastisol to it, until I reach the color shade I want and transparency. Can anyone shed any insight on this style of printing? (The ink feel on the buy me brunch shirts is so thin it can barely be felt. From the inside of the shirt, you can't tell there is ink on the opposite side.)