Tips For Nylon Printing
August 26, 2011 at 2:25 pm 1 comment
Recently we’ve received several inquiries on how to print on Nylon. Here are some quick tips from Ed Branigan, our Print Applications Manager:
- Nylon fabrics can shrink when heated, so pre-shrink the fabric by running the garment through the dryer just before it’s printed. However, some nylons are blends, so be sure to heat-test a production sample to ascertain that the fabric can withstand the heat needed to cure the ink (at least 320 F).
- Since nylon is made of synthetic fibers that don’t absorb the ink, use ink that is specifically formulated for printing on nylon (like International Coatings’ 900 or 9000 Series) along with a catalyst (900 Catalyst). The catalyst creates a chemical bond to adhere the ink to the nylon fibers.
- If printing multiple colors, be sure to flash in-between each color.
Also visit International Coatings’ How To webpage to read more about nylon and nylon printing on our page entitled: The Basics Of The Nylon Jacket.
International Coatings manufactures a complete line of screen printing inks, including a wide variety of whites, specialty inks, special effects inks, color matching systems, additives and reducers. For more information on our products, please visit our website at www.iccink.com.
International Coatings: Is Everywhere You Want To Be
Entry filed under: Uncategorized. Tags: 900 catalyst, 900 series, 900 series nylon, 900 series nylon inks, 9000 series color matching inks, 9000 series nylon color mixing system, 9000 series nylong color matching inks, Ed Branigan, how to print on nylon, iccink, iccink.com, inks, inks for nylon printing, international coatings, international coatings 9000 series, international coatings 9000 series nylon color matching inks, nylon print techniques, nylon printing, nylon printing techniques, print techniques, printing, printing on nylon, screen print nylon, screen printing, screen printing inks, screen printing on nylon, special effects, special effects inks, special effects printing, textile screen printing, textile screen printing inks, tips for nylon printing, tips for printing on nylon.
1. Specialist Printing Article: The Behaviour Of Nylon « International Coatings Blog | October 24, 2011 at 12:15 pm
[...] a lot of inquiries regarding Nylon printing and how to print on nylon jackets. We have posted a blog on nylon printing before, but now Ed Branigan just had a more detailed article published in the latest Specialist [...]