Discharge T Shirt Printing
Do you like to print custom T shirts? If you do, have you heard of custom discharge T shirt printing? If not, then you don’t know what you’re missing. Typically screen printing is done with plastisol inks because of how easy they are to reclaim and reuse for future projects. They also come in every possible color you can imagine and even with special effects. However, for some people, plastisol inks dry to firm. If you have a lot of ink coverage in your design, you could end up with a pretty stiff and weighty garment. Although, if you had opted for discharge T shirt printing instead, that all over design would be light and soft.
Discharge T Shirt Printing
So what is discharge screen printing, and why does it differ from plastisol ink screen printing? Discharge inks are water based inks that are used for screen printing that contains a special discharge agent. The discharge agent allows you to remove the preexisting dye from the fabric and then deposits your desired color in its place. The process is practically the same, but the ink is the major difference. Water based inks leave behind much softer prints; prints that you can barely feel from the fabric itself. You can also easily get distressed, vintage effects from discharge T shirt printing that look and feel like they’ve been worn in.
Discharge and water based inks typically contain water as the main solvent and as such are susceptible to drying out. This means that usually water based printing is more expensive than standard plastisol screen printing because waste ink cannot be reclaimed. The pay off is in the luxurious print with water based and discharge T shirt printing! If you are interested in our discharge T shirt printing services, or if you would like to know more, you can contact us at AMBRO Manufacturing by email or by giving us a call at (908) 806-8337.