As we mentioned in an earlier article, Promotional Products Plus of Calgary, are doing great things with Wilflex Oasis discharge inks. Here Kathleen is showing two of their designs. Besides being on the edge graphically, the prints have a really soft hand, something that the current apparel market is demanding.
The ”Rib Cage” design that she is wearing has been discharged to reveal the natural colour of the garment before it was dyed. The red and the liquid silver aspects of the design were printed stright down over the top of the Wilflex Oasis Plascharge ink in the first screen after it had been flashed. The images that we have here do not do the silver and red justice; both are bright and vibrant, much more so than the images show.
Rob Riddell says that the Wilflex Oasis Plascharge in the first screen was printed through 156 mesh. The Wilflex red in the second screen was printed through 156 mesh and the Wilflex Liquid Silver was printed through 110 mesh. All were just single hits. The image below will give you a closer look.
We should add a quick reminder that screens used for discharge printing should be coated with Ulano’s QT Discharge emulsion.
The second shirt, the one that Kathleen is holding, is a soft white print on black. This can be achieved in a number of ways. For printers without gas dryers, we recommend a 50/50 mixture of Wilflex MX White and Wilflex Oasis Plascharge and 6% Wilflex Oasis Discharge Activator added just prior to printing. Rob says that this one was hit twice in a hit/flash/hit sequence through 110 mesh.
Now all of this can be done without stinking the place out with a rotten egg smell and without dealing with the formaldehyde and heavy metals associated with other discharge systems. If you want to know more about printing with Wilflex’s Oasis discharge system call Screenflex toll-free at 1-800-661-7766 or email info@screenflex.ca and ask for the very cool “Coloured-hair flyer” that describes the Wiflex Oasis platisol discharge system.
Want to see more of Promotional Products Plus discharge designs? Check out their web site at www.logoitplus.com If for some reason you don’t want to do discharge printing but would like to have some done (particularly large format prints in limited numbers) Rob and Riley would be happy to talk to you. Their contact information is on their web site.