Primer – 10-PP Wipe Primer for Polypropylene

Printcolor 10-PP chemical wipe primer to promote pad and screen ink adhesion on untreated Polypropylene.

The official technical stuff from Printcolor
Printcolor Series 10-PP is a chemical wipe primer for use on polypropylene (PP) to achieve adhesion of pad and screen printing inks. It is an effective and inexpensive method of treating short run jobs, or items that are difficult to pretreat by corona or flame. 10-PP primer can be used in combination with Printcolor screen printing ink Series 630, Series 640, Series 650 and Series 665 and with pad printing ink Series 750, Series 752, Series 754 and Series 784. Ink should be mixed with the thinner and hardener ratio described in the relevant technical data sheets.

Printcolor 10-PP chemical primer is receptive to printing for days, months and years after application provided the dried primer film is stable. While it will not loose its priming effect over time, it is recommended that parts are printed within a few days of treatment in order to avoid damage to the primer film by chemicals or mechanical abrasion. The primed plastic can be printed as soon as the solvent carrier has evaporated from the primer, leaving a dry film. 10-PP is formulated with a fast solvent so your part can be printed within seconds of being primed.  Refer to the Technical Information and 10-PP MSDS documents for more details.

What we say about Printcolor 10-PP
Printcolor 10-PP is a convenient method of treating short run PP jobs, pre-filled product containers, bulky items or those with irregular surfaces that make flame and corona treatment difficult. It is also an excellent option for high gloss dark plastics that tend to mark or cloud from corona and flame treatment. 10-PP is simply wiped on to the product surface and allowed to dry before printing. 10-PP primer does not alter the plastic or the ink, but leaves a thin film of chlorinated resin on the surface with which the ink can chemically bond, creating an adhesion bridge between the PP surface and ink.

Other brands of primers are based on volatile solvents that evaporate quickly, forcing you to soak your priming cloth frequently during application. This not only creates fumes an slows production but uses a lot of solution, and that cost you money. Printcolor 10-PP is formulated on milder solvents with a moderate rate of evaporation making it easy to use, while allowing a rapid prime and print cycle.

Printcolor 10-PP will not change the appearance of the cured ink, nor is the primer visible on the surface of the product once it has dried. Printcolor 700-PP does not work with polyethylene (PE) and may produce varied results on plastics containing high quantities of fillers and/or recycled content, or slip agents. We recommend testing prior to production to confirm adhesion performance on your product.

The good oil from our trade print room

• We always carry out and ink test on new products before print production, even those with the recycle symbol ‘5 PP’.
• 10-PP should be applied as a thin film using a soft cloth soaked with primer and wiped across the print area.
• If you clean a misprint from the product, you will need to re-apply 10-PP to the plastic.
• We are happy to carry out ink tests on your product for you so you can sure 10-PP works before you buy it!

Printcolor Series 533 UV “Low Migration”

533 TExt

Printcolor Series 660 “Nylobag”

Printcolor 660 is a two component multi purpose ink for printing synthetic and natural textiles and fabrics.

Upgrade to Printcolor high performance Series 660 if you are using Sericol Nylobag NB or Nylotex NX, Marabu Maraflor TK, or Proell Noripol.

The official technical stuff from Printcolor
Printcolor 660 is a highly opaque, two component multi purpose screen printing printing ink for synthetic fabrics, natural textiles and soft surfaces. The high quality of raw materials used in the formulation of 660 makes it suitable where extreme mechanical, UV or chemical resistance is needed. It is based on different polyester and acrylic-resins that give it the stable gloss finish essential for outdoor applications.

A highly opaque screen printing ink for industrial and graphic applications on a wide range of synthetics like polyamide (eg nylon), polyester materials (eg trevira), and blended fabrics with both synthetic and natural components, mostly cotton. Series 660 is suited to most common fabric articles (bags, ties, umbrellas, etc.), textiles (shirts, overalls, sportswear), sun blinds, flags, pennants and sails. Printcolor 660 can also be effective on difficult materials such as synthetic rubbers, TPE, soft touch surfaces, soft PVC and different urethanes and the manufacturing of fabric labels in the thermo transfer process. Refer to the Technical Information and Series 660 MSDS documents for more details.

What we say about Printcolor 660
Printcolor 660 is a versatile screen ink that performs well on textile and flexible substrates like umbrellas and tote bags tagless T-shirt branding, brief cases and travel bags. It also produces excellent results on difficult materials such as synthetic rubbers, soft PVC and urethane coatings making it perfect for pad printing leather products (real and synthetic), stress toys and soft touch coatings.

Hardener: addition ratio of 10:1 700-HDA hardener
Thinner: 700-017 thinner – addition ratio 10 – 15% by weight
Retarder liquid: 700-018 universal retarder – addition ratio 10 – 15% by weight
Retarder paste: 660-06 retarder paste – addition ratio 5 – 10% by weight
Screen Mesh: 43-80 Y PW PET 1000 up to 120-34 Y PW PET 1000

The good oil from our trade print room

• We use Printcolor 660 a lot  on compendiums because it sticks to both real leather and synthetics so you don’t have to guess what the substrate is.
• An excellent ink for branding tagless T-shirts producing a flexible, highly durable print that will stand up to many washes.
• 660 regularly surprises us by sticking to rubbery, slick coatings that look and feel unprintable. It’s a finish that is increasing used on designer consumer items which we are presented with more and more, so we keep a couple of 660 colours in the print room as back-up.
• Using 660-06 as a retarder paste to keep the screen open will prevent bleeding of the printed image on fabrics, and when combined with a flash and the right retarder and thinners ratio will allow handling of a synthetic fabric product such as an umbrella very soon after printing which saves space in the shop (a BIG problem with umbrella printing!).

Mixing recipes available in the Printcolor Colour Mix Calculator – here

Retarder – 018 Medium

Printcolor 018 is a medium retarder for screen and pad print inks.

The official technical stuff from Printcolor
Printcolor 018 is medium retarder suitable for use in all Printcolor screen and pad solvent inks. Evaporation time of the whole system can be slowed by adding 018 retarder. Retarder slows evaportation time of the system, lengthening working time of the print cycle and better release from the screen when operating under extreme operational conditions (elevated heat or humidity for example). Printcolor 018 is formulated from solvents chosen to minimise chemical attack on squeegee. Its gentle wear on urethane blades  will extend squeegee life and performance.

Retarding evaporation will assist to keep screens open but may lengthens touch-dry time on the substrate, for this reason adding more than 10% of Printcolor 018 (by weight) is not advisable under normal printing conditions. In such cases a combined use of thinners and retarders is the best way to optimise ink flow and transfer.

What we say about Printcolor 018 retarder
It is not a paint thinner, nor is it a generic slow thinner. Printcolor 018 is specifically formulated to retard ink used for pad and screen printing applications. Printcolor 018 retarder is Quality Assured to ISO 9002 Standards and offers the best value for money on the market.

Printcolor 700-018 is a universal retarder for pad and screen printing inks used to slow evaporation of solvent from the ink layer where more working time required. A maximum addition of 10% by weight is recommended, over dosing with retarder may cause printing problems and inhibit hardener curing. 700-018 is best combined with 017 medium to achieve correct ink consistency for printing.

Available in 1L cans.

The good oil from our trade print room

• Adding small amounts of 700-018 is useful where the ink drys too quickly, closing in the screen. This can be an issue in process colour screens and half tone prints, images with very fine detail or when using a fine mesh screen.
• Used in combination with Printcolor 017 thinner, small additions of 700-018 will help control drying speed of faster ink types without having to thin them to a watery consistency.

Retarder – 10-03432 Very Slow

Printcolor 018 is a medium retarder for screen and pad print inks.

The official technical stuff from Printcolor
Printcolor 10-03432 is a very slow retarder developed for use in adverse high temperature / air flow printing environments in which it is difficult to keep screens open and transferring a clean shape image.  Printcolor 10-03432 retarder is a specific mixture of solvents with an extremely slow evaporation rate and is usually used in conjunction with a standard thinner such as Printcolor 017 to maintain optimum printing conditions.  A maximum addition of 10% by weight is recommended in combination with a medium thinner to obtain the desired ink consistency.

Refer to the Technical Information and 018 MSDS documents for more details.

What we say about Printcolor 10-03432 very slow retarder
It is not a paint thinner, nor is it a generic slow thinner. Printcolor 01-03432 is specifically formulated to retard ink used in screen printing applications. Printcolor 01-03432 retarder is Quality Assured to ISO 9002 Standards and offers the best value for money on the market.

Printcolor 10-03432 is a universal retarder for pad and screen printing inks used to slow evaporation of solvent from the ink layer in adverse production conditions or where more working time required. A maximum addition of 10% by weight is recommended, over dosing with retarder may cause printing problems and inhibit hardener curing and drying or the ink layer.  Printcolor 10-03432 is best combined with Printcolor 017 medium thinner to achieve correct ink consistency for screen printing.

Available in 1L bottles.

The good oil from our trade print room

• It’s important to remember that 10-03432 is not for thinning ink to printing consistency, it’s for slowing evaporation to give more working time in the screen.