By edarby on
Sep. 15, 2011
Hello All,
First time post. I have a silk screen job placing a name on logo on a nonwoven, recyclable bag. Similar to what you would use for food shopping. I attempted last evening to cure the plastisol ink and the bag melted. suggestions?
I was informed that a low cure additive/or performance ink would work. Reducing the cure temp to 290 and speed up the conveyor. The job is a simple one color image
Does this sound correct?
Thank you,
Eric
Re: nonwoven recyclable bags
Hey Eric.
Contact Nazdar http://www.nazdar.com/
They have the proper ink for this application and they are extremely knowledgeable.
Good luck with it, I'm sure you'll get a handle on it and they'll turn out nice.
Paul
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Re: nonwoven recyclable bags
Hi Paul,
Thank you for the response.
Regards,
Eric
Re: nonwoven recyclable bags
You're welcome Eric.
Paul
luxinks.com
http://facebook.com/luxinks
twitter.com/luxinks
924 Calle Negocio
Suite D
San Clemente Calif. 92673
(949) 200.2923
screen printing,t-shirt printing,custom shirt printing,contact screen printing,custom apparel printing,private label,water base,discharge,flock,puff,foil,burnout,garment finishing,fast turnaround,cheap t-shirt printing,great pricing,sublimation printing
Our customer service is outstanding and our quality is superb!
Re: nonwoven recyclable bags
Low temp plastisol or use some regular plastisol with nylon additive, although the additive can give you a limited pot life on the screen before it starts to harden up.
Cure at the max temp you can without melting the bag at all.
Re: nonwoven recyclable bags
You can get "fast-flash" powder addititve. If you hugger or bond e ink then consider adding aerosil powder as thickening agent for better opacity and cleaner less splurgee prints. If you get your rhythm and timing right you can dry with the flash cure, but all non woven bags vary in fabric even between batches, so every time you run a job you can't rely on previous settings, also they come in 80 and 100 gsm fabrics which also vary considerably as can some colours.