Soft Print

How can I achieve a soft hand feel to my print when I'm printing white over a large surface area of a red garment?

Matt Borchert said about 11 months ago

Discharge or water based inks.
Craig Robson said about 11 months ago

if you are dead set on using plastisol you can get a thinner for it to increase the softhand feel.
Yellowdog said about 11 months ago

Water based all the way.
Stactory said about 11 months ago

I have some finesse base, I just don't know how much to mix and what the coverage will be like. As far as water based, the problem I have with it is that it washes out after only a couple washes. Discharge would be the preferred route, but I don't have any on hand and I need to print asap. I guess I will mix some finesse base with the white and use a higher mesh screen and just print it 3 times.
Craig Robson said about 11 months ago

do you run a printing company?

Matt Borchert said about 11 months ago

Stactory said:I have some finesse base, I just don't know how much to mix and what the coverage will be like. As far as water based, the problem I have with it is that it washes out after only a couple washes. Discharge would be the preferred route, but I don't have any on hand and I need to print asap. I guess I will mix some finesse base with the white and use a higher mesh screen and just print it 3 times.

Waterbased inks for apparel shouldn't wash out. They will fade over time as opposed to the cracking that you get with plastisol...but washing out should never happen when done properly.