Opaque

Applications

This ink is specifically designed for screen painting, stencil and carved plate printing techniques. It can also be applied with a paintbrush or pipette.

It is a covering ink, designed for direct printing on dark clothes made from natural or mixed fibers.

Properties

  • This ink allows very fine and detailed printing. Its touch is nearly imperceptible, even though it has a very good covering power.
  • It is quite resistant to light exposure and rubbing.
  • The Opaque White is easy to use, screens and tools are only to be washed with soapy water and jet of water. Beware though if you leave the ink exposed to air too long: it might dry up or get too thick.
  • This products is nearly odorless and contains no dangerous solvent and no lead or heavy metal compounds.
  • As with all of our products, it will not work on synthetic fiber.

Instructions for use

All our colored Opaque Inks may be mixed with each other, so you may create an infinite number of new shades (you may mix with Transparent ink, but it will lessen the covering power of Opaque ink). To lighten a color, you may mix some Opaque Base with your Opaque ink

If the ink has gotten to thick, add some water very slowly while mixing until normal consistency has been reached (beware, this ink gets fluid very quickly).

Fixing the color will be obtained, after complete drying, with a hot iron (5mn in cotton position, without vapor). If you have one, use a heating tunnel (3mn at 160°C). Note that colors brighten when dry.

On very dark material, to obtain a good covering, print a white layer first and dry it before you print other colors (or a second white layer).

48h after a good fixing, colors will resist in machine washing less or equal to 40°C.

See also our Tips and Tricks.

Colors: see our color panel.

Price and packaging: see our price list, in Pacific Francs (XPF) and Euros (EUR).

Availability: on order only. This product is normally manufactured within two working days.