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Want soft-hand prints? Print with water-based inks. 

Well, water-based printing isn't accessible to every printer. Luckily, there are some things you can do to make your plastisol prints softer. Between the inks you choose to use, the garments you're printing on, and to the available ink additives, achieving soft plastisol prints is possible. Let's take a look to see how to accomplish this goal. 

As a year ends and another begins many of us reflect on what it is and why we spend our lives working towards, chasing, believing, and dreaming. Wh...

You may have heard or seen us say that, despite being pricier, Wilflex inks end up saving you money.  And in theory, that’s great!  But, how does it work in practice?  You may be familiar with the idea of ROI, or Return on Investment.  We’re going to talk about Wilflex’s ROI, or Return on Ink. […]

 

There’s no doubt that ring spun cotton is a better printing surface, but when it comes down to it, most printers will ended up with carded cotton tees. They’re more accessible and cheaper, even if they’re not as smooth to print on. Don’t fret, though! Getting smooth, soft prints on carded cotton t-shirts is well […]

 

When creating inks, PolyOne, the parent company of Wilflex, bases their testing on five key performance indicators that they call, “Simpli5.”  Let’s talk about the Simpli5 details of our newly updated Wilflex Epic Perfect White. Performance in Bucket How the ink performs before it even leaves the bucket is a very important factor in […]

 

With so many white inks out there on the market, it’s sometimes hard to tell which white is the right white for the job you’re trying to do. In our last blog post, we introduced a new White Ink Comparison chart that we created to help differentiate the white plastisol inks we currently have available, […]

 

About a year ago, Ryonet made the decision to switch ink manufacturers from International Coatings to Wilflex.  This was neither an easy nor quick decision, but ultimately, we wanted to help bring higher quality inks into more shops. At the time, we introduced a versatile white ink called Epic Low Bleed White.  It was […]

 

Have you ever found yourself struggling to maintain the opacity and vibrancy of your print when printing plastisol inks on dark garments? Many times, you either need to do a print-flash-print, or you have to slap an underbase down before you can get to your real design.  Otherwise, you risk your design seeming faded or […]

 

Check out HD Clear from Wilflex and other great screen printing supplies here: https://goo.gl/Vq0bhK Transcript: Hey Screen Printers, in this screen printing instructional video we are going to show you how to use Wilflex’s Epic HD Clear as a Foil Adhesive for screen print foil transfers. We have found and verified from expert printers such […]