Screen printing inks

Currently, we can find 3 types of Screen printing inks that are widely used, but this does not mean they are the only Screen printing inks available. We will focus on inks for textiles.

Screen printing inks can be divided into two categories:

- Water Based
- Solvent Based

Water-based printing inks are Textile Lacquers and Acramina Inks. The first is used for dark garments as it completely covers the garment, and the second is used for screen printing light garments as it dyes the fabric.

We recommend always working with screen printing inks Green Earth and Space, both are latest generation water-based lacquers.

Solvent-based inks are called Plastisol; they are paints that do not dry on the mesh and must be cured at high temperature in a special drying oven or with a heat press. These inks use solvents and are therefore more toxic than textile inks.