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With the continued growth of polyester and blended fabrics, screen printers may face challenges when choosing the right ink for each garment type, including overcoming dye migration and achieving a softer hand-feel. The dyes used in most polyester fabrics can migrate into printed ink surfaces when cured at the standard (320℉/160℃) temperatures, resulting in discolored prints.
These inks are formulated to cure at a lower temperature to minimize the opportunity for dye-migration, while also lowering energy consumption, lowering production space temperatures, and preventing shrinkage of heat-sensitive fabrics. This an ideal ink for use on garments that are prone to bleed.
The new and improved Union Ink Gen 2 low cure inks are creamy with improved printability, offering a softer hand and a matte finish with an improved fiber mat-down. They also afford finer control when printing onto unpredictable fabrics.
Union Gen 2 low cure, low bleed inks are designed for cotton/poly blends as well as 100% polyester. This series offers multiple under base options including Grey Blocker for faster flashing, Black Blocker for dye sublimated garments, UPLC1071 Low Cure Poly-White designed for use on 100% polyester with excellent bleed resistance, and UPLC1073 Low Cure/ Low Bleed Polar White designed for use on cotton/poly blends with an excellent mat down. In addition to a full offering of popular athletic team colors, there is a low cure viscosity reducer: K2912 Viscosity Buster LC.
This flexible temperature range/high opacity series allows printers to lower dryer temperatures when the dye instability of the garment demands it, and affords the option to cure at standard temperatures when sharing a belt with garments coming off of other presses.
Low cure plastisol color and barrier inks with bleed blocking properties
Union Ink™ UPLC Gen 2 Sport Colors PIB (English)
Union Ink™ UPLC Gen 2 Sport Colors PIB (English)
Union Ink UPLC Gen 2 Low Cure Barrier Grey and Black PIB (English)
Union Ink Gen 2 Low Cure UPLC1550 Barrier Grey and UPLC8550 Barrier Black product information bulletins
Union Ink UPLC1071 Poly-White PIB (English)
Union Ink UPLC1071 Poly-White product information bulletin
Union Ink UPLC1073 Gen 2 Sport LC LB Polar White (English)
Union Ink UPLC1073 Gen 2 Sport LC LB Polar White product information bulletin