Screen printing ink for direct printing on natural fabrics, especially cotton as well as synthetic fibres such as polyamide and polyester. Also suitable for polyurethane, leather, synthetic leather, TPU/TPE (thermoplastic urethanes or elastomer) and rubber.
Combined with suitable printable hot melt adhesives TZ is also suitable for the production of textile transfers.
- With hardener SVC/H: Glass (mainly sheet glass), ceramics, duroplastics, metals and chromium-plated surfaces.
- With hardenerZ/H: Thermoplastics, especially pre-treated polyolefines, i.e. polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (HD-PE, LD-PE), PMMA (acrylic glass), polyamide (PA), cellulose acetate, various duroplastics as well as metal and coated surfaces.
PROPERTIES
- Screen inks TZ are solvent based screen printing inks. They can be processed as 1-component and (alternatively) as 2-component ink with hardener.
- Processed as 1-component ink TZ dries physically, as 2-component ink physically/chemically-reactive and results in a satin gloss finish.
- Applied on suitable substrates TZ prints are highly elastic and flexible.
- Processing as 2-component ink (=with hardener) is especially recommended for: o prints on difficult substrates, e.g. synthetic fibres o high requirements regarding adhesion and mechanical resistance. o chemical resistance against detergent solutions (60°C) and dry-cleaning.
- TZ inks are suitable for outdoor applications.
- Note: Because of the variety of substrates, pre-tests are essential. The above mentioned substrates, especially synthetic fibres may show different properties due to various types of surface treatments. It is also advised to check efficiency of possibly required pre-treatment of substrates (cleaning/degreasing, flame/corona/plasma treatment) or maybe even post-treatment (flame-drying).
