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Blick Water-Base Acrylic Textile Screen Printing Ink

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Blick's inks are made for printing on light-colored T-shirts, and other cotton or cotton blend fabrics, linen, rayon, polyester, and most other synthetics, except nylon.

They are non-toxic, non-flammable, safe for school use. These inks may also be applied with a brush to tennis shoes, tote bags, sweats, etc. and they work well on paper products, too.

We recommend this ink for screened artwork or printmaking. For best results, we strongly recommend pre-washing garments and pre-testing the color before starting a production run.

Recommended screen fabric is 74-124 mesh monofilament or 6XX to 10XX multifilament. After printing, allow to dry, then heat set with a household iron at medium heat for 3 minutes on each side or at 300°F in an oven for 3 minutes. After heat setting, garments are machine washable.

Clean screens and squeegees with soap and water. We recommend using Speedball Diazo Photo Screen Printing Emulsions as a stencil for this ink (for short runs) or solvent-adhering (water-resistant) hand-cut films.

Note — Use this color chart as an approximation of the real color. If exact color matching is necessary, use actual samples of the materials.

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Speedball Diazo Photo Screen Printing Emulsions

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Blick Water-Base Acrylic Textile Screen Printing Ink

3.1

(based on 7 reviews)

57%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Reviewed by 7 customers

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2/28/2012

1.0

Not a good product

By artman

from south texas

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Comments about Blick Water-Base Acrylic Textile Screen Printing Ink:

This ink isn't good on textile or even paper. I burned several of the same screens and tested the Blick Ink on heavyweight paper and on a white t shirt. Both times the ink bled so much that the image of what I was printing was unrecognizable, the text in the image was nonexistent. Then I used the screen again with Permaset Aqua brand ink and the print came out great!!! So the screen was not at fault, it was the Blick Brand Ink.

Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Merchant response: We apologize for the issues you encountered with this product. If you are not completely satisfied with the quality of the merchandise you receive, you are entitled to a full replacement or refund. We ask that you contact our Customer Service Department at 800-723-2787 within 30 days so that the exchange, refund, or credit transaction can be arranged to your satisfaction.

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10/5/2011

4.0

Very good

By Adeline

from Riverside, CA

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Comments about Blick Water-Base Acrylic Textile Screen Printing Ink:

I print on cottons. This product is runnier than Speedball, which takes some getting used to if you are accustomed to Speedball. But it also has a softer hand- which is important to me. I prefer this product to Speedball. The colors are really rich, especially the magenta and cyan. I have had no problems with fading or running.

I just ordered some Permaset to try, so I can't compare those two yet.

1/5/2011

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

2.0

Good for starters but not for pros

By Silk Screener

from Michigan

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Comments about Blick Water-Base Acrylic Textile Screen Printing Ink:

I started out with this textile ink, wanting to produce hand silk screened images from home on t-shirts. I was attracted to it by it's water clean up. I ended up using an oil based Plastisol that the professional t-shirt makers use for a number of reasons. When making numerous shirts the water based Blick textile inks have a tendency to dry in the screen especially if the air is dry, making any kind of screen changes and multiple color applications impossible. Even if a product was made to add to the ink to increase it's wetness in the screen while printing, I'd find this extra step time consuming. I also found that when running test samples compared to the Plastisols, the Plastisols cure better in a shorter period of time and wash better. When producing a number of shirts, all these little steps add up. Since switching to Platisol inks I have nice solid inks that pass the stretch test consistently with no cracking and fading of colors in the wash. Even when cured at the recommended temps, I found the Blick red ink faded & softened. On some shirts I like this distressed, soft look. I would save it for small, special projects for friends or classrooms. Not multiple colors or huge, commercial orders where high quality is essential. I do wish Plastisol would make a great water based ink. Until then I am using an oil based Plastisol.

4/4/2010

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Great Deal

By INK

from Jay Maine

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Comments about Blick Water-Base Acrylic Textile Screen Printing Ink:

Great Colors for Screen Printing..

3/30/2010

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great product

By Marschall

from Hermiston

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Comments about Blick Water-Base Acrylic Textile Screen Printing Ink:

I use for multi-purpose. Works well for all applications. There are no faults found yet.

11/7/2009

(2 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

DO NOT USE THIS FOR POSTERS!

By NODIVISION

from Philadelphia PA

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I'm a poster designer, have been screen printing my own posters for more than 5 years. This was my first time using Blick's acrylic ink. I used the florescent orange right out of the jar and after a few pulls found it to be some of the worst ink I have ever used. Here is why- runny consistency, uneven coating, appears to separate as it dries- almost a "cracking" effect. It dries too quickly in the screenand its also WAY too transparent right out of the jar. Clearly they have skimped on the pigment, maybe if the base they used to mix it was better- it would still be usable. Spend the extra buck and get speedball.

Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Merchant response: Our Textile Screen Printing Ink is designed printing on fabric, so the results on paper will not be as favorable as an ink specifically milled for printing on paper. At Blick we always attempt to provide the best information possible to our customers. If you ever have specific questions regarding our products or how to use them, please contact our Product information department at info@dickblick.com or by calling (800) 933-2542 and our product specialists will be happy to help you with questions about art materials, product applications, and techniques.

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8/10/2009

(2 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

[...]nice product

By robotlove2009

from Spokane Wa

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Comments about Blick Water-Base Acrylic Textile Screen Printing Ink:

product is awesome

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