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Union Maxopake Plastisol Ink

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Maxopake Plastisols are an industry standard for printing on dark shirts. They are smooth, creamy, and easy to print.

While primarily used for direct prints on cotton and cotton/synthetic blends, Maxopake Plastisol Inks can be used for transfers if mixed with Extender Base. Multiple strokes may be required when printing by hand. When printing on automatics, the use of a rounded squeegee or other techniques is recommended in order to yield a high deposit.

Maxopake inks will not air dry, and must be heat cured. Inks will fully cure and withstand repeated washings when the entire ink deposit reaches 300°F (149°C). They have excellent washability. Dry cleaning is not recommended.

Maxopake inks come ready to use, but if necessary, reduce with small amounts of Maxopake Reducer/Detackifier. Reducing of the ink may affect the opacity on dark garments.

The best opacity is obtained when printing these inks on 100% cotton garments. For a screen fabric, 74T-110T monofilament polyester is recommended.

Reducer/Detackifier — Every textile screen printer should have ample viscosity reducer on hand.

This reducer from Union Ink Company can be used in any plastisol ink to reduce viscosity. It also reduces opacity when added to high-opacity inks. No more than 1–3 percent by weight should be added to reduce opacity.

This product also contains a special detackifing agent that helps reduce the amount of ink that sticks to the bottom of the screens when printing wet-on-wet. Generally, no more than 10–15 percent by weight should be needed.

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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Union Maxopake Plastisol Ink

4.0

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1/11/2012

4.0

Great coverage on dark fabric

By craigbear

from Ft Myers, FL

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Comments about Union Maxopake Plastisol Ink:

I bought a quart each of bright red and white. Both gave excellent coverage and opaqueness on dark fabric (used on black and navy blue so far). This is really thick stuff - kind of like creamy peanut butter - but gave decent coverage on fairly dense mesh with only medium pressure. Cleanup can be messy, so be sure to buy some press wash as you can't get this stuff off with soap and water! Once properly heat set, though, it is tough and durable. Excellent product!

1/14/2010

5.0

works as advertised

By brainlesly

from McComb MS.

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Comments about Union Maxopake Plastisol Ink:

the product arrived faster than I expected it to.
I used it on dk blue hoodies (10) with not a single misprint
and had tons of the ink left over.
(perhaps enough to do 100 more?)

7/1/2009

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

white and red bleed bad together

By skyart

from cincinnati, oh

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Comments about Union Maxopake Plastisol Ink:

Very Good Ink just don't use white Maxopake with red Maxopake

6/4/2009

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Very thick stuff!

By Jim

from Boston, Ma

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Comments about Union Maxopake Plastisol Ink:

Being a newbie to the silk screen scene I wasn't fully prepared for just how thick some inks were. I would suggest purchasing the thinner along with your order to make this ink easier to work with.

After burning a sub-par screen I was very anxious to see how the ink looked. I made one print onto a shirt and cured it with an iron. It doesn't smell so good! Make sure you've got plenty of ventilation otherwise you'll end up with a headache.

Oh yeah, the ink itself. The ink did exactly what it said it would do. It's a low bleed white ink and it didn't bleed. I was satisfied.

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Item	Color	Size	PricePrices, promotions, and availability may vary by store, catalog, and online.	Bulk!	Qty	MSDS

Mix & Match for Bulk Discounts! →			Each	3+
43204-0000	Extender Base	32 oz	$12.71	$11.34

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40324-1007	Reducer/Detackifier	32 oz	$14.25
40324-1009	Reducer/Detackifier	128 oz	$46.00

Mix & Match for Bulk Discounts! →			Each	6+
43208-5477	Bright Blue	32 oz	$18.50	$16.65
43208-7257	Bright Green	32 oz	$19.75	$17.78
43208-3077	Bright Red	32 oz	$23.00	$20.70
43208-4087	Golden Yellow	32 oz	$22.50	$20.25
43208-4067	Lemon Yellow	32 oz	$20.75	$18.68
43208-1557	Low Bleed White	32 oz	$25.00	$22.50
43208-4507	Orange	32 oz	$23.00	$20.70
43208-5057	Royal Blue	32 oz	$20.25	$18.23
43208-3087	Scarlet Red	32 oz	$23.00	$20.70