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What is a Pad Printing Ink Solvent? Pad printing ink solvent is added to the pad printing ink to break-up the resin and pigments to ensure the ink is tacky enough to be transferred from the silicone pad printing pad to the substrate. Before being added to the ink, the pad printing ink solvent is

Pad printing ink hardener is a catalyst that is sometimes used in different ink series to increase adhesion and abrasion resistance. But how do we know when its time to use it?

Pad Printing & Digital Ink Testing Compliance Ink testing compliance for pad printing and digital printing is an important part of ensuring that inks properly adhere to the substrate on which they are printed. Here’s what you should know about ink testing compliance for digital printing inks.

When silicone printing, it is important to properly identify the substrate you are printing on. If the substrate isn’t silicone, the silicone ink won’t adhere. Here are a few ways you can test your products today!

Pad printing is a traditional printing method which transfers a 2D image onto a 3D object. This process has become popularized to decorate products that are otherwise difficult to print on. This includes oddly shaped items with concave and rigid surfaces. The pad printing process has remained relatively the same over the years, yet the

The elasticity of the SI series and SI-HD series makes them ideal for custom silicone wristbands, which go through daily stretching and twisting to put on and rub against various surfaces throughout the day. The durability of the SI series also makes it perfect for buttons on controllers and keyboards, allowing it to handle constant

Silicone ink is designed to be used for both pad printing and screen printing. At this point, you’re probably wondering: what’s the difference is between standard pad printing ink and silicone pad printing ink? Silicone is a unique substrate, and without getting into all the complicated chemistry behind it, UV curable ink and regular solvent-based

Choosing the Correct Pad Printing Ink We’ll start with how pad printing inks are made. Unlike typical ink manufacturers, we supply our ink excluding the solvent. The benefits of this method include getting more ink per can and not having to guess how much solvent is already in the can- you can add as much

Wrists are everywhere. Most people have at least one and, even before the pyramids were built, these same people have made efforts to decorate this very exposed portion of the body. Though the golden scarab bracelets of Egypt still make their appearances every so often, nowadays custom silicone wristbands are appearing with a much greater

  ICN-1501 Digital Scale Follow these steps to achieve best possible ink mix: Make sure you use unlined mixing cups (no wax) and wooden or metal mixing sticks! If you use plastic, your ink may get contaminated with plasticizers. Zero the scale out and make sure its on a leveled surface. Add the appropriate hardener