Silicone Inks

SILSPLAST

NATURE OF BINDER:
Silicone resins mixed with pigments. The product is free of solvents and volatile substances

FIELDS OF USE: SILPLAST was developed mainly for printing on any kind of textile material used in the apparel industry. Hosiery, pantyhose and decorations in general. It is ideal for printing on non-slip stockings, lingerie, and children's apparel where a high degree of elasticity, thickness and brilliance of the prints are required.

The prints show a shiny effect and are very soft to touch. SILPLAST is made from raw materials that are not classified as hazardous for the environment or human health.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE:
Prepare the color by mixing the base with pigment concentration at 5% maximum, and then catalyze the mixture adding 10% by weight of SILPLAST 88.001 catalyst.

For high thickness printing; after blending, start to print using screens with 30 to 86 mesh with a maximum stencil of 300 - 500 micron. The best prints are obtained with thicknesses of 300 microns of photo emulsion. To obtain greater thickness we recommend performing a second print on top of the first, after pre-drying it sufficiently. To print in a normal fashion use mesh counts from 110-355 threads per inch. SILPLAST can be overprinted only with SILPLAST, and only if the prints underneath have not been polymerized, but only superficially dried. Since SILPLAST is a silicon-based product, it cannot be overprinted with other more traditional types of ink.

After being catalyzed, SILPLAST will last over 24 hours, depending on the room temperature of the stored product.

DRYING:
SILPLAST polymerizes in the oven at 320°-340° F in 3 minutes. The SILPLAST catalyst serves to trigger the reaction that only occurs at the temperatures indicated. SILPLAST, when catalyzed, starts to thicken after 24 hours, and becomes more and more "rubbery" with time, until it becomes unusable, but it never polymerizes completely.

SILPLAST does not contain solvents or other substances that can evaporate, therefore it does not dry during printing, even when catalyzed it behaves like a normal plastisol.