Water Based Ceramic Transfer Printing

Water transfer printing is used to add custom designs and images to glass ceramic porcelain tile acrylic and metal.

Water based ceramic transfer printing. This chapter describes how to make both water based and solvent based versions from describing screenprinting in general to providing a step by step guide for making transfer mixing ink printing and firing. Place onto a sloping decorators tray so that any excess water can drain away do not leave the decals floating in water. Water based inks have grown in popularity due to their soft hand feel and lower environmental impact. Work from the middle to ensure all the water has been removed.

Use a medium squeegee kidney to apply the decal to the dry ceramic piece at room temperature. All equipment purchases include free training. Water transfer printing also called hydrographics or camo dipping is the process that transfers an image or pattern to a 3d surface. You might also want to seek inspiration for your ceramic screenprinting from books on screenprinting for paper.

It includes 2 days of hands on training at our lab facility in princeton fl. The prime method of ceramic transfer printing is the waterslide transfer or decal. A step by step guide for making a water based transfer preparing to print the ideal situation for printing a transfer is a standard vacuum hand bench for screenprinting. Based on the project and quantity we can even rush heat transfer jobs that we typically wouldn t be able to fit into the production schedule with traditional screen printing.

For printers accustomed to plastisol inks printing with water based inks can provide some challenges because water based inks don t apply and react the same way plastisol inks do. Timing is everything in the garment industry. Water based heat transfers jobs can be turned around 3 5 days earlier than embroidery jobs. The cms pigments afford screen printers the ability to mix any color including the pantone color range as needed with just 14 basic pigment colors.

Digital ceramic transfer printing for your business. Some low tech approaches to using screen. Ryonet is proud to offer environmentally friendly green galaxy water based ink. Our certification program is the most in depth water transfer printing training on the market.

Water transfer paper can be used in all ink jet printers and with some laser printers depending on the brand of paper.