Product Name: NyloClear ~ Product Code: NYCL-9030
Description: Transparent Base for use with Pavonine pigments, Pearlescent powders or Sparkletone Flakes when printing most water repellent nylon fabrics, denim, twill, poplin, synthetic fabrics, cotton and cotton blends.
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INFORMATION: Represents no health hazard in normal use. Container label should read:
HEALTH - 1, FLAMMABILITY - 0, REACTIVITY - 0, PERSONAL PROTECTION - B
Coloring: Can be pigmented with Pavonine pigments to create almost any transparent color including every standard and fluorescent color on the Pavonine Color Chart. (Up to 25% pigment load.) Can be used with Sparkletone flakes to simulate all the highly opaque Sparkletone colors on the Pavonine color chart, with 15% Pearlescent Silver Powder (PRLS) to create NyloPearl or with 20% Pearlescent Gold Powder (PRLG) to create NyloGold.
Use as extender: Is the same as NyloClear extender. Strong Nylo-Opaque colors can be cut with equal parts or more NyloClear when printing on white fabrics with little effect on color brightness. This can cut ink costs substantially when using higher priced colors such as Matching Yellow or Ruby Red.
Improving adhesion and abrasion resistance: Given adequate time and temperature in an oven, NyloClear prints should adhere to most substrates (even water repellent nylon) and withstand normal wear and washing. For maximum adhesion , abrasion resistance and washfastness given adequate oven time and temperature, addition of up to 8 % FIX H is recommended. Mix only what can be used in a day and do not store inks containing FIX H.
When rack drying, line drying or when adequate oven is not available, 2% to 4% FIX C should provide adequate adhesion, abrasion resistance and washfastness. 2% should be satisfactory when printing most fabrics or vinyl but 4% may be required on highly water repellent nylons. Pot life of an ink containing 2% should be a few hours at room temperature but that of an ink containing 4% will be only a couple hours. If ink starts to gel in the screen it can be removed, the image area cleaned immediately, and ink reduced with up to 10% water one time. If ink should start to gel again it should be disposed of, image area cleaned immediately and run continued with fresh ink. Mix only what can be used within limited pot life and do not store inks containing FIX C. Although inks containing FIX C will cross-link on their own after water evaporates, cross-linking will not take place in a wet ink film so prints must dry to the point at which they will not smear within an hour for best results. Given heavy deposits, such as when printing Sparkletone flakes, forced ventilation (even dehumidifying or heating air) may be required when rack drying.
Stencil: Water resistant, fully exposed and dried
Mesh: 86 to 330, as required for substrate and process when used with Pavonine pigments, 86 to 156 when used with Pearlescent powders and 40T when used with Sparkletone flakes.
Retarding: NyloClear inks contain the maximum recommended amount of retarder and addition of more can effect washfastness.
Open time: NyloClear inks have a very high binder content and are thus more apt to dry in the screen than regular transparent inks such as the PavoClear series but the following rules should prevent problems:
1. Keep enough ink in the screen to allow a 1/8 inch (3 mm) flood between impressions.
2. Avoid work stoppages if possible.
3. Flood heavily and gloss ink with a mist of water prior to stoppages of up to a few minutes.
4. Put ink at bottom of screen, mist with water and clean image area prior to work stoppages of a few minutes to 1/2 hour.
5. Remove ink, place in sealed container and clean screens in place with a damp sponge and or Windex type glass cleaner with ammonia prior to stoppages longer than 1/2 hr.
Reduction: Reduce with water. Occasional reduction may be required during long runs to compensate for evaporation.
Controlling wicking: Occasionally, especially when air drying, wicking (spread of color into area adjacent to edge of print) can occur. If and when this happens, addition of 0.5% to 1.5% Pavassist PR 1733 should solve the problem. Allowing a print to air dry for at least 10 minutes prior to starting production run in order to determine whether wicking may be a problem.
Printing: Minimum squeegee pressure and off contact recommended. Plastisol oriented printers will have to learn to back off squeegee pressure but once they do, they might not want to bo back to printing plastisols. See "Open time," side one for tips on preventing drying in the screen.
Drying: A minimum of 90 seconds at 320°F (160°C) in a well vented oven is required to set NyloClear inks printed through meshes in the 110 to 330 (43 to 130 / cm) range. When printing through courser meshes, such as when printing Sparkletone flakes, far longer times will be required.
Printers lacking adequate ovens, or even with no oven at all can still use NyloClear based inks by adding 2% FIX C. When printing on highly water proofed nylon or when maximum durability is required up to 4% FIX C may be required but the higher the % the shorter the pot life. When line or rack drying, there should be enough airflow and or heat to dry prints enough to prevent smearing within an hour for best results. See Paragraph two under "Improving Adhesion and Abrasion resistance," on side one for more complete recommendations for using FIX C.
Wash Up: Water or water with an all purpose cleaner with ammonia . Windex type window cleaner with ammonia will help remove stains and dried ink. Follow with clear water wash. ICC 846 Screen Clarifier is recommended for removing stains in the screen.
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