Comments on: Immediately Improve Your Artwork! Use Permaset inks! http://www.printcutsew.com/766/immediately-improve-your-artwork-use-permaset-inks/ A Screen Print Blog for the Home Crafter Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:12:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: admin http://www.printcutsew.com/766/immediately-improve-your-artwork-use-permaset-inks/comment-page-1/#comment-1921 admin Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:08:42 +0000 http://www.printcutsew.com/?p=766#comment-1921 Your really need to heat set your inks properly. The inks from Permaset don't need to have fixers and binders added but if they are not set properly they won't stay regardless. Even if you use fixers they need to be heat set. Permaset already has fixers in them- fixers are not a replacement for heating. They will hold up well but you are going to have to find a better way than ironing to fix them. I would suggest putting them in a dryer cycle for 45 minutes on hot TWICE. Make certain that your dryer doesn't have an eco feature that will make it turn off if the clothes are dry. You need to heat set for that long at high temperate. Your really need to heat set your inks properly. The inks from Permaset don’t need to have fixers and binders added but if they are not set properly they won’t stay regardless. Even if you use fixers they need to be heat set. Permaset already has fixers in them- fixers are not a replacement for heating. They will hold up well but you are going to have to find a better way than ironing to fix them. I would suggest putting them in a dryer cycle for 45 minutes on hot TWICE. Make certain that your dryer doesn’t have an eco feature that will make it turn off if the clothes are dry. You need to heat set for that long at high temperate.

]]> By: Tosin http://www.printcutsew.com/766/immediately-improve-your-artwork-use-permaset-inks/comment-page-1/#comment-1913 Tosin Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:23:41 +0000 http://www.printcutsew.com/?p=766#comment-1913 Hi again Michelle! I have been using some Permaset inks that I got from my local Blick for some test runs. The plan is to start printing on yardage and make household goods from that. How durable are these inks over time when say you use them on a pillow case or kitchen towel that's bound to see a lot of use? Do they hold up well after several rubs and washes? Also, I've heard about fixers, would you recommend them over a good ole ironing? Fabric will be linen. Thanks, Tosin PS: Where can I find your online shop? Your link takes me to a one page website Hi again Michelle! I have been using some Permaset inks that I got from my local Blick for some test runs. The plan is to start printing on yardage and make household goods from that. How durable are these inks over time when say you use them on a pillow case or kitchen towel that’s bound to see a lot of use? Do they hold up well after several rubs and washes? Also, I’ve heard about fixers, would you recommend them over a good ole ironing? Fabric will be linen. Thanks, Tosin

PS: Where can I find your online shop? Your link takes me to a one page website

]]> By: Jodie http://www.printcutsew.com/766/immediately-improve-your-artwork-use-permaset-inks/comment-page-1/#comment-1779 Jodie Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:34:42 +0000 http://www.printcutsew.com/?p=766#comment-1779 Well Ill keep you informed. Have just moved to a place with a big double garage. Am going to start out with a two carousel screenprinter, and permaset aqua inks. I am also wanting to do fabric lengths. And so am looking at my what i need for a printing table. Any information on this would be greatly appreciated. or even on studio set up, thanks, Jodie Well Ill keep you informed. Have just moved to a place with a big double garage. Am going to start out with a two carousel screenprinter, and permaset aqua inks. I am also wanting to do fabric lengths. And so am looking at my what i need for a printing table. Any information on this would be greatly appreciated. or even on studio set up, thanks, Jodie

]]> By: admin http://www.printcutsew.com/766/immediately-improve-your-artwork-use-permaset-inks/comment-page-1/#comment-1632 admin Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:18:20 +0000 http://www.printcutsew.com/?p=766#comment-1632 For many years I made my pigment inks from scratch. Basically the recipe is: pure pigment + extender base + binders= your colour. In stores many colours are pre-made to a certain intensity. So if you want a lighter hue of that colour you would add in more extender base. You don't often have to worry about adding in more binders because the pre-made colours have enough in them already. When making it from scratch you simply start out with a smaller amount of pigment colour and you add more pigment as you wish for the colour to intensify. For many years I made my pigment inks from scratch. Basically the recipe is: pure pigment + extender base + binders= your colour. In stores many colours are pre-made to a certain intensity. So if you want a lighter hue of that colour you would add in more extender base. You don’t often have to worry about adding in more binders because the pre-made colours have enough in them already. When making it from scratch you simply start out with a smaller amount of pigment colour and you add more pigment as you wish for the colour to intensify.

]]> By: Jodie http://www.printcutsew.com/766/immediately-improve-your-artwork-use-permaset-inks/comment-page-1/#comment-1631 Jodie Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:04:37 +0000 http://www.printcutsew.com/?p=766#comment-1631 thanks for that information about extender base. i thought the same as nigel actually. thanks for that information about extender base. i thought the same as nigel actually.

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