Removing screen printing inks after printing and without damaging the screen has always been a minor headache. This can be a particular issue in textile printing, where Plastisol inks are widely used. These inks have the ability to adhere to the fibres, instead of dyeing them. However, as PVC resin and plasticizer are Plastisol’s primary ingredients a poor removal operation can create unpleasant goo or, worse, even damage the screen, particular if a cheap solvent is used. Above all, conventional solvents can be highly flammable, hazardous to the environment and to humans and can be a real problem when it comes to their safe disposal.
Aquawash 442 from CPS, a leading environmentally friendly screen chemicals company, is an ideal solution thanks to its many characteristics, such as low flammability, low odour and high biodegradability. Furthermore, being water miscible and highly concentrated, much less of it needs to be used, resulting in easier operational procedures and therefore greater efficiency.
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Alan Dollan, Managing Director of long established textile printers Action Leisurewear, is enthusiastic about Aquawash 442, “We use Plastisol inks all the time and Aquawash goes a lot further than similar products, even at 3:1 dilutions. Our operators love it as it has virtually no odour and can be disposed down the drains safely. If we find that we have a difficult spot we simply use a tiny undiluted amount and that does the trick. Above all, Aquawash goes a very long way; it almost lasts forever and it’s simply great stuff!”
Action Leisurewear has been in the textile business for over 37 years, so when it comes to screen printing Alan knows a thing or two, he adds, “We were a bit cagey at first as so many products make exaggerated claims, but this is not the case with Aquawash 442, as it does exactly what it says on the box and for us it has given us an added edge, by making our operations even more efficient.”
About CPS
CPS is part of the MacDermid Autotype organisation, the leading global innovator, designer, developer and manufacturer of specialised screen print chemicals and coating technology for films used in a wide range of applications. These include touch and vision systems, membrane switches, Film Insert Moulding (FIM) products for the automotive, telecommunications and domestic appliances sector and screen printing. With specialist expertise in precision coating technology, MacDermid Autotype, transforms and enhances the performance of films for many high technology and demanding applications.
In recent years MacDermid Autotype has brought screen printing to new levels of control and repeatability, reinforcing the benefits of the process for new applications such as flexible circuit printing, DVD and industrial glass printing. MacDermid Autotype’s most recent launches have been of antimicrobial hard coated films for hygiene critical surface applications and of diffuser and anti-reflection films for use in flat panel displays.
The company is part of MacDermid Inc. of Denver, Colorado. MacDermid is a leading supplier of offset blanket, flexo plates and of chemicals for industrial finishing, including plating and coating of metals and plastics.
For further information contact;
Jennifer Avenell,
MacDermid Autotype, Grove Road, Wantage, Oxon. OX12 7BZ.
Tel: 01235 771111. Fax: 01235 771196.
Email: pressrelations@autotype.com.
Web: www.cps.eu
