Puff Printing Near Me
Looking for raised printing design elements or letters on sweatshirts and hoodies, for your team or garment store you are in the right place. Some people consider puff printing as 3d screen printing or embossed printing on fabric.
Usually, puff printing is a type of traditional printing (screen printing) but to make print puffy use a special type of heat-sensitive foam agent into plastisol screen printing ink in aspect ratio, The printing process just like screen printing, curing ink a design or letter looks off the fabric surface. I hope you understand your requirements.
There are several other fabric printing methods such as Sublimation Printing which produce the best printing results on only light-color polyester fabrics.
Puff Printing Principle
Puff is a type of colorless, high-viscosity foam agent that reactivates and expands when it receives heat during curing the ink. Puff is applied to the fabrics using regular screen printing methods on fabric. Puff ink always stays on the top layer of fabric and makes a strong bond with fabrics. To make a higher thickness apply more color strokes.
For puff printing, a foaming agent is mixed properly into screen printing plastisol ink in aspect ratio before starting the print, To create a 2-3 mm raised letter standard ratio of ink and foam 7:3 works best where mess count also matters.
Dense Printing: Dense printing denotes more ink layers on the design. which is labour extensive process.
Puff Printing T-shirt Pricing Factor
Puff printing t-shirt pricing depends on the various factors
- Required Print Design Size
- Min. Print Requires Each Design.
- Puff thickness
These are major factors where puff printing costs are involved around. Puff printing technology is a traditional way of printing it requires enough time & basic setup cost for each design. Higher print volume better prices from the customer’s perspective.
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Puff Printing Most Popular Products
T-shirts, Hoodies, Sweatshirts, etc. Puff printing results perform 100% and 50/50 cotton blend materials. cotton can see on natural fabrics.
Puff Printing Equipments
Puff printing technology involves various types of equipment
- Screen Printing Machine
- Screen Mesh (Polyester, Nylon, Silk)
- Direct Film
- Plastisol Ink
- Squeeze
- Puff Materials
- Heat Press Machine/Dryer
Screen Printing Machine
Puff printing is done by the traditional printing method. Either a semi-automatic machine or a manual screen printing machine is used.
Screen Mesh
There is a variety of mess made of stuff like polyester, nylon, and tricot fabric made for screen printing. Especially for puff printing on fabric “lower mess count fabric is considered better to produce a high raised puff printing & higher mess count lower quality puff printing”. Polyester fabric 22-25 mesh count is the best for puff printing fabrics.
Plastisol Ink
Plastisol ink is made of plastic (PVC materials) that fixes on the top layer of fabric. For puff printing on fabric, plastic ink is mixed into foam agents. Available most all common colors do not affect color density or color change by adding foaming agents.
Foam Agent
The foam Agent comes in a form of a concentrated paste, easily mixed it with plastisol ink, and leaves it a couple of hours before its use to get the best printing result highly recommended.
Heat Press Machine/Hair Drayer
Puff ink does not dry in the open air, you have to require a hair dryer to cure the ink, for the small size print a dryer might be better but to cure a big-size puff print or commercial puff printing you must go for a heat press machine.
Puff Printing Longevity
It is highly recommended not to wash in hot water. It can be used up to more than 50 washes. Do not use the brush. Wash in cold water.
Tips for Creating Best Puff Printing Result
- Use design elements minimal & thicker
- Choose low mess count fabric
- Cotton or natural fabric produces a better result.
- Do not forget to mix the recommended ratio of puff element and color volume.
- Apply heat evenly.
- Create a design single color.
- Min. line weight size 1pt.
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