Chris: I have printed on non textile substrates. Yes you can screenprint on the plastic used for name badges. However, you have to use special inks other then textile inks. Find out from the supplier for the name badge material what plastic it is. If they do not sell inks to print on it, check with you distributor that you are currently buying other textile inks from and see if they have what you need. I know that Nazdar sells inks for various plastic materials. You will need to tell them the kind of plastic so they can get you the correct ink. When using these inks you will need to add a retarder to them to keep from having them dry to quickly in the screens. Your distributor can tell you more about all of this. You will also need to use some fine mesh screens like 220 or above. The real problem with screenprinting name badges is doing each individual name. Some times if you get a large sheet of plastic you can print all the names at one time and cut them apart after they dry. Hope this helps. If you need a phone number for a distributer e-mail me and I will try to get that for you. Let me know where you are located so I can help you find a distributor close to your area. Good printing.
>------- Original Message ------- >From : Christine Mantz[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent : 7/16/2007 8:55:22 AM >To : [email protected] >Cc : >Subject : RE: [SE-List] Non Textile Printing > >Has anyone ever screenprinted on engravable plastic? I have a customer that needs namebadges and I would like to learn how to screenprint the plastic. What is involved and required? TIA Christine Mantz Identity Elements _______________________________________________ Screenprinters mailing list [email protected] http://mailinglist.screenprinters.net/mailman/listinfo/screenprinters _______________________________________________ Screenprinters mailing list [email protected] http://mailinglist.screenprinters.net/mailman/listinfo/screenprinters
