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Soft Hand Black

1817

Color: Black

Axeon Non-PVC Inks

AXEON™ Soft Hand Black 1817 works as a printing black to achieve super soft hand prints.

Soft Hand Black 1817 promotes excellent penetration into fabrics when printing through fine mesh counts, and is excellent for all-over prints.

Soft Hand Black 1817 provides a deep black color that looks and feels similar to waterbase prints.

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Features

AXEON™ Soft Hand Black 1817 works as a printing black to achieve super soft hand prints.

Soft Hand Black 1817 promotes excellent penetration into fabrics when printing through fine mesh counts, and is excellent for all-over prints.

Soft Hand Black 1817 provides a deep black color that looks and feels similar to waterbase prints.

Spot Flashing

Soft Hand Black 1817 will spot dry, with a very low after flash tack. Dwell time is dependent on the spot dryer used. In some cases, you may have to lower the heat of the spot cure unit because too much heat may actually make the ink tacky. When you spot dry, you are only partially fusing or gelling the surface of the ink. The ink should be just dry to the touch, with no lift off, but not totally fused. Totally fusing the underprint may cause inter-coat adhesion problems with the inks printed on top. Final fusing or curing will occur in the dryer. Failure to fuse ink properly may cause cracking, poor adhesion and poor wash fastness.

Important Information

Soft Hand Black 1817 is not a color-mixing black ink.

Soft Hand Black 1817 is intended to be used as is, without any other modifcations.

Fibrillation can occur when printing on some cotton fabrics, especially when printing the Soft Hand Black 1817 through finer mesh counts.

Test dryer temperatures and wash test printed product before and during a production run.

Always test print the fabric to be used before beginning production to see if the desired perfomance is obtained.

This ink and those in the AXEON™ product line are not formulated with PVC resins or phthalate plasticizers, nor are they intentionally added.

Care should be taken to not cross-contaminate the AXEON™ products with PVC or phthalate containing products.

Do not use standard plastisol curable reducers with this or any of the AXEON™ products.

Legal Disclaimer

Recommendations and statements made are based on International Coatings’ research and experience. Since International Coatings does not have any control over the conditions of use or storage of the product sold, International Coatings cannot guarantee the results obtained through use of its products. All products are sold and samples given without any representation of warranty, expressed or implied, of fitness for any particular purpose or otherwise, and upon condition that the buyer shall determine the suitability of the product for its own purpose. This applies also where rights of third parties are involved. It does not release the user from the obligation to test the suitability of the product for the intended purpose and application.

Recommended Fabrics

100% Cotton
Cotton/Polyester Blends
Some Polyester

Ink Application

Soft Hand Black 1817 should be used right from the container without any modificaitons. Stir well prior to each use.

Additives

Not recommended

Screen Mesh

110–305 t/in (43–120 t/cm) monofilament.

Emulsion

Any direct or indirect solvent resistant emulsion or capillary film in the 35 to 70 micron range

Squeegee

65–70 Durometer, sharp edge.

Cure Temperatures

325°F (163°C) entire ink film.

Product Packaging

Quart
1 Gallon
5 Gallon
30 Gallon
50 Gallon

Storage of Ink Containers

65°F to 90°F (18°C to 32°C). Avoid storage in direct sunlight. Keep containers well sealed.

Clean-up

Any eco-friendly plastisol type screen wash

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