Discharge Inks for Screen Printing
Discharge inks remove the color from the dyed textile at the printed area and replace the original color with the desired design. This gives you soft, barely perceptible prints on colored textiles – without the typical opaque layer of a plastisol ink. Whether standard series or organic variant – with discharge inks you finish dyed textiles softly and brilliantly.
With discharge inks, the suitability of your fabric color for the color removal process is what counts in order to achieve an optimal print result. In the Discharge category, Print Equipment offers you different ink series for your needs. In the Discharge category you'll find the right solution for soft prints on colored textiles.
What defines discharge inks?
Discharge inks contain an activator that chemically removes the textile's original reactive dye at the printed area and replaces it with the desired pigment. A suitable match of activator, base and pigment is decisive for a soft, brilliant print result.
The typical process of discharge printing is clearly structured:
- Activator, base and the desired pigment are mixed to match each other
- The mix is printed onto the dyed textile through the screen
- During the subsequent drying process, the activator removes the textile's original color
- The pigment replaces the discharged area with the desired shade
Discharge inks thus ideally complement our plastisol inks and are a sensible addition to our water-based inks.
Why discharge inks are indispensable
Discharge inks play an important role for soft, barely perceptible designs on colored textiles. Only with the color removal principle can a result be achieved that manages without a thick opaque layer and retains the original textile feel.
The most important advantages include:
- Soft hand feel: No opaque ink application, but true color removal from the textile
- Brilliant results on colored textiles: Especially effective on dark and colorful fabrics
- Organic variants available: Environmentally conscious formulations for sustainable production. Your individual fabric color is decisive for the choice.
- Three-component system: Activator, base and pigment can be combined flexibly
- Ideal for high-quality fashion prints: Popular for designs that require a subtle hand feel
This makes discharge inks indispensable both for classic standard applications and for sustainable organic production.
Which series are available?
In the Discharge category, both a standard series and an organic series from Amex Texprint are available to you.
Amex Texprint Discharge – Standard series
The Amex Texprint Discharge series is available to you with components such as base (5 kg, approx. €43.80), white pigment (5 kg, approx. €53.10) and activator (1 kg, approx. €27.70).
Typical characteristics are:
- Three-component system of base, pigment and activator
- Available in different container sizes for different production volumes
- Suitable for classic discharge printing on reactive-dyed textiles
This makes the standard series ideally suited for regular discharge printing in day-to-day production.
Amex Texprint Discharge Bio
The Amex Texprint Discharge Bio series is available to you in variants including Super White Bio (5 kg, SKU AX-DIB-1006-24-05, €95.20), Aktivator Bio (1 kg, SKU AX-DIB-1006-34-01) and Base Bio (5 kg, SKU AX-DIB-1006-35-05).
It is especially suited for:
- Businesses with particular demands for an environmentally conscious formulation
- The same proven three-component system of activator, base and pigment
- An intensely opaque white discharge on dark textiles
This way, with the organic series, you find a more sustainable alternative to the classic discharge ink.
Our discharge range at a glance
In Print Equipment's Discharge category you'll find standard and organic discharge inks from Amex Texprint for soft prints on colored textiles.
Typical advantages:
- Proven three-component system: Activator, base and pigment can be combined flexibly
- Standard and organic variant: Suited for classic and sustainable production
Our discharge range is thus a sensible addition if you want to take care of soft prints on colored textiles in the textile printing inks area.
What to look out for when buying discharge inks
If you want to buy discharge inks for screen printing, you should consider various factors in order to find the right solution for your needs.
Important criteria are:
- Textile suitability: Make sure that your fabric color is suitable for the discharge process
- Component combination: Plan activator, base and pigment so that they are matched to each other
- Standard or organic series: Weigh the classic formulation against the environmentally conscious organic variant
- Container size: Choose the suitable order quantity according to your production volume
- Drying process: Note the correct processing for a complete color removal
The right selection ensures that you print softly and brilliantly on colored textiles.
Discharge inks for different applications
Depending on sustainability standards and production volume, the requirements for your discharge ink vary considerably. While the standard series is suited for regular day-to-day production, the organic series scores with a more environmentally conscious formulation using the same three-component system.
The choice of the right series therefore depends strongly on how much importance sustainability has in your business. For a versatile offering, many textile print shops rely on a combination of standard and organic discharge inks to cover different customer orders.
Buy discharge inks at Print Equipment
If you want to buy discharge inks for your screen printing, you'll find both standard and organic series from Amex Texprint at Print Equipment. From regular day-to-day production to sustainable custom production, we offer you brilliant solutions for your workflow.
In the Discharge category you'll find our range as well as further categories in the textile printing inks category, such as our plastisol inks. This way you get all components for your screen printing ink range from a single source.
In addition, you benefit from personal advice, technical support and hands-on assistance when choosing the right discharge ink. This lets you expand your ink range in a targeted way and work successfully in the long term.