Special Inks for Screen Printing
Special inks make your screen printing design stand out from the crowd with special visual and tactile effects. This lets you realize eye-catching highlight designs that cannot be achieved with a classic opaque ink. Whether glossy metallic effect or raised, foamed 3D print – with special inks you realize your design strikingly and individually.
With special inks, the right choice of the desired effect is what counts in order to highlight your design in a targeted way. In the Special Inks category, Print Equipment offers you different effect variants for your needs. In the Special Inks category you'll find the right complement for eye-catching screen printing designs.
What defines special inks?
Special inks are mostly based on a plastisol base formulation that is extended by special additives or pigments to add visual or tactile effects. A suitable effect selection is decisive for an eye-catching, individual print result.
The typical use of special inks is clearly structured:
- The desired effect is selected to suit the design – such as gloss, embossing or luminosity
- The special ink is printed onto the textile through the screen like a regular plastisol ink
- With foaming effects such as Puff, the raised structure only forms during drying
- A final fixing process ensures a permanent, wash-resistant result
Special inks thus ideally complement our plastisol inks and are a sensible addition to our color inks.
Why special inks are indispensable
Special inks play an important role for eye-catching, differentiated designs. Only with special effects can a result be achieved that clearly stands out visually and tactilely from a simple color print.
The most important advantages include:
- Wide range of effects: From metallic gloss and glow-in-the-dark pigments to 3D embossing
- Functional additional effects: Such as barrier layers against bleed-through in multi-layer prints
- Certified quality: According to OEKO-TEX Standard 100 and ZDHC Level 3. Your individual design is decisive for the choice.
- Wash-resistant results: Up to 60°C with proper processing
- Ideal for highlight designs: Popular for logos, brand marks and special accents
This makes special inks indispensable both for decorative effects and for functional additional applications.
Which effect types are available?
In the Special Inks category, both decorative effect inks and functional supplementary inks are available to you.
Inkuin decorative effects
From the Inkuin ink series, decorative effect variants such as Brillgold, Brillsilver and Brillgel for glossy metallic accents are available to you, complemented by phosphor pigments for glow-in-the-dark effects and Puff additives for raised, foamed 3D effects.
Typical characteristics are:
- Metallic effects in gold and silver tones for high-quality gloss accents
- Glow-in-the-dark phosphor pigments for eye-catching dark effects
- Foaming Puff additives for a raised, three-dimensional structure
This way, with the Inkuin effect inks, you find the right decorative complement for your eye-catching highlight design.
Functional special inks
Besides decorative effects, functional special inks are also available to you with the Barrier and High-Density variants.
They are especially suited for:
- Barrier layers against bleed-through on multi-layer or dark textiles
- High-Density variants for a raised, three-dimensional ink application
- The combination with reflective or Reflective pigments for visibility-relevant designs
This way, with functional special inks, you find a technical complement for demanding print build-ups.
Our special inks range at a glance
In Print Equipment's Special Inks category you'll find decorative and functional effect variants from Inkuin for your screen printing workflow.
Typical advantages:
- Wide range of effects: From metallic and glow-in-the-dark to 3D Puff effects
- Certified quality: According to OEKO-TEX Standard 100 and ZDHC Level 3
Our special inks range is thus a sensible addition if you want to take care of eye-catching highlight designs in the textile printing inks area.
What to look out for when buying special inks
If you want to buy special inks for screen printing, you should consider various factors in order to find the right solution for your needs.
Important criteria are:
- Desired effect: Look for an effect variant that suits your design
- Decorative or functional: Distinguish between visual effects and technical supplementary inks
- Certifications: Look for proof such as OEKO-TEX or ZDHC
- Print build-up: With multi-layer designs, factor in the use of barrier inks
- Wash resistance: Note the correct processing for a permanent result
The right selection ensures that you work strikingly and individually in screen printing.
Special inks for different applications
Depending on the desired effect and print build-up, the requirements for your special ink vary considerably. While decorative effects such as metallic or Puff provide the visual impact of your design, functional special inks such as Barrier take on a technical role in the multi-layer print build-up.
The choice of the right special ink therefore depends strongly on whether you need a purely decorative effect or a technical additional function. For particularly high-quality results, many textile print shops rely on a combination of decorative and functional special inks.
Buy special inks at Print Equipment
If you want to buy special inks for your screen printing, you'll find a wide range of effects from Inkuin at Print Equipment. From the glossy metallic accent to the functional barrier layer, we offer you eye-catching solutions for your workflow.
In the Special Inks category you'll find our range as well as further categories in the textile printing inks category, such as our color 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 special ink. This lets you highlight your designs in a targeted way and work successfully in the long term.