Water-Based Textile Printing Inks for Screen Printing
Water-based textile printing inks do without solvents and score with a particularly soft, breathable print result. This lets you produce more environmentally consciously and with less impact on health, without compromising on color brilliance. Whether an individually mixed shade or a standard pigment – with water-based inks you realize your design sustainably and reliably.
With water-based inks, doing without solvents is what counts in order to achieve a more environmentally friendly and health-friendly print result. In the Water-based category, Print Equipment offers you corresponding pigment systems for your needs. In the Water-based category you'll find the right foundation for your sustainable color mixing.
What defines water-based textile printing inks?
Water-based textile printing inks use water instead of solvents as the carrier medium for the pigments. A suitable mix of base and pigment is decisive for a brilliant, individually matched color result.
The typical use of water-based inks is clearly structured:
- A neutral base is individually mixed with the desired pigments
- The finished mix is printed onto the textile through the screen
- Tools and screens can then be cleaned easily with water instead of solvents
- A final drying process ensures permanent fixing on the textile
Water-based inks thus ideally complement our discharge inks and are a sensible addition to our inks.
Why water-based inks are indispensable
Water-based inks play an important role in environmentally conscious and health-friendly production. Only without solvents can the burden on users and the environment be noticeably reduced without giving up a brilliant print result.
The most important advantages include:
- Solvent-free: Lower odor and pollutant load in the print shop
- Easy cleaning: Screens and tools can be cleaned with water instead of solvents
- Individually mixable: Exactly matched shades by combining base and pigment. Your individual shade is decisive for the choice.
- Soft hand feel: Pleasant feel on the finished textile
- Ideal for environmentally conscious businesses: Popular with textile print shops focused on sustainability
This makes water-based inks indispensable both for individual special shades and for sustainable day-to-day production.
What aspects need to be considered?
With water-based inks, the focus is on both a specific pigment system and the fundamental advantages of a water base.
Amex water-based pigments
The Amex water-based pigments are available to you as a mixing system for individual shade creation.
Typical characteristics are:
- Pigmented tints for individual mixing with a neutral base
- Water-based, solvent-free formulation
- Combinable for a wide spectrum of shades
This way, with the Amex water-based pigments, you find a flexible foundation for individually mixed shades.
Advantages of water-based ink systems
Compared with solvent-based alternatives, water-based ink systems score with noticeable advantages in day-to-day printing operations.
They are especially suited for:
- Easier, water-based cleaning of screens and tools
- Reduced odor and pollutant emissions in the working environment
- Businesses with high standards for sustainability and occupational safety
This way, with water-based ink systems, you find a future-oriented alternative for your screen printing business.
Our water-based range at a glance
In Print Equipment's Water-based category you'll find solvent-free pigment systems for individual color mixing.
Typical advantages:
- Individually mixable: Exactly matched shades by combining base and pigment
- Environmentally conscious: Solvent-free, easy-to-clean formulation
Our water-based range is thus a sensible addition if you want to take care of sustainable color mixing in the textile printing inks area.
What to look out for when buying water-based inks
If you want to buy water-based textile printing inks, you should consider various factors in order to find the right solution for your needs.
Important criteria are:
- Mixing ratio: Make sure of the correct dosage of base and pigment for your shade
- Textile fiber: Check the absorption behavior of the water-based ink on your specific textile
- Cleaning: Factor in the easier, water-based cleaning of your screens and tools
- Drying behavior: Note the drying temperature suited to water-based systems
- Sustainability: Look for solvent-free formulations for a more environmentally conscious operation
The right selection ensures that you work sustainably and reliably in screen printing.
Water-based inks for different applications
Depending on the desired shade and sustainability standards, the requirements for your water-based ink vary considerably. While the Amex water-based pigments form the basis for individual shades, the advantages of water-based ink systems overall ensure more sustainable, healthier printing operations.
The choice of the right system therefore depends strongly on how individual your desired shade is and how much importance sustainability has in your business. For a future-oriented operation, many textile print shops increasingly rely on water-based alternatives to classic solvent-based ink systems.
Buy water-based inks at Print Equipment
If you want to buy water-based textile printing inks, you'll find a flexible pigment system for individual color mixing at Print Equipment. From the individual special shade to sustainable day-to-day production, we offer you environmentally conscious solutions for your workflow.
In the Water-based category you'll find our range as well as further categories in the textile printing inks category, such as our discharge 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 water-based ink. This lets you expand your ink range in a targeted and sustainable way and work successfully in the long term.