Contract Discharge Printing

Contract Discharge Printing

Are you a fan of screen printing, but you wish there was a way to get a softer hand to your prints?  Well, luckily for you, there is such a way to get those ‘barely there’ graphics onto your custom garments!  You can jump into contract discharge printing and feel the difference immediately.  Contract discharge printing uses water based inks instead of the typical plastisol inks, which leaves a different, softer feeling on the garment that many people love.

Before I get too far ahead of myself, let me explain how the inks work differently.  With plastisol inks, there is virtually no solvent and adequate heat is required to cure and set the ink.  Water based inks contain solvents, often times including water, which must be evaporated to set the print.  Since water based inks are susceptible to drying out, they cannot be reused like plastisol inks and are more expensive.  The benefit, however, is that the dye can penetrate deeper into the fabric and deposit the color while producing that softer touch that is so desirable.  Plastisol inks only remain on the surface and become rigid after curing.

Contract discharge printing is just an extension of water based ink screen printing where a discharge agent has been added to the ink.  Discharge printing works by removing the preexisting color from the garment via the discharge agent.  If you tint the ink containing the discharge agent, you can simultaneously take out the old color and input your own new color!  So, in the battle of plastisol inks versus water based and discharge inks, there is not clear winner.  It all depends on your customization needs and aspirations.  If you work with us at AMBRO Manufacturing, you won’t have to choose because we can offer you both!  You can contact us to place and order, or to find out more about our company, by email or by calling us at (908) 806-8337.

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Scented Tees

Scented Tees

Novelty items are great way to generate interest amongst consumers because the allure lasts just long enough to pull them in for a sale.  It is for this reason that novelty items generally have some kind of hook to pull you in.  They must be interesting, quirky, or flashy enough to want to purchase them for display or shock value.  In the custom garment decoration world, scented tees are just like that; they have that ‘hanger appeal’ that causes a person to walk over and check it out.  Scented tees feature prints that have your own custom selected scent.

If you’ve never heard of scented tees before, well then, that’s perfect!  Scented tees couldn’t be a novelty product if everyone already knew about them.  Part of their appeal is that they are relatively rare to find so a customer is going to want to grab it while they are still in stock.  At AMBRO Manufacturing, we can offer our clients their own custom scented tees.  You can choose from a stock list of scents or if you have something special in mind, a custom fragrance can be mixed up for you as well.  The way it works is pretty simple; just think of a scented print as a sheet of bubble wrap where each of the bubbles is filled with a fragrance.  As you wear your scent printed garment the little bubbles naturally pop, slowly releasing the fragrance continuously throughout the day.

Scented tees will eventually lose their potency after many washes, but until then you will be sporting a unique garment.  Scented tees are great for promotional material, especially if you are trying to sell fragrances or beauty care products.  You can contact us at AMBRO Manufacturing to place an order, or to find out more about our company, by email or by calling us at (908) 806-8337.

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