Super Advantage is a high-opaque ink series formulated for manual and automatic screenprinting. They are designed to be printed onto 100% cotton garments with or without a white under base. Print, Flash, Print is recommended for optimum opacity.

Scale 1 to 5 rating

Opacity: 5

Viscosity / Creamy: 4

Bleed Resistance: 1

Build Up: Medium

Definition: High

Recommended Substrates

100% Cotton w/out underbase. Maybe used with underbase white on cotton blends, polyesters, and poly blends

Gel or flash-cure: Pre-heat pallets 230 F

Full cure: 320 F

Fusion tests should be made prior to any production run. Failure to cure properly causes poor wash fastness, inferior adhesion and increased dye migration.

Opacity: Excellent

Tension: 25-35 recommended 

Squeegee type: 70, 60/90/60 durometer.

Squeegee blade: Sharp

Squeegee angle: 10 to 15 degrees

Squeegee Pressure: Avoid excess pressure 

Squeegee speed: Medium

Print stroke: 1 for dark color ink and 2 for light colors

Wash-Up: ECO2770 Textile Ink degrader or ECO4400 Press Wipe.

Mesh: Use 86-160 mesh for optimum opacity.

Use 160-305 mesh for overprinting and fine line printing.

Use 86-120 mesh for cold peel transfers.

Stencil: CBX7700 or CBX7500 is recommended but will work with Any Conventional direct emulsion or capillary films.

Emulsion over mesh: 15-20%

Off Contact: 1/16"

Modifiers

Curable reducer, do not exceed 5% as it will affect ink opacity

Storage

65-95F

Avoid direct sunlight

Keep container sealed

Phthalate Compliant

Inks manufactured for Kolormatrix are certified by one of the largest plastisol ink manufacturers in the world to be Phthalate Compliant and does not knowingly add plasticizers containing the phthalates listed and outlined in California Bill 1108, CPSIA HR-4040 and Oeko-tex Standard 100. The plasticizers identified may include di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), diisononyl phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP), di-n-octyl phthalate (DnOP), (DIBP) Di-iso-butyl, and (DMP) Dimethylphthalate, including esters of ortho-phthalic acid and are not direct ingredients in the manufacture of Claira High Opacity Non-Phthalate Inks.