Advantage Midnight All Purpose Black is ideal for printing thru lower mesh counts and where is build-up is not a concern, ie you always print black last or flash between each color.

Advantage is an Ultra-Premium Plastisol Ink that has been formulated to have a short body and extra creamy to be easy to print, wet on wet with minimal build-up. Plus a fast shearing action to allow you to print Faster. Works well for Manual and Automatic screen printing.

Opacity: Good
Viscosity : Medium
Bleed Resistance : Low
Build Up : Medium
Definition: Medium

Recommended Substrates
Cotton, cotton blends, polyesters, and some nylon (generally open weave or mesh types) as well as other synthetics.

Curing: Gel or flash-cure: Approximately 230 Degrees F

Full cure: 320 Degrees F

Transfer Temperature: 350 Degrees 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.

Tension: 15-20 acceptable, 25-35 recommended

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

Squeegee blade: Sharp

Squeegee angle: 10 to 20 degrees

Squeegee Pressure: Avoid excess pressure

Squeegee speed: Medium to Fast

Wash-Up: ECO2770 Textile Ink degrader or SCP17 Press Wipe.

Mesh: Use 86-160 mesh for optimum opacity.
Use 160-230 mesh for overprinting and fine line printing.

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

EOM: Emulsion over mesh 15 to 20%

Off Contact: 1/16"

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.