PERMAPRINT Premium is a professional water-based screen printing ink designed for high-quality prints on paper, cardboard, plastics, and select coated metals. These 100% solvent-free inks are environmentally friendly and known for their intense pigments, strong coverage, and exceptional color yield, making them a great choice for graphic, poster, packaging, signage, and specialty printing applications.

PERMAPRINT Premium is available in Aquatone colors, Black, Blending White, Extender/Print Paste, Opaque White, Clear Gloss Varnish, Matting Agent, CMYK Process Colors, Glow Colors, and Pearl Colors. The Aquatone range is a color matching system made up of 12 bases, including 9 colors plus Black, Blending White, and Extender/Print Paste. For dark backgrounds, Opaque White is recommended as an underbase.

These inks are formulated without ozone-depleting chemicals such as CFCs or HCHCs and are free from aromatic hydrocarbons, volatile solvent, PVC resin, phthalate plasticisers, lead, and other heavy metals. PERMAPRINT Premium also has no flash point and is exempt from flammable liquids regulations, making it a cleaner option for professional screen printing environments.

Ideal Applications

PERMAPRINT Premium is suitable for:

• Hand-printed wallpaper
• Art reproduction
• Stickers and decals
• Posters and signage
• Backlit displays
• Skateboards
• Graphic and specialty printing
• Paper, cardboard, plastic, and select coated metal substrates

Compatible Substrates

PERMAPRINT Premium can be used on sealed paper, cardboard, polyesters including Mylar, Tyvek, polycarbonates, some coated metals, polystyrene, Perspex, and Corflute/Coroplast.

Technical Specs

• Product Resistance: After air drying, PERMAPRINT Premium prints exhibit very good water resistance
• Transparency: Transparent including the Blending White; only Opaque White and the 4 Pearl Colors are opaque
• Drying: Air dry
• Mesh: Monofilament polyester 86–305 tpi; Opaque White and Matting Agent 86–225 tpi
• Stencil Type: Must be water resistant, fully dried, and fully cured
• Clean Up: Water
• Increase Screen Open Time: 1–2% PERMASET Print Retarder
• Applications: High lay-down hand-printed wallpaper and art reproduction through to skateboards, stickers, posters, and backlit displays
• Substrates: Sealed paper, cardboard, polyesters/Mylar, Tyvek, polycarbonates, some coated metals, polystyrene, Perspex, and Corflute/Coroplast

PERMAPRINT Premium is a strong choice for printers who need vibrant water-based ink performance, excellent coverage, and a cleaner formulation for professional graphic and specialty screen printing.