TCI 8700 Screenprinting Ink
Air- and jet drying, gloss finish, one or two pack, screen- and pad printing ink with a long pot life for the printing of various substrates, such as pretreated polyethylene, -polypropylene, polyester, pvc, acrylics, aluminium, polycarbonate, glass, melamine, and other rigid materials.
Drying takes place by evaporation of the solvents. The chemical reaction between the components sets only in after drying. As this reaction takes place without consumption of oxygen, piling up is possible immediately after drying without disturbing the curing.
Forced drying by means of a jet drier or oven is possible. Guideline: Jet temperature 40 - 50° C during 50-60 sec. Oven temperature: depending on the colour, 25 - 30 min. at 120° C or 5 - 10 min. at max. 180° C.
The full colour range is in accordance with the EN 71-3 and ASTMF-963 norm for toy regulations.
The Colormatic matching system enables you to match a simulation of shades according to Pantone® -, HKS-, RAL- and Visprox colours. Condition: 100T, white substrate.
Colour range: 21 standard colours, 11 Colormatic mixing colours + clear, 6 traffic sign colours, 4 halftone process colours + base tix, pearl base, sparkling silver, gold and silver.
COLOUR RANGE
Standard Colours
| 8701 L White 8701 EO* White 8701 EO* White Flat 8702 M Black 8702 Black Flat 8702 EO* Black 8703 Light Gray 8706 Medium Yellow 8707 Bright Orange 8710 Bright Red 8715 Sky Blue 8722 Brilliant Blue 8723 Mono Blue 8727 Blue 8729 Azure Blue 8733 Super Orange 8738 Brilliant Green 8739 Spring Green 8741 Pale Red 8745 Clear Flat 8747 Silver 8700 Sparkling Silver 8700 Glittering Silver Fine 8700 Glittering Silver Coarse 8700 Pearl Base 8749 Vernik EO= Extra Opaque |
Colormatic matching colors
| 8700 A Lemon Yellow 8700 B Golden Yellow 8700 C Orange 8700 D Red 8700 E Carmine 8700 F Pink 8700 G Bright Violet 8700 H Permanent Blue 8700 K Permanent Green 8701 L White 8702 M Black 8749 Vernik |
Halftone process colours
| 8750 Clear Tix 8751 Yellow Tix 8752 Cyan Tix 8753 Magenta Tix 8754 Black Tix 8755 Rubine Red Tix |
Additives
| Polyester bonding improver Hardener no. 5 (Glasshardener) |
THINNER/RETARDER
| Hardener no. 2 (8785) Retarder 4 (special retarder extra slow) Retarder 8 Thinner 10 Thinner 11 (spray thinner) |
GENERAL INFORMATION
| Type | Air drying two-component ink, tunnel drying possible, also appropriate for pad printing. |
| Application | On aluminium, polyacrylics, pvc, polyester, pre-treated polyethylene and polypropylene, various other synthetic materials with, if necessary the use of an adhesion agent. (See this leaflet and ink additives.) |
QUALITIES
| Genaral | Very good printing qualities and elastic. |
| Drying | Air drying: 5 - 20 minutes. |
| Gloss | Glossy. |
| Spreading | Through 73T - 120T mesh: 35 - 60 m²/l. |
| Colour mixing | In this ink series not only the Visprox colours according to the Colormatic matching system can be obtained by using the mixing colours A-M but also colours of other matching systems. Pantone formulations are available. |
| EN 71.3/ ASTM F 963 |
All the mentioned colours comply to the EN 71.3 and the ASTM F 963 norm. |
USE
| Hardener | Mixing ratio: add 6 - 10% Hardener no.2 (TCI 8785) to the ink. |
| Thinner | Machine printing: 15 - 20% thinner 10 can be added. Hand printing/fine details: 15 - 20% of retarder 8 or retarder 4 can be added as well. Various other thinners can also be added. |
| Pot life | The pot life of the mixture ink-hardener is about 72 hours. |
| Attention | When printing overlapping prints with TCI 8700 colours or varnish see to it that this will be done within 48 hours. |
| Mesh | 73T - 120T. |
| Cleaning | Appropriate are: Screenwash , -T.X.F., -L.O.D. and Super Screenwash. |
| Security | All our inks are provided with security- and health instructions. |