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PRINTING INKS

Steve Wood Services: Permaset Permatone T hrough Steve Wood Services, Colormaker Industries offers water-based ink ranges fabrics or garments, then it makes sense to have them printed with an organic-approved ink such as Permatone.” The solvent-free Permaset Permaset Aqua, Permatone and Permaprint Premium.

Permatone is a colour management set of ready-for-use textile printing inks designed for use in a colour matching system. The system can currently produce over 950 colours, with more scheduled for release in the coming year. These 100% solvent-free inks are approved by the Soil Association and meet the requirements of GOTS. Colormaker Industries reports that the inks offer “an exceptionally soft handle and excellent durability”, and are ideal for printing organic garments and childrenswear, as well as intimate apparel, swimwear and products that come into contact with delicate skin. “The use of many screen printing inks would destroy the organic integrity that would otherwise accrue from printing organic fabrics,” says Colormaker Industries. “So, if you’re screen printing organic

Aqua inks include both Standard (transparent) and SuperCover (opaque)

ranges along with four metallics and

four process (CMYK) colours and a range of ancillaries. Each range includes eight fluorescent colours and a

print paste. The SuperCover inks can be printed straight onto dark fabrics – no underbase is required. The Permaprint Premium range is a water-based range that can be screen printed on sealed paper, cardboard, Tyvek, polyesters, polycarbonates, coated metals,

Coreflute and polystyrene. www.steve-wood.co.uk

Blue Lips Droplet T-shirt designed and printed by Wasted Heroes of Liverpool

PERMASET ® PERMATONE ™ inks: the perfect colour matching system for trade professionals

¬ 100% solvent free and water-based screen printing inks ¬ Approved by the Soil Association of the UK ¬ Database of › 950 colours and growing! ¬ Pure, vibrant colours with unsurpassed softness of print ¬ Rub, wash & dry-clean resistant ¬ We also manufacture the best water-based opaque Supercover White ink on the planet!

Enquiries & Sales: Steve Wood Services Ltd

Image courtesy Wasted Heroes, Liverpool York, United Kingdom Phone: 01423 358 989 Email: screen@steve-wood.co.uk www.steve-wood.co.uk

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