SPSI Tru White Low Cure Plastisol Ink - 1 Gallon
High-opacity, low-cure white plastisol ink formulated for dependable coverage, smooth printing, and efficient production on cotton, polyester, and blended garments.
Characteristics
SPSI Tru White Low Cure Plastisol Ink is a professional-grade white plastisol ink designed to provide strong opacity, smooth printability, and consistent production performance while curing at lower temperatures than conventional plastisol inks.
The low-cure formulation helps reduce the amount of heat applied to garments during production, making Tru White especially useful when printing heat-sensitive fabrics. Lower curing temperatures can also help reduce the risk of dye migration on polyester and polyester-blend garments. Testing is recommended because fabric dyes and garment constructions vary.
Tru White is formulated to deliver a bright, solid white appearance with good coverage and a smooth printed surface. It can be used as a stand-alone white or as an underbase beneath additional plastisol colors when strong color reproduction is required.
Its production-friendly consistency makes it suitable for both manual and automatic screen printing operations. Whether printing dark cotton T-shirts, polyester athletic apparel, or blended garments, SPSI Tru White provides dependable performance for a wide variety of textile printing applications.
- Low-cure plastisol ink formulation
- Bright, high-opacity white
- Designed for smooth, consistent printing
- Helps reduce garment exposure to high curing temperatures
- Useful on cotton, polyester, and compatible blended fabrics
- Can help minimize dye-migration concerns on heat-sensitive polyester
- Suitable for use as a stand-alone white or underbase
- Compatible with manual and automatic screen printing presses
- Excellent choice for dark-colored garments
- Provides strong coverage and a smooth printed surface
- Suitable for athletic and performance apparel
- Production-ready plastisol performance
- Cotton T-shirts and sweatshirts
- Polyester garments
- Compatible cotton/polyester blends
- Dark-colored apparel
- Athletic and performance garments
- Heat-sensitive fabrics, subject to testing
- Mix Before Printing: Thoroughly mix the ink before use to restore a smooth, uniform consistency.
- Mesh Selection: Choose mesh count based on the desired opacity, image detail, and ink deposit. Lower mesh counts generally provide heavier deposits, while higher mesh counts can produce finer detail and a softer hand.
- Printing on Dark Garments: Optimize off-contact, squeegee pressure, screen tension, and print parameters to achieve sufficient coverage without unnecessarily heavy ink deposits.
- Print-Flash-Print: Flash only long enough to gel the first ink layer. Excessive flashing can affect intercoat adhesion and increase garment temperature.
- Proper Curing: Verify that the complete ink film reaches the manufacturer's specified cure requirements. Dryer temperature settings alone do not confirm that the ink has fully cured.
- Polyester Testing: Test polyester and other dye-sensitive garments before production. Low-temperature curing can reduce dye-migration risk but cannot guarantee migration resistance on every garment or dye system.
- Cleanup: Use an appropriate plastisol ink cleaner or press wash to clean screens, squeegees, and printing equipment.
- Cure Temperature: Confirm the exact cure temperature and dwell time using the current SPSI technical specifications before beginning production.
- Complete Cure: Ensure the entire ink deposit reaches the required cure temperature. Verify curing through appropriate temperature measurements and wash testing.
- Dye Migration: Low-cure technology can help reduce dye migration, but results depend on the garment, fabric dyes, curing conditions, and printing process.
- Production Testing: Test ink coverage, adhesion, curing, and dye-migration performance before beginning a full production run.
- Cotton T-shirts and sweatshirts
- Polyester garments
- Cotton/polyester blends
- Dark-colored apparel
- Athletic and performance garments
- White underbase printing
- Bright, high-opacity direct-print white
- Low-temperature production environments
- Manual screen printing
- Automatic screen printing
- Shops looking to reduce garment heat exposure