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Old August 5th, 2011, 07:06 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Who makes a fast air-dry ink for printing cardboard boxes?
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We print our logo on boxes and found plain acrylic craft paint works well and easy to clean up. You can get it a Walmart or a craft store.
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Default Re: Printing cardboard boxes

How long do you let it dry. Do you water it down some?
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I stand them up on end like signs and it takes about 15 min to dry to the touch. The hotter the shop the quicker they dry. If I'm in a rush I send them through the dryer quick. I do not add anything to the paint and run a 180 or 200 mesh and print on them on the manual.
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Cool thanks I'm going to walmart!
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There are a lot of water based box inks about. Even textile water base can do the job!! Fine mesh and run your drier fast!
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I print them with regular plastisol and just send them down the dryer. Never had any come off.





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I print them with regular plastisol and just send them down the dryer. Never had any come off.





Plastisol can scuff off. My suggestion is either water based or solvent based. Get a sample and test print the ink on it, then give it a rub next day, a scuff, cut it several times in two directions across each other cut, push plastic Sellotape down on it, and lift off as a cross-hatch adhesion test. Also take into consideration the stock and eater it is matte or coated gloss etc as the substrate stock and finish will ultimately determine the ink that will be easiest and cheapest to print with acceptable adhesion.
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Plastisol can scuff off. My suggestion is either water based or solvent based. Get a sample and test print the ink on it, then give it a rub next day, a scuff, cut it several times in two directions across each other cut, push plastic Sellotape down on it, and lift off as a cross-hatch adhesion test. Also take into consideration the stock and eater it is matte or coated gloss etc as the substrate stock and finish will ultimately determine the ink that will be easiest and cheapest to print with acceptable adhesion.

Like I said, I have never had any come off, scuff or otherwise. The cardboard absorbs the ink and plasticizers so the ink is actually embedded into the fibers. I would not use plastisol on cardboard or poster board with a slick finish but on regular cardboard boxes it works great.








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Speedball acrylic ink works great. About the only thing they make that's worth a damn for screenprinting. Not the crap made for fabric, although that would probably work, too.

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