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Modatex Quasar. Additives, Thinners and Bases for Modatex Quasar water-based screen printing inks.

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Modatex Quasar. Additives, Thinners and Bases for Modatex Quasar water-based screen printing inks.

Additivo Soft Feel
Puff Base
Transparent Base
Opaque Base
Catalyst Modatex 30 gr
Binding Agent for Metals

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Modatex Quasar ink is single-colour when used with a hot air oven.

It is characterised by a soft hand even on very thick layers.

Modatex Quasar can be used on mixed and synthetic fabrics and has great elasticity.

It is used on cotton fabrics, which are also fairly elastic.

Resistance to washing is achieved by perfect oven drying.

We recommend mixing the hardener with the ink only for the portion of the ink that is used.

The hardener should be added in the proportion of 3% to the ink you wish to use for printing.
In any case, the hardener does not spoil the ink with which it is mixed, it simply loses its hardening effect after a couple of hours, thus requiring a new addition to the ink.
In other words, the hardener does not spoil the entire can of screen printing ink.

When reusing screen-printing ink, if more than 200 hours (approx. 1 week) have passed, a new hardener will have to be added.

The use of the oven could replace the use of the hardener, however, the addition of the hardener to the ink is always recommended.

Q&A

Which ink can I use for printing on acrylic?
Answer to the question from Daniel

Printing on acrylic is equivalent to printing on wool.

You could try the Modatex water-based ink and add some Soft Feel additive to it, the purpose of which is to keep the print soft.

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Hi, I wanted to know at what point in the process it should be used, whether it should be added to the colour and in what percentage?
Answer to the question from Alessandro

The Quasar Modatex Ink should be diluted with water to achieve the right viscosity; then the ink is removed from the frame and the cleaning is carried out, so that the frame can be archived correctly.
Retarder should be added in the amount of 1% to 3%. Excessive doses impair final drying and the printed ink will remain water-soluble for a long time even after baking.

Therefore, the advice is to add water until the correct consistency is reached and add the retarder percentage at the end.

As there is no precise dosage for adding water, one must adjust the amount a little at a time and use experience.
The correct procedure is as follows

get an empty can and pour into it the amount of ink you consider necessary for the printing session;

add water a little at a time, stirring, until you get the consistency of Nutella or mayonnaise;

the ink is now ready to be used;

nothing forbids, during printing, to still make small corrections directly in the frame: it all depends on whether the ink passes easily through the canvas, or struggles to pass and requires excessive squeegee pressure.

it is convenient, at the end of the job, to recover both the ink left on the frame and the diluted ink left in the jar and pour it over the canvas.

If the ink is too diluted the print is likely to be smudged, if the ink is too thick you will struggle to get it through the frame when printing.
We usually recommend using a 55-thread frame, as water-based inks dry quickly on the frame, clogging the mesh and making it unusable once the ink dries.
This is why using a slightly wider spinning allows the ink to dry less quickly on the frame.

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