Screen Printing Ink
Drying
Physically fast drying,dries at 20℃ within 20 to 30 min.(for
overprintability),at 50℃ in a tunnel dryer within 30-60sec.The
times mentioned vary according to thickness of the ink film,with or without addition of hardener and type of
hardener,drying conditions and auxiliaries used.Please note that
the drying speed slows down i shades are overprinted and a hardener
has been used.
Stress resistance
After proper and thorough drying,the ink film exhibits outstanding
adhesion as well as rub and scratch resistance and is resistant to
oils,greases,diluted acids and bases,and alcohol.
Application:
Marapol PY is mainly used to print onto packaging containers of PE
or PP and onto rigid PVC-types.When printing onto PE and PP,the
surface of the substrate must be pre-treated in the usual
way,either by flaming or by Corona discharge.According to our
experience,the PY adheres on polyolefines with a minimum surface
tension of 42-48mN/m.PY can also be processed with a spray gun,but
preliminary trials are necessary for this process.We recommend to
filter the thinned press-ready ink(25μm screen)before processing
it,as otherwise there could be bubbles in the ink film.