Textile Screen Printing Products

Textile printing products and stencils need to go beyond ink resistance and on-press durability – screen making and screen turn-around are just as important. Textile printers need emulsion solutions that can lower costs, increase efficiency and help deliver a greater volume of high quality products to keep up with steady growth and plenty of competition. We’ve put together a helpful Textile Selection Chart to guide you through the process of choosing the right screen printing chemicals for your project. Click Here for a printable pdf on textile printing.

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Today’s textile emulsions require:

 Excellent build-up ➙ to make the stencil with fewer passes
 Wide exposure latitude ➙ for predictable, repeatable imaging
 Fast drying and exposure ➙ to decrease screen-making time
 Easy, stain-free reclaiming ➙ for quick turns, and long screen life
 Excellent price-performance ratio ➙ required by this competitive industry


Selecting the Right Stencil

Stencil selection will always play an important role in the success of each textile job—from fine, detailed halftones and text, to ink deposit and opacity requirements, using the right emulsion for your textile application can make the difference.

Contact Chromaline’s Technical Specialists and Experienced Sales Representatives to help you find the optimum stencil system for your unique or challenging textile application.

With years of product research and development, Chromaline has assembled a comprehensive product range for textiles, with solutions that will fit your screen printing needs.

Use the table (right) to select the appropriate Chromaline emulsion for your textile application.

The Basics of Textile Printing

Learn about specific Chromaline products that are guaranteed to improve any textile printing operation. From direct emulsions, to presensitized film, and pallet adhesives to inkjet film for photo positives, and more. Read this helpful information to improve your textile printing process.

Textile Selection Chart

Ink Application Type Direct Emulsion Capillary Film
Water-based inks For soft-hand prints on light-colored fabrics Water-based CP Tex Diazo*
DTS Z1 Photopolymer*
Hydro-X Photopolymer
Hydro-X Z1 Photopolymer
Max-R Dual-Cure
UDC-ACE Dual-Cure
Discharge inks For soft-hand prints on dark fabrics Water-based CP Tex Diazo*
DTS Z1 Photopolymer*
Hydro-X Photopolymer
Hydro-X Z1 Photopolymer
Max-R Dual-Cure
UDC-ACE Dual-Cure
Plastisol inks For use on multi-color cotton, polyester, nylon and Lycra® fabrics Plastisol ChromaBlue® Photopolymer
ChromaLime® Photopolymer
Chroma/Tech® PL Photopolymer
CP Tex Diazo*
CP2™ Diazo
CTR Photopolymer*
DTS Z1 Photopolymer*
Hydro-X Photopolymer
Hydro-X Z1 Photopolymer
Max-R Dual-Cure
UDC-2 Dual-Cure
UDC-HV Dual-Cure
UDC-ACE Dual-cure*
Pro/Cap® Diazo
Pro/Cap TD® Diazo
Magna/Cure® Dual-Cure
Razor® Photopolymer*
Quick Film
Glitter/Metallic/ Reflective inks Special effect applications Plastisol ChromaBlue® Photopolymer
ChromaLime® Photopolymer
Chroma/Tech® PL Photopolymer
CP Tex Diazo*
CP2™ Diazo
CTR Photopolymer*
DTS Z1 Photopolymer*
Hydro-X Photopolymer
Hydro-X Z1 Photopolymer
Max-R Dual-Cure
UDC-2 Dual-Cure
UDC-HV Dual-Cure
UDC-ACE Dual-cure*
Pro/Cap® Diazo
Pro/Cap TD® Diazo
Magna/Cure® Dual-Cure
Razor® Photopolymer*
Quick Film
High-Density Inks For creating 3D effects Plastisol ChromaBlue® Photopolymer
ChromaLime® Photopolymer
Chroma/Tech® PL Photopolymer
CTR Photopolymer*
Hydro-X Photopolymer
Super PHAT Photopolymer with UDC-ACE
Glue/Adhesive Inks For embellishment adhesion: foil, transfers, sequins, caviar beads, patches, flocking Plastisol or 2-Part ChromaBlue® Photopolymer
ChromaLime® Photopolymer
Chroma/Tech® PL Photopolymer
CTR Photopolymer*
Hydro-X Photopolymer
Super PHAT Photopolymer with UDC-ACE

*Recommended for high-resolution Images
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