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To view the complete Tip Sheet and video on creating unique discharged foil prints, download the PDF here.

By Dan Corcoran, Contributing Writer

Discharge ink and foil are two of the hottest trends in screen printing. Soft prints are in demand, and foil is valued in many markets, including fashion boutiques and skateboard shops.One of the key factors in perfecting the technique for combining foil and discharge ink is the garment itself. In this detailed Tech Tips newsletter, Dan Corcoran of Forward Printing, Oakland Calif., walks you through a step-by-step process of printing a mixed-media design on Fruit of the Loom’s® style DA2727 garment-dyed T-shirt, which is made of 100% cotton and reacts well to the discharge inks across all color ways.

To view the complete Tip Sheet and video on creating unique discharge foil prints, click here.

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Ryonet and SilkScreeningSupplies.com unveil “Game Changer” Product.

It was announced today by Ryan Moor, president and founder of Ryonet and SilkScreeningSupplies.com, the industry screen printing supplies leader, that they are releasing a revolutionary ink that will turn the industry on it’s head.

As of April 1^st, 2011 Ryonet will be selling the first completely invisible screen printing ink.  The ink, which will be called, RyoVis, will be available in 16 different colors to help satisfy all your printing needs.

Ryan Moor has been hard at work developing this incredible ink for over two years.  “It’s simply amazing” Ryan Moor said, “It’s easy to use, incredibly smooth and opaque, virtually no hand…. This thing really is a game changer for our entire industry.”

To develop this invisible ink, Ryonet has partnered with a European chemical company, Vanish Co. Unlimited Subsidiaries Holdings and Equity Development Inc.  Well known for it’s pioneering work in the field of invisible ink for pens, Vanish Co. was an integral part of the development of RyoVis.

“Sure there were some cultural barriers to overcome when working with Vanish Co.” Ryan continued, “But it was all work it in the end.  Beyond the cultural difference, the engineers at Vanish Co. weren’t used to working with textiles.  At first they thought that they could use the same ink from their invisible pens and markers they sell but we quickly found out that we weren’t getting proper adhesion to the t-shirt and it was washing off.  So they really worked hard, starting from scratch to develop a plastisol based invisible ink that is truly amazing.  When you work with it, it’s almost like there’s nothing there.”

The impact of this ink will be far reaching in the fashion industry.  Considering the current trends of young adults to attempt to individualize their fashion it’s certain that printers will be clamoring to print with this ink.  The reasoning is sound, if your peers cannot see the print you are wearing, there’s no way they can copy it.  Individuality has just been elevated to a whole new level.

And what about the doubters?  Ryan has an answer for them, “Some people have said this is an Emperor’s Clothes scenario and I can understand that if you’ve never tried it but once you’ve printed with this ink all doubt will go out the window and you will be blown away.  I guarantee it.  Invisible is the new black!”

Ryan says they retail this ink for $19.95 per quart, a great value for such an innovative product, and is available now on www.SilkScreeningSupplies.com.