Confused about the different white inks on the markets for custom sublimation printing? Most printers understand the difference a cotton white and a low- bleed white, but what a mixing white vs. a highlight white?
Here’s a brief breakdown on which white use for what:
A mixing white is going to be somewhat less opaque due to the main fact that it is a mixing white and it is meant to be used in conjunction with other primary colours to make to make a different formulation.
A cotton white is mainly used as a white underlay for dark garments for digital sublimation printing, especially cotton garments. It is important to mention that cotton should be printed with a non-ghosting ink, which most inks meant for cotton only.
A highlight white as the name implies is generally printed on top of other white ink to give the white print a brighter, highlighted white. The ink may contain optical brighteners to make the white a loop with the help of dye sublimation printer.
A low- bleed white is commonly used as a white underlay for dark 50/50 type garments. This type of ink has some dye bleed blocking properties that make your designs beautiful.
A poly- white is mainly for the printing on 100% polyester garments and has a stronger dye bleed blocking property. Most of the poly whites also have additional qualities and stretch properties so they can be used for printing for athletic fabrics.
Grey or black are special inks and specially formulated to block notoriously bleeding fabrics such as camouflage and popular wicking or performance fabrics. These inks typically contain a carbon factor that absorbs the dye.
These basic tips on white inks will help all the printing business holders to help in determining which white ink to use for the particular job and substrate being used.
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