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Curing Questions

How do you cure water-based ink?

To cure water-based ink, you need to evaporate all the water, reach cure temp, and hold at the temp for at least 20 seconds. The most ideal situation is to have a minimum six-foot forced air conveyor dryer; you’ll be able to accomplish a cure in the

What is cure Temp?

Water-based ink like Green Galaxy will cure between 300°-320°F. Some plastisol inks cure at 320°F. Low-cure plastisol inks, like FN-INK™, cure at 260°F. The temperature that an ink cures at means that ink needs to reach that temp from the top to the