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japcarmaniac
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hi, I am from scotland uk and have little chemistry knowledge so i hope I've posted in the right section to start lol.
as in the uk I am finding it difficult to get activator for water transfer printing. there a few formulas that can be mixed up by myself but id rather be able to understand why these chemicals are needed and perhaps be able to make my own. for those who are unaware water transfer printing is basicly a sheet of PVA with an image printed on one side. this film is placed in warm water and an ACTIVATOR is sprayed over it to dissolve the PVA and leave behind the ink and its adhesive so that an object can be placed into it and coated in the image.
so at a glance i need to be able to dissolve the PVA. I've looked at many formulas and the most popular chemicals i can see in them are
xylene
isobutanol
mek
ethyl acetate
butoxyethanol
what i do know is that my chemicals would need to be non soluble in water. I've seen the msds iof an activator sold in aerosol form and its 70% butoxyethanol. i have no idea what the other 30% could be.
any help would be most appreciated and i hope to learn a thing or two.
thanks in advance
derek
as in the uk I am finding it difficult to get activator for water transfer printing. there a few formulas that can be mixed up by myself but id rather be able to understand why these chemicals are needed and perhaps be able to make my own. for those who are unaware water transfer printing is basicly a sheet of PVA with an image printed on one side. this film is placed in warm water and an ACTIVATOR is sprayed over it to dissolve the PVA and leave behind the ink and its adhesive so that an object can be placed into it and coated in the image.
so at a glance i need to be able to dissolve the PVA. I've looked at many formulas and the most popular chemicals i can see in them are
xylene
isobutanol
mek
ethyl acetate
butoxyethanol
what i do know is that my chemicals would need to be non soluble in water. I've seen the msds iof an activator sold in aerosol form and its 70% butoxyethanol. i have no idea what the other 30% could be.
any help would be most appreciated and i hope to learn a thing or two.
thanks in advance
derek