Metalic printing – It’s similar to glitter, but quite different. Instead of using large expensive nuggets of real gold or silver* as we actually really do in all our glitter prints, we use smaller more discrete particles of metal flake.\u00a0These\u00a0\u00a0are then suspended into\u00a0a solvent based\u00a0ink, just the same type of\u00a0plastisol ink we would use in many other applications, nothing unusual there.\u00a0These smaller flakes will consequently sit more gently onto lighter weight fabrics than a glitter ink.\u00a0The latter can feel way too chunky on our more flouncy fabrics.\u00a0We are often asked, well once, ‘Commercially, which sell better, glitter or metallic inks?’ Our stats are pretty flaky on this, but instinct would say that a nice subtle metalic will out sell a glitter every day of the week. It takes a certain sort of person to waltz into the pub wearing a massive glitter print, and looking like a Christmas tree having a drink. Metalic colours available are limited, basically a gun metal silver, or an almost bronzey antique gold look. It is technically possible to mix other colours into a metalic, you could attempt for example a red metallic screen print. Honestly though, they look a bit dull and dirty when we start diluting the shimmer of the metalic\u00a0flakes with other solid colours, so we’d advise you give that a wide swerve and play it nice and simple.<\/p>\n
One very good reason is that you can get a smaller flake through a slightly finer mesh screen, and so we can create more detailed graphic lines than are possible with those\u00a0nuggets of glitter.<\/p>\n
And as we’ve alluded to above, as a rule,\u00a0metallic printing is \u00a0for when you’re feeling semi crazy, but don’t want to over egg the pudding, and often we feel they’re much preferable to a full on Christmas party glitter.\u00a0 You will look considered, stylish,\u00a0and slightly up for it,\u00a0without having too much to drink\u00a0prior to\u00a0urinating\u00a0in the wardrobe.<\/p>\n
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