Solvent-Based Inks

Formulations for silk screen inks require slower evaporating solvents with high solvency that adequately dissolve the resin but are not too powerful for the substrate. The following oxygenated solvents are excellent active solvents for use in silk screen inks:

Butyl CARBITOL** (31 KB PDF)

Butyl CELLOSOLVE** (31 KB PDF)

DOWANOL* DPM – English (34 KB PDF)

DOWANOL DPM – Deutsch (34 KB PDF)

DOWANOL DPMA (30 KB PDF)

DOWANOL DPnP (30 KB PDF)

DOWANOL PMA – English (33 KB PDF)

DOWANOL PMA – Deutsch (34 KB PDF)

DOWANOL PnP (31 KB PDF)

Hexyl CELLOSOLVE Solvent (22 KB PDF)

Isopropanol (19 KB PDF)

Methyl CARBITOL (33 KB PDF)

UCAR** Ester EEP (23 KB PDF)

UCAR n-Butyl Propionate (62 KB PDF)

UCAR n-Pentyl Propionate (61 KB PDF)

UCAR n-Propyl Propionate (66 KB PDF)

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