Printing Chemicals & Washes

TPI 96951 Technical Blanket & Roller Wash

This is our standard all around blanket and roller wash formulated to dissolve and disperse ink resins and pigments and perform a deep-cleaning action.

TPI 96956 Technical Water Miscible Blanket & Roller Wash

This is our standard Water Miscible all around blanket and roller wash formulated to dissolve and disperse ink resins and pigments and perform a deep-cleaning action. The solvent cuts the ink while the water removes paper, gum and other water soluble materials from the blanket and rollers. The emulsion also helps suspend the ink to aid in carrying them away.

TPI 98330 Presswash #253

This is our faster drying blanket and roller wash formulated to dissolve and disperse ink resins and pigments and perform a better deep-cleaning act

TPI 94850 #89 Blanket & Roller wash

This Water Miscible blanket and roller wash is has a stronger formulation to dissolve and disperse ink resins and pigments and perform a better deep-cleaning action. The solvent cuts the ink while the water removes paper, gum and other water soluble materials from he blanket and rollers. The emulsion also helps suspend the ink to aid in carrying them away.

TPI 93475 Econowash

This is our less expensive all around blanket and roller wash formulated to dissolve and disperse ink resins and pigments and perform a deep-cleaning action.

TPI 90150 MRC Wash

This is a fast-drying solvent with no surfactants used to clean off the contaminated buildup on the metering roller that results from the ink that feeds back into the dampening rollers.

TPI 96250 Tech Type Wash

Tech Type Wash will quickly and thoroughly clean almost every type of ink from metal type, plates, cuts, etc. It will raise hard, dry ink from the finest screen with little or no effort.

TPI 98200 Special Speedy Type Wash

This is our fastest drying type wash that thoroughly cleans almost every type of ink from metal type, plates, cuts, etc. It will raise hard, dry ink from the finest screen with little or no effort, and its fast evaporation reduces cleaning time to a minimum.

TPI Screen Clean

Screen clean is used to clean solvent based inks from screens and to open mesh.

IPA

Isopropyl alcohol reduces surface tension of the dampening solution. When the Surface tension force is reduced by alcohol, the droplet “relaxes”, and the same volume of water will spread thinner to cover a greater area of the plate. This spreading is sometimes referred to, quite correctly, as wetting. Because IPA evaporates so readily, it reduces the amount of fountain solution carried across to the stock and also to the ink, evaporating swiftly because of the mechanical heat generated during printing. Alcohol has a high affinity for water, and takes some of the water along with it when evaporating. Consequently, there is less water in the ink and less water in the printed stock. Alcohol is an mild ink solvent, inhibiting ink build-up and feedback into the fountain duct.