We work with a lot of up and coming designers to help create their own clothing lines – using our water-based inks to create custom printed labels. Think you’ve got ideas that the world should see? Give us a ring or drop us an email. We’re happy to talk over the process.

We print with a line of 100% solvent-free, water-based inks from called Permaset Aqua.  While the parent company, Colormark, has been the market leader in Australia for over 40 years, Permaset Aqua has been a recent revelation in the industry, and really the driving force behind our complete adoption of a fully water-based printing system.

For many years printers in our industry (ourselves included) have searched for alternatives to PVC based plastisol inks.  There were water-based alternatives, but nothing we could find that would perform.  With most water-based inks that were available, color ‘opacity’ was severly lacking.  That’s why we were so excited to come across Permaset Aqua.

We use Permaset Aqua because:

• It is 100% solvent and distillate free
• It is free of heavy metals
• Softness and strength of print
• Colormarks’s commitment to the health of our environment and our industry

Read more here…

Stumbling along the web, I came across something quite amazing – A weblog collection of my favorite kind of artist: screen printers, all displaying their beautiful work, answering questions about inspiration, technique, materials – and best of all there are links to each and every one of their Etsy shops. If you don’t yet know about Etsy, be careful. You may find yourself deep in a two hour shopping spree before you know it. Etsy is a network of craft people from all walks and styles putting their unique wares up for sale. Custom printed pillows to custom dog collars, this is the best place I’ve found for unique gifts. Never fails.

I’m not sure if these folks are all water based screen printers :] but check them out here nonetheless.