DISCHARGE SCREEN PRINTING

Screen printing is one of the oldest printing techniques used in textile finishing. It involves creating a stencil from a fine-mesh screen using a special copying process. In this screen, the motif areas are ink-permeable and the remaining areas are ink-impermeable. The stencil, stretched onto a frame, is clamped into a screen printing carousel, then placed on the textile and the ink is pulled over the stencil using a rubber squeegee. The printed textile is then dried in a dryer for several minutes.

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Discharge screen printing is a bleaching process. An additive is mixed into water-based screen printing ink, which bleaches the textile to its natural color during the drying process. Color pigments can also be added to the additive. This makes it possible to re-dye the textile fabric at the same time. The bleaching process ensures that the textiles remain breathable at the print site and are highly resistant to washing.