Screen Printing Inks & Scenic Paints

Textile Printing

The unique formula of PERMASET AQUA offers an environmentally friendly, easy-to-use premium textile printing ink for screen printing and block printing, that provides an unsurpassed balance of softness and durability to wash, rub and dry-clean. Permaset is a water-based fabric printing ink which is easy to use and delivers brilliant colours, creating striking results from your designs on t-shirts, yardage, promotional items, tea towels, napkins & tablecloths, tote and clutch bags, clothes, scarves, cushions, bedspreads, umbrellas and much more. The organic credentials of Permaset Aqua means that the ink is suitable to print on baby clothes, underwear and swimwear.

Read More View in Online Store

Block Printing Ink

Permaset Aqua is also popular for block printing onto fabrics. It is widely used with lino, wood and ezy-carve rubber blocks. Generally one would use a brayer (hard rubber roller) to spread the ink out onto blocks, however when using Permaset Aqua (which is a water-based ink) you need to use a soft sponge roller to spread the ink. Permaset tends to dry quickly so you need to work quickly when printing. The ink is intensely coloured, so some people choose to cut the strength back by mixing with Print Paste/Extender (essentially clear ink), or Permaset White ink, which is available from our online Permaset shop or retail stockists. If you follow these directions when block printing, you'll experience the superior technical performance of Permaset as a textile ink; soft handle, brilliant colours, excellent wash and dry clean resistance (after heat curing).

Read More View in Online Store

Yardage Printing

Permaset Aqua eco-friendly, water-based inks are chosen by yardage screen printers both in Australia and overseas for printing yardage for fashion, interior furnishings, specialty textiles, costuming and fabric panels for architectural features and promotion. Many yardage printers choose PERMASET PERMATONE inks, which is a colour management set designed for matching colours.

Read More View in Online Store

Screen Printing Other Substrates

PERMAPRINT PREMIUM is a range of totally water-based screen printing inks with superior performance and colour brightness. These inks are formulated for printing on sealed paper, cardboard, tyvek, polyesters, polycarbonates (lexan), some coated metals, polystyrene and wood. Permaprint Premium is suitable for use on high lay-down hand printed wallpaper and art reproduction, through to stickers, pacakaging, posters, backlit displays and more. Permaprint Premium ink totally eliminates the use of solvents so it's not only safe for the environment and the printer, but ensures equipment can be easily cleaned up with water and solvent fumes are eliminated.

Read More View in Online Store

Poster Printing and Handprinted Packaging

Colormaker's Permaprint Premium water-based inks are the perfect choice for screenprinting posters and handprinted packaging. These inks were recently used to screenprint the covers of the People of Print magazine's 2nd issue Print Isn't Dead, with outstanding success. Permaprint Premium comes in a broad range of brilliant Standard colours, as well Glow and Metallic colours. The range is formulated to be free of toxic chemicals and as such has become extremely popular due to it's easy clean-up in water, and lack of fumes.

Read More View in Online Store

Painting with PERMASET Inks

Permaset Aqua is not just used for printing. As a result of the product's intense, vibrant colours, eco-friendly formulation and ease of use; artists, designers and makers are using Permaset to paint high-end artworks, canvas murals, hand paint yardage, t-shirts, clutch bags, handbags, cushions, necklaces, jewellery and many other accessories. For more ideas and inspiration on ways to use Permaset Aqua see our Permaset Instagram account:https://instagram.com/permaset_aqua/

Read More View in Online Store

Scenic, Mural And Display Paints

Colormaker Industries manufactures a 100% acrylic flat water-based paint formulated especially for use in a wide range of architectural, scenic and decorative applications. PERMAPLASTIK is ideally suited to the decoration of television, film, theatrical and photographic sets, displays and exhibition fixtures, indoor and outdoor mural painting, sign-writing, posters and interior or exterior architectural feature decoration. The product's "dead flat" finish delivers a non-reflective result which dries in 1 hour. Permaplastik scenic paint is an eco-friendly, water-based formulation. The range consists of 20 full strength brilliant colours and 8 flourescent colours in the Glow range which are extremely popular with mural artists. Visit our Permaplastik Instagram account for inspiration and ideas on using Permaplastik scenic paints. https://www.instagram.com/permaplastik/

Read More View in Online Store