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Name of the Day – 1st Business Day of Christmas Begins

December 9, 2015: It’s December 9th and the 1st Business Day of Christmas in our Christmas Give-Away! Today’s Selectee was Kenan Canales of Excelsior! Digital Apparel in N. Kansas City Missouri. Kenan will be receiving a complete Image Armor Ink and Pretreatment change over kit containing a Liter of each our E-Series DTG inks (white and CMYK) as well [...]

Image Armor Christmas Ink Give Away

November 26, 2015: It’s the 12 Business Days of Christmas Give Away! Image Armor is going to be giving away 12 complete change over kits of our popular E-SERIES inks starting December 9th, 2015! That’s right – giving away complete ink change over kits…. It’s our way of saying Merry Christmas to twelve lucky people! So , if [...]

What Happens If I Don’t Cure the Ink Completely?

November 25, 2015: We wanted to show everyone how important it is to ensure that your DTG ink is properly cured. Figure 1 shows two different shirts with the same image printed. The garment is a 100% black polyester fabric with the Image Armor E-SERIES inks. This picture is after just one wash and dry cycle. In this case [...]

TIP #1 for Getting the Best Results on 100% Black Polyester

November 24, 2015: TIP #1: PRETREATING AND CURING THE PRETREATMENT FOR 100% BLACK POLYESTER PRINTING You will typically need MORE pretreatment than a standard 100% cotton garment. Try starting your testing with 30-40 grams of ULTRA pretreatment. This means the shirt is going to be WET! Try Hover Curing…… this will require NO cover sheet and keep the [...]

If You’re Using A DTG IV Ink Bag System You Must Read This

November 20, 2015: Many DTG printers today are utilizing what can easily be called the DTG IV Bag Ink System. That is because if you have ever been to a hospital and been hooked up to one, you know it looks exactly like an intravenous drip system used to administer drugs into a patient. In this case, that patient [...]

Indonesia Loves Image Armor

November 18, 2015: Every now and then we get reports from around the world about our inks and pretreatments. I was sick the past couple of days and when I saw this video, it made my day. They had switched from Dupont over to our Image Armor E-SERIES inks and said they this on the T-Shirt Forums… “A [...]

How To Improve Your DTG Prints On 50/50 Garments

November 16, 2015: It’s fun for us to do the trade shows circuit with the Image Armor products. We often get DTG printers who stop by our booth and have never tried any of the Image Armor pretreatments. When they see what our pretreatments are capable of letting them achieve, they start to get excited. One such example is pretreating [...]

All Polyesters are Not Created Equal

November 13, 2015: WHAT WE FOUND During our routine printing and testing procedures we came across something that we though should be shared with our customers in regards to shirts, pretreatment and inks. We were printing some white 100% polyester fabric shirts that were pretreated with 16g of the Image Armor LIGHT Shirt Formula. The interesting thing was that [...]

Customer Testimonial – Surf Signs and Designs

November 10, 2015: Adam from Surf Signs and Designs in Myrtle Beach, SC stopped by our booth at the 2015 Atlanta SGIA to talk to us about what he likes about using the Image Armor LIGHT Shirt Formula with the Brother GT3 garment printer and polyester fabrics.

Image Armor Now Available in Southern Poland and Surrounding Countries

November 4, 2015: Image Armor announces that Capricorn of Piekoszów, Poland is the newest Image Armor dealer. Capricorn, located in Southern Poland, is a full service DTG printer and consumable supplier and carries a complete line of the Image Armor E-SERIES inks and pretreatment solutions. For DTG printers in Poland interested in learning more about our Image Armor Inks and [...]

Image Armor Customer Testimonial from RJ Designs

November 2, 2015: Jim Crumby stopped by the Ft Worth Imprinted Sportswear Show and talked a little bit about his use of Image Armor products and what he thinks about them. His company RJ Designs uses the E-SERIES DTG Inks and pretreatments and loves printing on 100% polyester and blends with the inks. Listen in as he talks [...]

What Happens When You Heat Press Pretreatment and Ink or Hover Cure

October 30, 2015: To help people understand some of the variables with different pretreatment and ink curing options, we wanted to do a side-by-side comparison to show what happens with the Image Armor E-SERIES™ DTG Inks and pretreatments. All the printing parameters and pretreatment application settings were the same for each print. The only difference was how the pretreatment and inks were [...]

Customer Testimonial for Image Armor Pretreatments – Larry Turner

October 27, 2015: Larry Turner of Designs & More in Dumas, TX talks about his conversion experience with Image Armor Pretreatments, the ViperONE Electric pretreatment machine and more at the Ft. Worth ISS show. Play the video to learn why Larry loves Image Armor.

Image Armor Customer Testimonial – Mr. V’s Customized Apparel

October 22, 2015: Torrence from Mr. V’s Customized Apparel stopped by our booth at the 2015 Ft Worth Imprinted Sportswear Show and had some great comments about his use of Image Armor products. Click play to find out what Torrence thinks about Image Armor.

Image Armor Customer Testimonial – Git Branded

October 20, 2015: We wanted to thank everyone who stopped by our booth in Ft. Worth at the 2015 Imprinted Sportswear Show to talk to us about the Image Armor Inks and Pretreatments. A big thanks to George Git from Git Branded who talks about his experience with Image Armor in his printer.