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Speedball, 4803, Opaque Fabric Screen Printing Ink, 8 Fl oz., Pearly White

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1.Color:Emerald


About this item

  • Designed to work on dark fabrics, speedball's opaque fabric inks add a stunning, pearlescent luster effect to your screen prints
  • Ideal for printing on a range of fabrics, including cotton, polyester, blends, linen, rayon, and other synthetics. Also works great on paper and cardboard
  • Offers excellent opacity without sacrificing workability or softness of fabric
  • Inks produce a super soft-hand on fabric and are permanent once properly heat set/cured
  • All colors carry the ap seal; easy soap and water cleanup



4.7 out of 5 stars Best Sellers Rank
  • #15,817 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing (See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing)
  • #8 in Printmaking Inks
Item Weight 1.44 ounces Manufacturer Speedball Country of Origin USA Date First Available April 22, 2009

Ideal for use on dark fabrics, speedball opaque fabric screen printing inks come in 10 colors and add stunning, iridescent effects into prints. Great for use on paper and Cardboard too! these inks offer perfect opacity without sacrificing any workability or softness of the fabric and are permanent on fabrics once properly heat set/cured. Non-flammable and contains no offensives smells or solvents - soap and water cleanup.


Customer
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2025
Really happy with the color of this. I specifically got this to use on dark blue fabric and I was pleased to see that it worked well. It’s easy to use, and luckily it cleans up off surfaces if you make a little mess while working with it.
Helen
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 18, 2025
The ink is just the right consistency to pick out detail from the stencil and covers well. It seems rather expensive, but goes quite a long way and is worth it for the results. I'll be buying more.
Johanes H.
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2024
It's our first time trying Silk screen printing for our church upcoming retreat T Shirt, and it came out great. The viscosity of the paint is perfect, doesn't dry out too fast. Once a while we need to clean up some corners with Q Tip and water. Recommended.
Jenny
Reviewed in Canada on August 25, 2024
I’m using this ink for some navy blue fabric I have and it’s gorgeous. It’s not a plain grey, but definitely silver with a metallic shine! I’m excited for future projects with it
bscottv
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2024
It far exceeded my expectations and I'm having a blast experimenting with artistic ideas. It's such an inspirational product. It's inspired me to explore new ideas. So happy I found it and love it. I'll be displaying my new piece of art at events and meetings. Buy it, Try it & most importantly have fun!
Sandy C
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2024
I love this paint! The consistency is smooth, and it has a wonderful shine. It is my forst time trying this style of paint, and i plan to get other colors.
Shirlean M. Toran
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2024
Great paint, works well and the color is beautiful.
Rebeka Ingram
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2023
It works well on lighter colors but on your darker colors, you are going to have to do multiple passes to whiten it as it looks more of a silvery color with only one pass.
KB11
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2023
I've used some pearls before, but not this specific one. Obviously, I've been looking for a way for white to not crack, so I tried this pearl white. I liked that it was a little thinner than plain white and it went on really nice. It's kind of an off white, not silver and not white. Like an actual pearl maybe. I didn't have to use any more than with any other color, probably less actually because it isn't as thick. I have high hopes that it won't crack as much since it didn't have to be gobbed on. I'm not sure how it would do on black, but I've used a multitude of colors so far (65% poly/35% cotton) and it was fantastic. I also used a slightly textured surface under it in hopes it will also help it to not crack. I'll update if I notice cracking. My only complaint is that it did seem to gum up my screen more than other colors. Maybe that will mean it won't crack as much? I only got about 3 shirts done before my screen need scrubbed out. I don't make a ton of shirts so it's not a big deal, but for those that do, be aware. Otherwise, it worked great.
Marko Zarak
Reviewed in Australia on January 15, 2021
Amazing colour, great productJust please tighten the lids or tape them before sending i seamed to be unlucky this timeThanks
Customer Robert
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2018
Good stuff, prints well on black microfiber sunglass cases. I can get very white print or semi white depending on my methods and that is exactly as it should be..UPDATE: I got a new 180 mesh screen and this ink don't like it. Due to the thickness of the ink it is difficult to get enough ink to transfer through the screen and when I do, because of the small holes it sucks some of the ink back off the fabric.The ink is too thick and when I pull the screen up, the suction don't pull the ink out of the mesh, the mesh sucks the ink back off the fabric in places. I got some half way decent results but wasted a bunch of bags because I just kept on trying different techniques.So there goes some bucks down the drain for my new aluminum 180 mesh screen. I think I'm going to buy some latex paint tomorrow and try that, then thin it as needed to see if I can salvage and use that nice aluminum frame with 180 mesh screen and the nice diazo emulsion stencil I made. I am also going to make a new screen out of 100 count mesh, like my old screen but using the new the speedball emulsion kit.The speedball emulsion kit works pretty well but you have to go fast and spread it thin. Oh well, at least I got the emulsion kit so I can do it right when I make the new screen with 100 mesh.One last thing, that is, uh, kinda funny. I just noticed on the ink container that it says in BOLD LETTERS this ink is not for nylon... WHAT? I'm on my 3rd jar of this ink and I'm just about certain the microfiber bags I am printing are NYLON. So.... The ink seems to work fine, if I have time I let it air dry. If I'm in a hurry I apply the ink thin and heat cure it with a heat gun and a laser thermometer at 200 degrees. I have to heat it once, cool it down to about 70 degrees then reheat it back to 200 again. I usually can get the ink completely cured and dried doing this but not always. Much better to be able to give it few days to air dry.~
Pankaj
Reviewed in India on August 15, 2017
Very good product but its costly for me to import to India
Bára Atladóttir
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2017
I really love this product, it is really pigmented on black!Will order again when i finish this one.Love it!
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