IG Supplies Ltd partners with Taiwan Dyestuffs & Pigment Corp Ltd to bring a complete range of textile printing accessories to the East African textile and garment industry. Our product lineup is specially formulated for screen printing, rotary printing, block printing, and discharge applications on cotton, polyester, blends, and synthetics.

Whether you’re producing fashion fabrics, promotional wear, or decorative textiles, we offer high-performance additives, binders, and pigments to meet industrial production needs with precision and consistency.

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🔹 Functional Textile Printing Accessories

1. Thickener T-7

• Description: A high-viscosity acrylic-based thickener used to adjust the flow and printability of pigment pastes in textile printing.
• Appearance: Clear to light yellow viscous liquid
• Application:
  • Used in water-based pigment printing pastes
  • Enhances rheology for screen and rotary printing
  • Prevents color bleeding and improves print sharpness
• Benefits:
  • Provides shear-thinning behavior ideal for textile printing
  • Good compatibility with binders and pigments
  • Ensures consistent layer thickness and uniform coverage

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2. Binder 45%

• Description: A high-solid acrylic binder that forms the film for fixing pigments onto textile fibers during printing and curing.
• Solid Content: 45%
• Application:
  • Essential for pigment-based textile printing systems
  • Binds pigments on cotton, polyester, viscose, and blends
  • Compatible with thickeners and cross-linkers
• Benefits:
  • Excellent wash and rub fastness
  • Non-yellowing, flexible film-forming capability
  • Ideal for T-shirts, towels, bags, and upholstery textiles

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3. Table Gum

• Description: A water-soluble, adhesive paste applied to the printing table surface to hold fabric firmly in place during manual or screen printing.
• Application:
  • Applied on printing tables for cotton and polyester fabrics
  • Prevents fabric slippage and distortion during printing
• Benefits:
  • Easy to wash off with water
  • High tack but non-transferring
  • Ensures precision alignment for multi-color and registration-sensitive prints

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🔸 Pigment Colors & Special Effect Pastes

4. Elastic Pigment White

• Description: A white pigment paste with enhanced elasticity for use in stretchable fabrics like lycra, spandex, and sportswear.
• Application:
  • Used in elastic base printing pastes
  • Ideal for leggings, yoga wear, swimwear, and innerwear
• Benefits:
  • Maintains crack-free print film on stretchable textiles
  • Offers a bright, opaque white base or top layer
  • Highly flexible and durable during repeated stretching

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5. Elastic Pigment Neutral

• Description: A neutral (clear) pigment base with elasticity, designed to be mixed with various pigment colors for custom shades on stretchable fabrics.
• Application:
  • Acts as a base medium for creating elastic pigment colors
  • Suitable for lycra, elastane, and knitted cottons
• Benefits:
  • High pigment holding capacity
  • Allows creation of multiple shades while maintaining elasticity
  • Good film flexibility and wash durability

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6. Gold Paste

• Description: A metallic pigment printing paste composed of finely milled gold-colored metallic particles in a transparent binder medium.
• Application:
  • Used for metallic prints on fashion fabrics, T-shirts, and accessories
  • Suitable for flat-bed, rotary, and block printing
• Benefits:
  • Bright and reflective gold finish
  • Wash-resistant when properly cured
  • Adds luxurious metallic effect to high-end garments and prints

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7. Silver Paste

• Description: A silver metallic pigment paste used in textile printing to deliver shiny, chrome-like effects on garments and fabrics.
• Application:
  • Ideal for highlight prints, logos, and graphic designs
  • Works on cotton, polyester, and blended fabrics
• Benefits:
  • Durable shine with high metallic reflection
  • Can be layered over pigment base for bold contrast
  • Cures to a smooth, abrasion-resistant film

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8. Plastisol White

• Description: A ready-to-use plastisol ink with high opacity and soft-hand feel. Plastisols are PVC-based printing inks that cure at elevated temperatures.
• Application:
  • Common in screen printing of T-shirts and garments
  • Prints onto dark or colored fabrics as an underbase or top layer
• Benefits:
  • Great opacity and coverage
  • Smooth, stretchable print film
  • No need for drying — cures at 160–170°C
  • Ideal for bulk printing runs with conveyor dryers

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9. Plastisol Neutral

• Description: A transparent plastisol base that can be blended with plastisol pigments to form custom shades.
• Application:
  • Used to create color variants or reduce pigment intensity
  • Suitable for screen printing on cotton, cotton blends, and synthetics
• Benefits:
  • Maintains stretch and durability
  • Facilitates color matching and design flexibility
  • Compatible with metallic and high-density effects

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🎯 Applications

• T-shirt and sportswear printing
• Fashion fabrics with metallic or elastic designs
• Textile promotional goods
• Custom logo and branding prints
• Interior textiles and home furnishing fabrics

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🌍 Why Choose IG Supplies?

✅ Exclusive access to Taiwan Dyestuffs & Pigment Corp products
✅ Competitive pricing for bulk printing accessories
✅ Technical support for formulation and compatibility
✅ Fast delivery across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda
✅ In-stock availability for thickeners, binders, pigments, and plastisols