Crack printing technology

cracked printing process is a printing technique that can produce a unique texture effect.

Features

Unique texture effect: The most notable feature of cracked printing is its ability to produce natural and irregular crack textures. This texture has a unique visual impact, giving people a sense of simplicity, vicissitude or fashion, and can add a unique artistic atmosphere to printed products.
Rich in color: Various colors of printing pastes can be selected according to design requirements to achieve a rich and diverse range of color combinations. Moreover, due to the existence of cracks, the color will form a natural penetration and gradient effect at the crack sites, making the pattern more vivid and rich in layers.
Special hand feel: The hand feel of the printed parts may vary slightly due to the presence of cracks, presenting a certain degree of concavity and convexity, which enhances the tactile texture of the fabric and makes the product have a unique appeal in terms of hand feel.

Cracking printing is a process that uses special cracking inks or printing pastes to form patterns on fabrics. Then, by controlling the drying speed and shrinkage degree of the inks or printing pastes, natural cracks are produced on the surface, creating a unique effect similar to the texture of turtle shells. This crack effect is caused by the uneven shrinkage of the film-forming substances in the ink or printing paste during the drying process.

The cracked printing paste is printed onto the fabric by means of screen printing, gravure printing, etc. During the printing process, it is necessary to pay attention to controlling the thickness and uniformity of the printing paste. Generally speaking, the thickness of the printing paste should be around 0.1 to 0.3 millimeters. If it is too thick, it may cause excessive or unnatural cracks; if it is too thin, the crack effect will not be obvious. Crack addiction, artificial fragmentation feeling, the more it cracks, the more damp it gets, natural aging, emphasizing the uniqueness of the craftsmanship. The ice-cracked porcelain in the T-shirt industry highlights visual tension.