DISCHARGE INKS
Water based inks soak into the fabric instead of sitting on top. Therefore the print still shows the weave of the shirt making it much lighter and breathable. When the garment is dark and the print is bright we need to mix the ink with an agent that deactivates the original dye used on fabrics. In other words it bleaches out the dye leaving its natural tan cotton color showing through. Once the dye has been removed, the pigmented discharge ink will then re-dye the image area with your desired ink color.