"Rehance": Eco-Screenprinting
by TreeHugger 
on 04.18.05
T.S. Designs, a screenprinting company, has created an eco-effective method of screenprinting, called "Rehance". Screenprinters commonly use "Plastisol" ink which contains PVC. Plastisol creates a plasticky shell that sits separate from the fabric and becomes crusty after repeated washings. By contrast, Rehance changes the cotton at the molecular level, and allows the fiber to remain breathable after printing. It also stretches with the fabric, so it is less prone to cracking.
Rehance will work on anything cellulose including Tencel®, rayon, hemp and cotton blended fabrics.
T.S. Designs also uses organic cotton, fairtrading and other sustainable business practices.
:: T.S. Designs
[by Justin Thomas]
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Treehuggers should pay really close attention to what this company is doing. They are quietly revolutionizing the t-shirt industry. I've known them for a long time. They made the t-shirt TreeHugger regular Summer Rayne Oakes wears on www.greenhummer.info :: The t-shirt industry, especially in the music - arena - sports - promotional world, is one of the dirtiest industries around... bad cotton, bad screening, etc... TS Designs provides an all-around solution. It's important as designers to encourage anyone thinking of producing a t-shirt to consider TS Designs's services. They are the kind of company quietly making a huge difference, and could use the design and PR savvy treehugger readers could lend them. Their new process by the way isn't that difficult to understand. Just think high-tech tie-dye! That's what they do... start with a white shirt and dye the design in, rather than print on top of it.