Textile Components and/or Other Articles Including Printed Structures, Methods of Making These Articles, and Products Including Such Articles

Abstract

A printing method includes: (A) placing a substrate including at least a base textile layer on a screen printing bed; and (B) screen printing a topcoat layer over a surface of the substrate by moving a mixture including at least a polyurethane material, water, a cross-linker material, and a rheological modifier through a screen to form the topcoat layer over at least a portion of the substrate surface. The substrate further may include at least one of (i) a graphics layer over at least a portion of the base textile layer and/or (ii) a skin layer (e.g., a weatherizing layer) over at least a portion of the base textile layer and/or between at least a portion of the graphics layer (if present) and the base textile layer. The method further may include forming one or more printed elements on the topcoat layer, e.g., using a jetting device and process.

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