Great tips! I started with water base ink and before I scored a conveyor dryer I was considering hanging the shirts to air dry overnight then heat-pressing them the next day to set them. I think that would work, but I never ended up trying it. As for waterbase drying in the screen, before I load the screen with ink I give it a mist (the dry screen) with one of those spritzers they use in hair salons, it's got much finer droplet size, and then wipe it around a bit. I find this helps keep the screen from immediately sucking all the moisture out of the ink. I also use that spritzer on the ink itself every once in a while during the run. You can also get retarders from various manufacturers to put in the ink, slows down the drying time, but don't use too much or it won't cure. Big shops that are water based will use overhead misters and humidifiers to keep the air moisture levels up.
@squeegeeandink
Жыл бұрын
Great - cheers Richard for that spraying the screen before applying ink tip!
@theeddieray
Жыл бұрын
This was super helpful and answered all my questions thank you. I have total studio envy - i kept pausing and looking at all your racking and stuff. It's a really beautiful space - very inspiring. thanks again!
@squeegeeandink
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much this was a really kind comment! It keeps us motivated
@thelifeofsharks
Жыл бұрын
A heat gun will work well to cure shirts if you’re not printing large runs, you don’t have the space or you can’t afford a conveyor dryer.
@patrickadams7061
Жыл бұрын
Watching right here from Ghana 🇬🇭 and i really love your channel❤️🔥🔥great work✌️wish to see some more videos on Plastic sol ink 😁✌️
@squeegeeandink
Жыл бұрын
Hey! Ah yeah thanks for watching, what type of thing are you printing? T-shirts? We will do another plastisol one soon!
@patrickadams7061
Жыл бұрын
@@squeegeeandink tshirt printing please😊here we lack most of these inks u have there 😁so we mainly use the Plastic sol and some few water based inks which I personally don’t use much 😊i am really grateful to come across your channel✌️❤️
@prashantbhatti3863
4 ай бұрын
Hi after screen printing on plastic bag the ink is not sticking with bag and fall out after dried
@leandrobenitez3959
Жыл бұрын
great content!! you should have more views
@squeegeeandink
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate that! We produce weekly videos and have our podcast, new video coming out today.
@lt7114
Жыл бұрын
@@squeegeeandink keep it up please. So far you have had some of the most valuable content I have found on the trade. I have been screen printing for about 6 months now as a small business owner. Over that time I have watched hours of KZitem videos, and only recently did I find your channel. It has become most favorite screen printing channel by far.
@MT-fl5iw
8 ай бұрын
When I prep my screen with emulsion and I screen print on a shirt the ink won’t go through the screen. Can you help me on what I’m I doing wrong
@_flargy
8 ай бұрын
Assuming you have a thick white waterbased ink... either use more pressure, lower your mesh count, or thin out your ink by mixing in retarder.
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