by Emily | Jan 13, 2021 | SQUEEGEE & INK BLOG
THE BASICS Reclaiming or de-coating a screen simply means completly cleaning off the old image to allow you to re-use your screen. WHY RECLAIM? Well, quite frankly, its going to cost you a bomb if you are purchasing a new screen everytime you want to change your...
by | Aug 6, 2020 | SQUEEGEE & INK BLOG
INTRO A flash dryer is used to gelcure plastisol ink after an underbase or inbetween colours. You would also use a flash dryer to achieve a perfect white on black print using plastisol ink. We recently upgraded our studio with a brand new flash dryer and this is what...
by | Jul 20, 2020 | SQUEEGEE & INK BLOG
TIP 1: GET YOUR HANDS ON SOME DECENT EMULSION Cheap emulsion is not good emulsion and good emulsion is not cheap! You can get your hands on hundreds of varients for different jobs but we prefer to use an ‘all rounder’ emulsion which comes in 2 parts...
by | May 14, 2020 | SQUEEGEE & INK BLOG
WANT TO MAKE YOUR PRINTS POP? RAISE THE BAR IN YOUR PRINT SHOP? YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE! We have been playing with some screen printable puff additive. This is a professional quality plastisol base used for adding height to your design. Check out our video:...
by Emily | Apr 28, 2020 | SQUEEGEE & INK BLOG
STEP 1: USE A GOOD SCREEN PUT DOWN THAT STAPLE GUN! It’s not welcome here. If you want to create a beautiful, smooth and silky screen print, then you need a good coat of emulsion. If you want a good coat of emulsion, then you need a good screen. Simple. We...
by | Mar 18, 2020 | SQUEEGEE & INK BLOG
SCREEN PRINTING WITH DISCHARGE INK SUPER SOFT FEEL SHIRTS! Check out todays video of Chessie printing with discharge ink. We will update with lots of information about this soon. Let us know in the comments what you would like to...
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