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| rockwell |
 Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:13 pm |
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Is there any ink removers you can buy at a walmart or something? I do not want to remove my emulsion, I have emulsion remover, degreaser (which smells like simplegreen but came in an unmarked bottle), but no ink remover.
I want to remove the ink from the screen and store the design for later.
If anyone with experience knows of good ink removers that do not effect the emulsion, please list some. Also, a degreaser that can safely be used with a silk screen would be nice as well.
Thanks ahead of time. |
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| Stranglehold77 |
| Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:22 pm |
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It depends what kind of ink you're using. If using Plastisol, or solvent based inks, you can use Varsol or most any type of solvent. The shop I work at uses some sort of eviro screen wash that seems to work quite well. Water based ink obviously uses water to clean. None of these should effect the emulsion in your screen.
I might add that if you are using a pressure washer with a good amount of psi to clean your screens, you don't need to use degreaser. |
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| rockwell |
| Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:36 pm |
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| Thanks a lot! I've never heard of Varsol. |
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| rockwell |
| Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:59 pm |
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The ink I have is oil based, what is the difference between the two when making shirts?
Anyone have any suggestions on where I can get the ink cleaner? |
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| newrepublicsteve |
| Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 12:22 am |
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I use a simple press wash from cci corp that i get from my distributor
it works well, and wont degrade the emulsion...
also it's not too toxic |
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| Stranglehold77 |
| Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 1:11 pm |
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| varsol would work for your oil based, but you might be better off looking for a screen wash thats less toxic (like Steve said). |
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| rockwell |
| Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 7:44 pm |
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| Any suggestions on where to look? I can't find any screen equipment shops or craft shops with equipment here. Internet, chain store? |
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| newrepublicsteve |
| Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 10:42 pm |
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I get 90% of all my supplies from here
http://www.txscreen.com/
all you need is a business license
I do almost all of my orders online but if you have to call in talk to chuck he is head of sales
good prices and they carry everything a pro shop needs
I get my inks from a place here in town just becasue I can go and pick out what I need when I need it
the press wash I use is the ts 400 by cci |
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| rockwell |
| Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:32 am |
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| I heard simple green works great. |
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| newrepublicsteve |
| Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:08 am |
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simple greenworks well for degreasing the screen
a lot cheaper then and works just as well as any product a wholesale distro company wil ltry to get you to buy, but as an ink remover? |
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