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| masonmayhem |
 Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:39 am |
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how would you print on a bass drum skin? any special type of ink? i was thinking of just trying plastisol with a nylon bonding agent. probably can't put a lot of heat onto it since it's only like 2 sheets of thin plastic.
my cousin and i are going to experiment on sunday. |
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| Earwick66 |
| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:16 am |
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you need to use some type of "air-dry" ink..not plastisol.
(we use Nazdar but i cant remember the exact stock#'s right now..sorry)wherever you get your screening supplies from should be able to tell you what they carry and i'm sure FoolsGold will chime in soon and tell you better advice than me as well 
as far as the actual printing onto the drumhead..i would fashion some sort of makeshift platen to set underneath the drumhead that fits inside of the "outerloop" so it lays flat against it. (unless of course the regular platen you use will work then disregard that.  )
i havent ever had the pleasure of printing a drumhead at my current job but in the past i always just cut stencils and spraypainted them or bought adhesive vinyl and cut my own design.
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| skinny |
| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:18 am |
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Nazdar 9700
Nazdar 2700 (waterbased)
No flashing needed.
You might be able to get a screen that fits inside the rim, and print while the drum is assembled. |
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| masonmayhem |
| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:08 am |
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thanks for the advice.
i was thinking of cutting a make shift platten out of cardboard and fitting it inside the ring and then get someone to hold the screen down while i print it on. we aren't set up to print anything that big. but like i said it's going to be an experiment. i think we have some nazdar ink around here although it might not be the same as what you guys are talking about.
we have this 'epoxy air drying ea/el thinner', we use it on hockey pucks. will this work if i don't have the right ink? |
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| newrepublicsteve |
| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:06 pm |
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plotter cut vinyl
save a lot of time and money |
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| masonmayhem |
| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:47 pm |
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defstarsteve wrote: plotter cut vinyl
save a lot of time and money
aaaaaah HA! for some reason, this completely slipped my mind. i've been using the (brand new!) plotter like mad this last week.
thanks for the reminder!
speaking of plotters, anyone use a SummaCut plotter? we just got this about 2 weeks ago and so far i love it. i've had no problems with it whatsoever. it's almost too easy to use. |
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| Five Points Skateboards |
| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:38 am |
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