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screen printing => Equipment => Topic started by: Denis Kolar on August 10, 2011, 09:43:56 AM
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I thought that it is a pretty good deal :o
http://www.waresdirect.com/products/Restaurant-Supply/Johnson-Rose-/Offset-Spatula-73426439 (http://www.waresdirect.com/products/Restaurant-Supply/Johnson-Rose-/Offset-Spatula-73426439)
They have a few other ones too, shorter ones, turners with wider blades........
Located in Atlanta, GA. Close to a lot of folks on the board.
Thought about sharing.
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That's a good buy. I found some of those, not offset though, for a couple bucks a piece at a restaurant supply house. Icing spatula's are what they are called. We use the goop scoops for slinging ink, but I have 6 of the icing spatulas for mixing ink. I have the wooden handled 8" blade that looks identical except for the offset that you posted.
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http://www.waresdirect.com/products/Restaurant-Supply/JohnsonRose-/Flexible-Turner-826546 (http://www.waresdirect.com/products/Restaurant-Supply/JohnsonRose-/Flexible-Turner-826546)
Might be beter for putting the ink on the press, and it has polypropylene handle which is easier to wash.
Alan, this is a restaurant supply web store. I think that they are the same things as in the SP supply store, but a lot cheaper.
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offset, or no offset, that is the question. I'm going to order a couple of those wider ones for man-handling the white ink
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I prefer offset. I just ordered 10 of those, that is a smoking deal. Thanks for the link.
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offset, or no offset, that is the question. I'm going to order a couple of those wider ones for man-handling the white ink
Offset.
I ordered the flat ones from a different place few months ago to try, I bent them myself to get an offset.
They are easier to use that a regular plastic scoops and a lot easier to clean.
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Offset is an advantage for cleaning the ink out of the screens.
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Promo code NETCORDROCKS saved me a dollar, better than nothing!
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Nice man, that is seriously the cheapest I've seen 'em. Just ordered a bunch of the wide ones and skinnier ones.
Anyone look at this one?
http://www.waresdirect.com/products/Restaurant-Supply/Johnson-Rose-/Offset-Spatula-121226856 (http://www.waresdirect.com/products/Restaurant-Supply/Johnson-Rose-/Offset-Spatula-121226856)
Got some just to try out seeing as they are 67 cents.
Way back when I got my QMX kit it came with some of the offset cake spatulas but they cut the rounded edge off square. I love this for not just mixing and getting ink out of the screen but for scraping off squeegees. Going to have one of my machinist friends cut these for me when they come in. If you haven't done this, get on it, it makes everything easier. Just don't forget to sand and round off the edges....
Thanks for the head's up DK!
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Offset is an advantage for cleaning the ink out of the screens.
+1
The offset's are usually thinner and flex perfect for getting it all out of a screen. Keep one in a bucket by the screen area so that guy can make a last quick pass in case someone missed some ink in clean up.
The 8" straight blades are my favorite and I like the stiffer blades, the thin blades bend to much when you're whipping up a quart of royal blue.
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we get these and love them.
http://bit.ly/pPod2f (http://bit.ly/pPod2f)
I like the plastic handle.. makes cleaning MUCH easier over the fake wood handle.
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Just a quick update on these spatulas:
http://www.waresdirect.com/products/Restaurant-Supply/JohnsonRose-/Offset-Spatula-41426438 (http://www.waresdirect.com/products/Restaurant-Supply/JohnsonRose-/Offset-Spatula-41426438)
Awesome, small and perfect for mixing ink
http://www.waresdirect.com/products/Restaurant-Supply/Johnson-Rose-/Offset-Spatula-73426439 (http://www.waresdirect.com/products/Restaurant-Supply/Johnson-Rose-/Offset-Spatula-73426439)
Great for cleaning up the screens from leftover ink and for putting the ink on the screen. Not as great for mixing due to the thinner and longer blade.
http://www.waresdirect.com/products/Restaurant-Supply/JohnsonRose-/Flexible-Turner-826546 (http://www.waresdirect.com/products/Restaurant-Supply/JohnsonRose-/Flexible-Turner-826546)
Good for mixing ink and placing ink on the screens, I wish it was 2" wide (instead of 3"), it would be a lot better work mixing ink (stirring up the white) with a narrower blade.
Overall, a great purchase, well worth the money (comparing to the blades purchased through screen printing suppliers). ::)
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I thought I read somewheres or saw in a video that you should never have metal come into contact with... umm, something to do with ink somewhere in the process.
But that nylon one is looking great.
Now, just buy a bunch of them and relabel them "screen printing spatulas" and sell them for 8 bucks each. :)
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I instead buy 2 and 3" flexible putty knives direct from Red Devil. It's nearly impossible to find them around town anymore.
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Now, just buy a bunch of them and relabel them "screen printing spatulas" and sell them for 8 bucks each. :)
I had that idea first ;D
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I thought I read somewheres or saw in a video that you should never have metal come into contact with... umm, something to do with ink somewhere in the process.
Can anyone confirm this is true or not?
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My old plastisol and waterbased both used to come in metal cans.
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I thought I read somewheres or saw in a video that you should never have metal come into contact with... umm, something to do with ink somewhere in the process.
Can anyone confirm this is true or not?
That would be when you mix your diazo into your emulsion. Something to do with oxidation as the diazo is an acid.
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But even then, stainless steel is fine, as per instructions from folks like Ulano http://www.ulano.com/TechData/FX88&SR.tds.pdf (http://www.ulano.com/TechData/FX88&SR.tds.pdf)
Of course, there are varying qualities of stainless steel. I have seen pinhole leaks develop in containers where a chemical went through a small grain of contamination rather than the SS itself.
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That makes sense.
I wish I could remember where I read that.
I thought it had something to do with putting ink in the screen. But then again your scoop coaters are metal so it can't be that... unless it had something to do with the ink itself. *shrug*
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Now, just buy a bunch of them and relabel them "screen printing spatulas" and sell them for 8 bucks each. :)
I had that idea first ;D
No i think ryonet did. And it's like $12 bucks a spatula.. and that's on sale!
http://www.silkscreeningsupplies.com/product/MIS-ISPF8 (http://www.silkscreeningsupplies.com/product/MIS-ISPF8)
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I found bondo applicators work great there $1.80 for a three pack.
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Now, just buy a bunch of them and relabel them "screen printing spatulas" and sell them for 8 bucks each. :)
I had that idea first ;D
No i think ryonet did. And it's like $12 bucks a spatula.. and that's on sale!
[url]http://www.silkscreeningsupplies.com/product/MIS-ISPF8[/url] ([url]http://www.silkscreeningsupplies.com/product/MIS-ISPF8[/url])
But you get free $10 worth of stuff on your order :o
You can not say no to that deal!!!
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Now, just buy a bunch of them and relabel them "screen printing spatulas" and sell them for 8 bucks each. :)
I had that idea first ;D
No i think ryonet did. And it's like $12 bucks a spatula.. and that's on sale!
[url]http://www.silkscreeningsupplies.com/product/MIS-ISPF8[/url] ([url]http://www.silkscreeningsupplies.com/product/MIS-ISPF8[/url])
*sigh* always a day late and a dollar short. :(
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Now, just buy a bunch of them and relabel them "screen printing spatulas" and sell them for 8 bucks each. :)
I had that idea first ;D
No i think ryonet did. And it's like $12 bucks a spatula.. and that's on sale!
[url]http://www.silkscreeningsupplies.com/product/MIS-ISPF8[/url] ([url]http://www.silkscreeningsupplies.com/product/MIS-ISPF8[/url])
Yeah my old job sold them for like $15.00... And we did sell them from time to time, but they bought them from another supplier that had already labeled them as ink knives, so they paid like $7.00 each for a medium sized one :o
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It is pretty lame if you add "screen printing" to an item the value increases in epic proportions.
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It is, but a good supply shop is doing more than that. They are finding all of the goodies you may need under one roof or virtual roof.
The key should be to only mark up the convenience factor marginally.