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Equipment / Re: Winged, Ink Traps or None of the above.
« Last post by 3Deep on Today at 09:47:35 AM »
Wings for the most part and every now and then straight for left chest stuff
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General Screen Printing / Re: White Ink opacity issues
« Last post by mk162 on Today at 09:34:58 AM »
Quote from: whitewater on Today at 09:24:30 AM
It could be the chemistry of the ink changed and none of us know... and here people are chasing the way they do things to see if its them..

Im just throwing that out there...LOL

I wondered the same and ended up testing almost every ink I could get my hands on.  We had the same problems with all of them. 

One thing I did notice was it seemed to be our highlight that was the problem, so we switched that as well.  Same issues. Top colors print better than a highlight white.
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General Screen Printing / Re: White Ink opacity issues
« Last post by whitewater on Today at 09:24:30 AM »
It could be the chemistry of the ink changed and none of us know... and here people are chasing the way they do things to see if its them..

Im just throwing that out there...LOL
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Equipment / Re: Winged, Ink Traps or None of the above.
« Last post by mk162 on Today at 09:03:03 AM »
Just like with pads, its the only way to go.
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General Screen Printing / Re: White Ink opacity issues
« Last post by mk162 on Today at 08:46:33 AM »
We'll try some 135s.  I am not a fan of that since I prefer a thin ink film.

We've gone back through anything that could have changed, and came up with nothing.
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Equipment / Re: Winged, Ink Traps or None of the above.
« Last post by Homer on Yesterday at 08:00:07 AM »
Don't even know why they make straight, next to useless, really....
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General Screen Printing / Re: White Ink opacity issues
« Last post by Rockers on Yesterday at 02:58:03 AM »
Quote from: Atownsend on May 15, 2024, 05:09:58 PM
I haven't used the ELT before... but i'd question the ink if all other variables check out. With thin thread and a top white that should be bright unless its bleeding fo some weird reason. Did dryer settings recently change? New batch of ink?

Also... unless it has halftones i'd ditch the 150/48 thin thread and rock 135/55 for the base screen. Slightly thicker thread but with better open area since there are fewer and can take higher tensions and more abuse 150's are fragile for us... Joe Clarke (RIP) turned me on to that years ago and its been game on ever since. Clears white ink so easy with light pressure.

The open area is the same. Both have an open area of 51% but the ink volume of the 135-54 mesh is higher. Tension level is not significantly higher either. But I shall give it a try.
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Equipment / Re: Winged, Ink Traps or None of the above.
« Last post by Nation03 on May 18, 2024, 08:59:40 AM »
Winged for everything. My press came with a set of straight and a set of winged. The straight bars have never been touched lol.
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Equipment / Winged, Ink Traps or None of the above.
« Last post by farmboygraphics on May 18, 2024, 07:12:41 AM »
Just a curious question for conversation. I watch a bit of screen print vids on Youtube and notice quite
a few places run just straight flood bars. I like to use winged for my black and white
and will use the few extras I have for long runs. I was given a few sets of traps when I
bought my press from M&R, I'll also use them for long runs but they sit for the most part.
So my question is, do you have a preference?
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Private listings / Re: Sartorius Ink Scale for Sale
« Last post by Atownsend on May 15, 2024, 05:21:19 PM »
This is a great scale! We picked up a near identical one on ebay a few years ago for 3-400 bucks... I thought it was a steal. Whats the asking price?! I might want another one...  feel free to PM me.
Quote from: ebscreen on May 07, 2024, 12:01:41 PM
Quote from: Zelko-4-EVA on May 07, 2024, 11:48:40 AM
the one i have has 7500 gram capacity and reads to 0.1g

Ours is the same specs and also has an RS232 port to use with mixing software (which we've never used I really should get on that someday)

We got an adapter made for ours. It also has the RS232 port.. you need a custom cable since they use a weird pinout. The guy you want to talk to is in Canada. Brian Foster @ Calgary Scale. He'll build the cable and tell you what baud rate to run 2400 i think.... You'll also need a tripp lite serial adapter to get it running with USB. PM me if you want his email. He rocks!
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