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screen printing => General Screen Printing => Topic started by: Maxie on November 02, 2014, 11:01:05 AM
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i don't have enough squeegees. I thought of using the youth sized squeegees on the adult platen.
Often one of the colors is not the full width.
Will this work? Will the ink push out sideways? I could use a small squeegee and large flood bar.
There is also a possibility that the small squeegee will leave a mark on a wider print, say the base or any color printed before it.
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You should be just fine. Round the ends of the squeegee to prevent marks. We see more problems with this if we're using a bigger squeegee than the platen/pallet, this gives very bad marks on some garments & usually cause other problems with squeegee pressure and whatnot.
Murphy37
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Oh, & if you don't have a shorter flood bar. Cut some cardboard to the size needed & tape it to the squeegee, leaving enough room so that when the squeegee is down & stroking, you have about the width of a credit card between the screen & cardboard ( kind of like a light flood ). That way you don't end up with a bunch of ink at the top of your screen when you squeegee back.
Murphy37