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screen printing => Equipment => Topic started by: Fresh Baked Printing on April 29, 2011, 02:22:58 PM
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I use 70 for everything.
Can some list examples when other durometers would be used specifically?
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soft triple for whites and metallics. Hard triple for detail and dark inks.
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I agree with the above. I used 75/90/75 for detail work going thru 305's (4cp and sim).
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Let's touch upon the advantages of triples.
Both the flex and actual surface hardness or softness affect a print.
So, the way I see it, a 60-90-60, has the ink deposit of a 60, with the printing characteristics (feel) of a somewhat stiffer blade. Not like a 90 though since the 90 part is only one third of the total thickness
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My examples:
60 single for high coverage WB, 60/90/60 on whites, or anywhere you need to put down more ink. 80 duros for fine detail, or just to put down a thinner layer, we use 80's to cut back a color that is too strong or to reduce dot gain in a sim process print, or to keep colors on a base from smearing during a run.
70's for day to day spot color stuff.
UB's we use 70 a lot, 60/90/60 a lot, depends on the result we're getting, sometimes a duro change is just what the Doc ordered.
It all depends, I used to have all 70's too, but I wouldn't be without a variety of squeegees now.