Best way for a girl to pull/push a squeegee?

[Gilligan]

Yeah, I have no understanding of how hard to push myself.  So I'm certainly nobody to be teaching anything.

I just try to make it make that "Zip" sound when the squeegee slides over the mesh.  The problem in the past is that she hasn't even been able to do that.

Last night she made a 95% decent print... I didn't get to witness it as I was catching a shirt to see how it cured on the dryer (so far unsure of that).

[Frog]

Eventually, when you have some emulsion on the squeegee side, you may not hear the same "zip"

Also, as has been mentioned by Waynexpress in another thread, a warped board makes it tough to clear the screen in one stroke.

[Gilligan]

I wouldn't say my platen is perfect but it has only a small arc...   With a straight edge on the center maybe a mm on each side... probably not even that much.

I've always heard the "zip" sound even with emulsion.

[tpitman]

Try removing your hands from her boobs while she prints. It helped my wife a bunch.   

But weren't you weren't holding her boobs to keep them from dragging through the ink when she reached to pull the squeegie?

[jesterapparel]

My wife name is on my business checks but has never pulled a squeegee.

She did use the heat press to put numbers on jerseys when I had arm surgery.
I had to loosen the heat press pressure cause she couldn't get it to clamp down

[bimmridder]

John, only because you know where I live will I not respond in any way.

[whitewater]

all about the boobs....

[Frog]

I would definitely agree that we have a fair share of boobs on this board  :P

[Denis Kolar]

I would definitely agree that we have a fair share of boobs on this board  :P

Who has "man boobs"?

[Prosperi-Tees]

Eventually, when you have some emulsion on the squeegee side, you may not hear the same "zip"

Also, as has been mentioned by Waynexpress in another thread, a warped board makes it tough to clear the screen in one stroke.

You know I did not notice the zip sound was gone. I remember it when I used to coat 1 and 1 but now mostly coat 3 and 1 and I did not notice till you said but the squeegee does not zip anymore and actually kinda glides across the screen now.

[Gabe]

I would try to use the back muscles  coat the screen first like an auto machine then angle the squeegee a bit to
allow the ink flow much easier. apply down force presure, check  the squeegee angle then pull the squeegee towards you using your shoulder blades the back muscles in this area are much stronger than the forearm muscles
just my two cents

[RICK STEFANICK]

I pull while manually printing.at 49 years old i made a few changes like bought 75/90/75 squeegie rubber, i flood if necesarry while in the past i would have just double stroked. adding pallet rubber to the pallets. all these things helped.. I also  extend my fingers more while griping the squeegie..

[Shawn (EIP)]