The manual screen printing desk you have is essential. You obviously need a 7 or 15 cm long squeegee to spread the ink.
As far as the type of ink is concerned, it depends on the type of plastic: if it is common pvc, the Serigloss will do (vinyl ink). If it is polypropylene, you need the Seriprop instead. Some envelops are made of "plastics", which have a low-stretch surface, and therefore are unfortunately unprintable, with whatever ink.
If you kindly send us a sample envelope, we will be able to advise you as to which is the most suitable ink.
On top of the suitable ink, you will also need the thinner and the Frames Cleaning Solvent 51, in order to get rid of the ink from the frame at the end of the job.
You will then need a frame stretched with a 90 mesh count per cm to fit the stencil (generally one adds an extra 27 cm compared to the base of the stencil, and the same goes for its height).
Which machines do I need to buy to start screen printing?
Generally speaking, you will need a one-colour manual desk and a heat-press (therefore only two tools), which can solve most of the frequent screen printing problems which a screen printer is faced with: even the multi-colour screen print. It is not by chance that we offer 7 starter kits and two of these include these two tools, on top of other small, every day use accessories.
If you really want to be self-sufficient with regards to the screen printing equipment, we suggest you add a UV light exposure unit, for the frames engraving
If you really want to be self-sufficient with regards to the screen printing equipment, we suggest you add a UV light exposure unit, for the frames engraving
Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to create a correct source of light for the frames’ dry using 6 UV, 40w lamps, and if that is the case, how far do I have to place it and how long for.
If we are talking about neon UV tubes, you can place them at 20 cm from the frame. The distance between the tubes must not be over 5 cm. The drying times vary according to the emulsion type and its thickness; as a guideline you can do an initial test by drying the 120 mesh count per cm frame for 3 to 4 minutes. You can subsequently make the appropriate adjustments.
I would like to purchase a semi-automatic, flat, screen printing machine; what puzzles me undecided is the fact that you do not see many of them around. I have to screen print some paper shopping bags, what do you think?
The shopping bag, from a screen printing point of view, is comparable to a t-shirt, as it is slipped in a platen, just like a shirt. I think that your choice should therefore be a screen printing carousel, if you intend to multi-colour print; otherwise a one-colour screen printing machine with a t-shit platen will do. Therefore the flat, semi-automatic screen printing machines 50x70 or 70x100 with a book-like opening are not for you.
For a very high number of bags you will need a line with a cylinder print and automatic load/unload.
For a very high number of bags you will need a line with a cylinder print and automatic load/unload.
hello, I need to print some hats…is there a way to screen print them by using the frames or is it only possible to do so by using a press?
The one-colour screen print for the hats can be done rapidly with the suitable Mod screen printing desk. Caps, at a cost of 800 Euros. The multi-colour screen printing desk for hats is definitely not cheap. If you already own a manual screen printing desk with two side arms for the locking of the frame, there is an accessory which will enable you to mount the curved small frames for the hats on your desk, closing it like any other frame. It costs 360 Euros and we do merchandise it. If you own a screen printing carousel, you can mount several accessories of the same type on each station, so that you will be able to screen print multi colour hats. Otherwise, in order to be able to multi colour screen print, you can print the images on a transparency film, using a common flat desk, and then put it in the screen printing heat press.
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