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Originally Posted by HIshirts |  | | | | | | | | | in the meantime, i'm looking for the "next best thing". what type of screen printing base would you suggest? | |  | |  | |
I haven't tried doing it, but if I was going to I'd begin with a standard transparent waterbased ink base (extender).
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Originally Posted by HIshirts | | | | | | | | | | i just hate watching chemicals go down the drain | | | | | | |
They need not. Excess ink is scraped out of the screen, everything (screens, ink knives, squeegees) are washed in a tub, water evaporates, sludge can be disposed of appropriately. It's still
generating that crap, but it doesn't have to get washed down the drain, it can be disposed of other ways (admittedly I have no idea what chemical waste disposal companies actually
do with the stuff they take away - no doubt it's in a landfill somewhere, but in theory that's at least a more controlled disposal).
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Originally Posted by HIshirts | | | | | | | | | | as for the options of urea, soda ash, and an ammonia-based liquid -- i was under the impression that i could only achieve dyes with those, not inks. | | | | | | |
You can mix it with something seaweed based to form a paste. I've only done it once or twice a year ago, so I'm sketchy on the details - sorry. Basically I know that it's
possible, but I'd have to try and dig up my notes to find out the details on
how.