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Good day fine gentleman (and ladies...)

Just one thing I can't seem to understand about screen printing (because I still have a few more items to buy before I am ready to start printing so still can't get my head around certain things until I get some hands on experience of them)

Spray Adhesives...?

Which ones work? I have seen some on ebay.co.uk that are multipurpose repositionable - will all of these work or is it just hi-tak for screen printing?

Does the spray temporarily glue the shirt to the platen? is it hard to get the shirt off afterwards?

Does any of the adhesive stay inside the shirt?

Does the adhesive have to be sprayed on every time or is it just once and then it will stick numerous t-shirts in a run?

How do you guys buy your supplies? do you have to go into a union ink store or can you call them up and they will send to you?

Many Thanks in anticipation.....

 

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brent

I just got cans of repositionable spray mount from an art store. It's very important to use an adhesive. I didn't even know about it when I first started printing. I spray it on and it lasts for maybe 10 to 20 shirts usually. It holds the shirt down well, and it's not very hard to get the shirt off if you use it lightly. Even if you put gobs of it on you just have to peel the shirt off a little harder. And it doesn't affect or stay on the shirt.
Try it, you'll love it.

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