jamesshaw

Hi all

ive just purchased this ink

Wicked Printing Stuff Website

What screen would be best to print it through?

Thanks in advance

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Fluid

I would say a properly tensioned 110-156 should work fine.

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jamesshaw

Cheers fluid would a 36T be ok?

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Should be fine. May need to print flash print to get a good deposit of the liquid silver.

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shersher

it almost looks like the metallic silver we have at our shop it is very thick and actually i don't flash or do an overlay on darks

but i have used it with a 110 and a 125

 

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macmiller

i have some union silver foil. is that what that is? i had good results using a white base from a 160 then the silver on a 110. the white got the print up to a level surface it seemed, smoothed out the knit. flashing alone diddn't seem to work as well. another thing i noticed is that it needs to be the last color if it is a multi-colored print, having another screen touch it with only a flash cure dulled it slightly. if you use a low enough mesh, i'd bet it will reflect like a mirror!

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jamesshaw

Thanks all for your advice. I was only asking as I also bought some glitter ink and ryed running this through a 70T mesh but it wouldnt go though. It was depositing a glue like residue on the shirt but no glitter was getting through.

Anyway thanks once again for all you help ill post some pics when done.

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macmiller

i've never used glitter, but i think it's supposed to go through like a 20-40 (us) mesh, i don't know what the metric equivalent is

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jamesshaw

Thanks mac

I dont think its foil that I have its just glitter plastisol. Im i right in believing that foil is heat pressed onto the ink after its printed?

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macmiller

there is a chrome foil that's pressed on after you print an adhesive. the union product is called silver foil, it confused me at first, too!. the stuff in the picture looks like the foil ink, not a glitter. glitter will have big sparkles in it.

 

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Fluid

Its called something diffeent by each ink manufacturer. Wilflex calls it liquid silver and they have a liquid gold.

You can also get
metallic silver & gold
Metallic Shimmer silver & gold
and glitter is a totally different specialty ink

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DougieN13

Quote: Originally Posted by macmiller i have some union silver foil. is that what that is? i had good results using a white base from a 160 then the silver on a 110. the white got the print up to a level surface it seemed, smoothed out the knit. flashing alone diddn't seem to work as well. another thing i noticed is that it needs to be the last color if it is a multi-colored print, having another screen touch it with only a flash cure dulled it slightly. if you use a low enough mesh, i'd bet it will reflect like a mirror! mac

i had the same problem, did you get it sorted? what mesh count did you have to use o get the glitter through?

 

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Steelheader100

I use a 40 mesh for glitter ink.

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