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ok so here is the deal i am doing a design on a brown tank top. it has 2 shades of pink and the base coat i need for the shirt. i bought ultrasoft fb aurora pink (plus-f312-q). my problem is this the pink seems to be very runny at first, i mixed a little white in to create my second shade of pink, but i still had to use the stock color which is really runny. i kept having a lot of trouble when printing that color it wasn't covering the white and while on the screen if i left it over night it almost looked as if it was disappearing. so i removed all the ink off the screen and put it into a stirafoam mcdonalds cup i had laying around thinking maybe something was in the screen. i walked in the shop today and the cup was almost nothing the ink ate away the cup. i have used almost a quart of this ink and have not gotten one of the shirts printed. and havnt wasted any i used about 1/2 a pint to mix my 2nd shade of pink. oh and i left out the fact that my emolsion on that screen is starting to get ate away as well if that is possible at all. at first there were no spots on the screen ink was getting through now there are.
so my question is has anyone else had this problem or heard of this?
please help
so my question is has anyone else had this problem or heard of this?
please help
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No one???????
What kind of ink is that? Water based or plastisol?
Plastisol union ink
Styrofoam will not stand up to plastisol very long. Bright colors have a lot of pigment in them and that can make the ink runny. Try stirring it up some. The emulsion sounds like it was not exposed long enough (cured) or you have some waterbased ink in the ink. Or possible you did not rinse the stripper out good enough. Good luck.
the emulsion is only doing it where the ink was sitting on the screen. i have no water based inks in the shop at all. and its good to know about the stirafoam.lol. i was throwing it away but left it out. is there anything i could put into the ink to thicken it up?
As far as the thickener, ask your ink supplier. The same with the emulsion. I seem to think the emulsion was not applied correctly.
Good luck
Good luck
I would think that about the emulsion too but if u see what I see it woul confuse you. Only places where ink was at on the screen the emulsion is breaking down. And I figure ld I would mix a little red in with the pink to make it thicker.
We have the same issue with the same pink. It is awful, and will never order that again. There IS an opaque version of that color, I believe. We use that. It's not as "dark" hot pink, it is a little bit brighter, but it doesn't smear, or bleed, or run. I've never seen any other ink be as runny as the Aurora. I still have yet to figure out why it is the way it is. I mean, it's runny like a nothing I've ever seen before.
As far as it eating away at the emulsion, if the screen wasn't completely dry before coating or didn't have all the screen reclaimer washed out of it, every where the ink touched the screen was keeping the screen "wet" (if that makes any sense at all) therefore wiping away the emulsion. I don't know if that's possible, but hey, in our print room the impossible happens all the time!! LOL!
As far as it eating away at the emulsion, if the screen wasn't completely dry before coating or didn't have all the screen reclaimer washed out of it, every where the ink touched the screen was keeping the screen "wet" (if that makes any sense at all) therefore wiping away the emulsion. I don't know if that's possible, but hey, in our print room the impossible happens all the time!! LOL!
Yes I have never seen any other ink donut either. I ordered another quart and I am gonna attempt to mix a little red in it to thicken it up.
And yes that does seem like a good reason for the emulsion to do it. And yes I see the impossible too
And yes that does seem like a good reason for the emulsion to do it. And yes I see the impossible too
You need to underbase the art with white, then overprint with the two pinks. Ultrasoft inks won't cover a dark shirt.
What kind of emulsion are you using? I've never heard of plastisol eating through emulsion. I've left the stuff sitting in screens for a couple of weeks and the worst part is a little of the oil will leach out of the ink, making it tougher to clean the ink out of the open areas of the stencil without taking it to the sink and using an ink degradent.
What kind of emulsion are you using? I've never heard of plastisol eating through emulsion. I've left the stuff sitting in screens for a couple of weeks and the worst part is a little of the oil will leach out of the ink, making it tougher to clean the ink out of the open areas of the stencil without taking it to the sink and using an ink degradent.
i did do an underbase, problem is the aurora is really runny. i had to mix it with another color to get it thickened up. i know they wont cover dark shirt. i dont think the ink did it to the emulsion. but i did get it to work.You need to underbase the art with white, then overprint with the two pinks. Ultrasoft inks won't cover a dark shirt.
What kind of emulsion are you using? I've never heard of plastisol eating through emulsion. I've left the stuff sitting in screens for a couple of weeks and the worst part is a little of the oil will leach out of the ink, making it tougher to clean the ink out of the open areas of the stencil without taking it to the sink and using an ink degradent.
i am not familiar with that pink...but it sounds like you have floresent pink..ok so it's spelled it wrong..anyways ..when i have used pink or green i have noticed 2 things they are runny and transparent..sometimes they even printed streaks...so the best thing for me to do was mix my own pinks and greens...green and red are strong pigment so just a small dab with a good helping of white and add color as needed to match the colors you need. As for mixing containers i go to the 99 cent store or dollar tree and buy then in 4 or 6 packs..best part is they are cheap and come with lids..you can save them just in case the customer orders again you don't have to stress about matching the color again.
yes i think i will do that from now on cause that pink is just so hard to work with. it is very transparent!!!!!
so is this from lack of ink when i flood or am i pressing too hard? i just tried a couple more prints and same thing every time.
Bout to get at it again. Any last minute advice???? Please lol
Bout to get at it again. Any last minute advice???? Please lol
Was that luminous pink? Why not replace it with magenta and try?
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