[Coreycss21]

Hi everyone, so Im pretty new to screen printing and Ive been having this issue (pictures attached below) when Im trying to print. Im not sure but was wondering if this could be happening from the screen and ink Im using or if I just need more practice and how I could fix it. Im using 110 mesh with jacquard water based ink and have my offcontact about a 1/8?

I got it in a kit just to practice around with until my bigger screens come and I was going to give plastisol a try do you guys think its the material Im using or just new more practice? It always seems that Im putting to little on or way too much but I feel like I put the right amount on.

Thanks for any help!

 

[Future Factory]

looks like a clogged screen

 

[PatWibble]

Clogged screen. The ink is curing in the screen. Either the platen is getting too hot or you are bringing the screen to rest over the flash drier. You might be making things a bit worse if you are printing too slow to keep the ink moving.
The third picture looks like you are using way too low a mesh count for waterbased ink. Not an expert on WB, or US mesh counts, but I would say you would need to be up around 200 threads per inch.

Finally, with WB you would usually print with zero off contact.

My advice would be to learn to print using plastisol and swap to WB in a few jobs time.

 

[TLK]

Sounds like a stupid question but are you using any spray tack?

 

[kirkmansigns]

never used water based inks, but a 110 mesh is very coarse even for average plastisol prints. We generally don't do below a 158 for colored inks. Try a finer mesh, less squeegee angle, less off contact. Takes practice with the squeegee for consistent angle, speed, pressure. Good luck