Hi! I would like to ask some advice regarding water-based silk screen printing. I've been having this problem on a lot of prints occasionally. Sometimes there are smudges, sometimes there aren't.
My setup is on a line table. I used plywood for the platens and wooden screen frames. My mesh is 120 (we stretch it ourselves using the nails (poor man's stretcher) method, so I am not 100% sure whether the screen tension is correct)
We use 1 peso coins for the offset (sometimes one, sometimes two on all corners)
Our ink is waterbased bought from Tulco (local supplier)
When printing, what I do is I spray a few drops of water on the screen, then put the ink mixture and flood the screen.
The flooding is necessary because it is fairly hot in our area, thus the ink dries fast if not flooded.
The artwork I am printing now is almost as big as the squeegee I'm using [11 inches width]. (Should I buy a larger one?)
I am not yet an expert on printing so the way I flood the screen, the way I pull the squeegee,ink consistency and screen tension are possible causes of the problem.
Any advice on what should I do?
Thank you in advance!
My setup is on a line table. I used plywood for the platens and wooden screen frames. My mesh is 120 (we stretch it ourselves using the nails (poor man's stretcher) method, so I am not 100% sure whether the screen tension is correct)
We use 1 peso coins for the offset (sometimes one, sometimes two on all corners)
Our ink is waterbased bought from Tulco (local supplier)
When printing, what I do is I spray a few drops of water on the screen, then put the ink mixture and flood the screen.
The flooding is necessary because it is fairly hot in our area, thus the ink dries fast if not flooded.
The artwork I am printing now is almost as big as the squeegee I'm using [11 inches width]. (Should I buy a larger one?)
I am not yet an expert on printing so the way I flood the screen, the way I pull the squeegee,ink consistency and screen tension are possible causes of the problem.
Any advice on what should I do?
Thank you in advance!
