[jayell]

I just tried to print some tees using Union Ink Maxopake Neon Purple ink...the ink was by far the thickest, toughest plastisol I've ever seen..imagine the thickest white plastisol & multiply it by 2 or 3!!

I know that you must stir/mix the ink because it gets easier to work with when it's mixed but I mixed and stirred for a good 20 minutes and it was still very very thick.
It did go through the 156 mesh but some spots were "blotchy" after the 2nd pass.

I hit, flash, hit and kept getting the same results you can see in the picture-
[media]http://i54.tinypic.com/1zx4eo2.jpg[/media](camera phone pic, sorry for the quality)
Another issue is when I went to clean the screen a couple small spots seem to be "stuck" and won't come out. I used screen wash and the orange heavy-duty stuff from Ryonet and still no luck.
I re-claimed the screen but there's still a few parts that are blocked.
This ink was a nightmare...but it is a great-looking color.

Any help & suggestions are appreciated.

 

[jwcollect]

Not sure. Calling or writing
Joe Catizone (joecatiz[email protected]). He's a Union Ink rep and he's helped me in the past.

631 872 6597

 

[foot print]

Sounds like some pretty tough ink..not a huge fan of union inks but I use them since that what the shop buys. Try putting some in a mixing container add just a touch of curable reducer that should soft it up a little.


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[jayell]

scrubbed the living hell out of the screen and got most of the left-over stuff off but there's still a tiny bit...damn.

 

[ScreenFoo]

If it sits over ninety degrees or so for a long period of time it starts to thicken up. Heat damaged maybe?


Press wash or screen opener should take anything out that's actually ink.

 

[dhoffroad]

not sure about the stuff sticking in the screen but going by the looks of the pic I'd thin the hell out of the ink. I had the same problem with some whit ink I was realy messing me up looked just like your pic all blotchy especialy "down the center" of the print, I thinned the ink (allot) and went with a couple light passes and that solved my problem...hope that helps you too....