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Re: Silkscreening your own panels

2010-02-01 by jburdick727

I use a gloss enamel graphic arts ink made by Inktech. It is designed
for printing on glass, metal, or plastic. It is heat cured or air cured
and dries in about 4 hours at room temperature.


--- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, John Mahoney <jmahoney@...> wrote:
>
>
> >John,
> >That's just what I use: regulard Speedball acrylic poster ink. The
> >kind for paper.
> >
> >The trick is that I finalize the panels with seven layers of fine
> >matte spray to keep the ink from scratchin off. Panels like Rogers
> >are cured in a factory setting with special ink and a heat process.
> >
> >My system bypasses that for several reasons, and works just fine.
> >
> >I use Westar services to make my silkscreen, which you can, too.
> >
> >And no, I don't want to screen any more panels! ;)
> >
> >-dana
>
> Thanks for all the info. I wish we could find out what the "special
> ink" was, too, though!
>
> I know that screening is not a fun process, nor is it particularly
> cheap, but it remains one of the better options.
>
> Cheers,
> John
>

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