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Re: silkscreening tips?

2007-10-10 by David Vandenberg

If you want to print fine details you should use a 300 mesh screen.
I have been using standard water based acrylic inks, and they seem to
be holding up fine, but with the fine mesh screens, you may have to
thin it out a bit or it may clog the screen.If you do need to thin the
ink, use an acrylic reducer, not water.
I am currently moving away from painting/silkscreening my panels, I
just finished setting up an anodizing station in my shop, and I'm
looking for an engraving machine. My blacks are a bit darker than the
dotcom black, but they match up pretty well with the 2 lonely MOTM
modules in my system, I'll have to do some more experimenting with
dyes and finishes.

Dave
www.dragonslair.ca


--- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, Mark Rivera <marr@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Anyone care to share some experiences with silkscreening panels?
> 
> What 'lines per inch' is best for the screen? And what kind of paint
did 
> you use?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
>

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