I am sure that you will get a lot of comments regarding you e-mail to the screenprinters net. Several items that we need to know in order to help you. 1. Is this a one color or two? 2. Printing on a white or light color shirt or dark? 3. What material is the shirt- 100% cotton, 50/50 or other?
I will comment first regarding speedball inks. I have only used speedball inks on poster board years ago. I do not use any speedball products. I only use on textile substrates commercial products that are specifically designed for textiles. I use Union inks, Welflex and serveral others depending on the fabric and if it is a dark or light color shirt. You can go to Screenprinters net and read various posting regarding inks to use. These ink companies also can help you with which inks to use for specific materials and what to use on dark shirts compared to light shirts. The can also advise you on the mesh to use with their various inks. You can google Union Ink or Welflex or any other ink company and get their home page and get info on their products and a list of distributors. Another place is to go back to www.screenprintersnet.com and post on the Newbie forum and you will get a lot of help. Please remember to give us as much information if you want people to be able to give you some help. Everyone on the board are very helpfull and are a great resource. I have been doing this for 15 years and still use the boards for help. There are some really talented and knowledgeable individuals willing to help you. THANKS Larry Cupps L.E.Cupps & Assoc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] >------- Original Message ------- >From : Tyleah[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent : 5/18/2007 8:38:19 PM >To : [email protected] >Cc : >Subject : RE: [SE-List] Speedball Ink? > >Hi everyone, I'm new to screenprinting and just starting up my first large run. The thing is that I've been using speedball ink and it seems a bit thick in that I have to do a couple of runs with the squeegee to get the ink coverage adequate. I'm not sure if it's the ink quality or a mesh sizing issue. I've tried mixing the ink with some transparent base to help things along but it still takes a couple of passes. Any help would be greatly appreciated. After dropping a couple of thousand on blanks I don't want to mess up with my first gig as a vendor at the end of the month and not much time (or space left on my credit card) to order more. Thanks, Tyleah www.DerbyOrDie.com _______________________________________________ Screenprinters mailing list [email protected] http://mailinglist.screenprinters.net/mailman/listinfo/screenprinters _______________________________________________ Screenprinters mailing list [email protected] http://mailinglist.screenprinters.net/mailman/listinfo/screenprinters
