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Offline 3Deep

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Cleaning Brushes?
« on: March 10, 2014, 03:28:37 PM »
Hey anyone use a cleaning brush that don't leave those little fiber hairs in the screen mesh..I know a lot of suppliers sell them cost there pretty cheap, but is there anything else.  I use a lot of 137 mesh and those seem to get the most in them and the 230's very little.

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Re: Cleaning Brushes?
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2014, 08:29:54 PM »
Not sure what you mean by cleaning

what are you cleaning? Ink, degreasing,  for chasing ink we use a typical paint brush with the bristles chopped short about 60% of original length or a scrubby pad. For degreasing we use a soft  auto wash brush like this one http://www.walmart.com/ip/Small-Soft-Bristle-Brush/23752078#ProductDetail
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Re: Cleaning Brushes?
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2014, 12:14:03 AM »
Scrub pads, that's what I,m asking about...a better scrub pad that holds up for breaking up ink on the screen.
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Re: Cleaning Brushes?
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2014, 07:52:13 AM »
once again we simply use scrub pads from wallyworld for de ink and reclaim just do not seem to have any problems with the less than $2.00 items??????
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Re: Cleaning Brushes?
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2014, 09:30:10 AM »
I use something like this for everything but the reclaim


So, ink removal, dehazing, degreasing gets the brush like that, and a emulsion reclaim gets a reclaim scrub pad.

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Re: Cleaning Brushes?
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2014, 10:05:17 AM »
I use a plastic mesh pan scrubber, it hold a bit of moisture and works the dehaze in nicely best part no bristles, easy clean up and you can get them for like a buck


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Re: Cleaning Brushes?
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2014, 11:45:03 AM »
i am using the envirofoam that I got at icc chemical. I will never go back to a brush.
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Re: Cleaning Brushes?
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2014, 12:33:39 PM »
We use red replaceable scrubby pads that go on the handles like in this video.
Screen Printing Multi-Purpose Screen Scrub Brush
We get them from Screen Process of Alabama. Not sure the difference, but the ones they sell hold up longer and don't fiber out like others do. The ones from homedepot and lowes break down a lot faster. As soon as one starts to get a little too soft, it becomes the dirty scrub and a new one gets pulled out for the use with the degrease/dehaze. We use two, plus a corse solvent resistant brush for heavier ink degrading with beeniedoo
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Re: Cleaning Brushes?
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2014, 02:50:12 PM »
Steve Bragg from ICC gave me a sample of the envirofoam pad use it a little bit, would be nice if it had a handle.

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Re: Cleaning Brushes?
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2014, 03:01:45 PM »
Softer bristle brushes do not damage fine mesh counts or thin thread meshes.
Avoid any brush that would scrap your skin since it will also put tiny cuts on fine threads and lead to mesh failure on higher mesh counts
and thin S threads.
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Re: Cleaning Brushes?
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2014, 03:18:27 PM »
I haven't used anything except sponges in a little over a year.
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