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what tape should i use for waterbase ink
Screened Gear:
What are all you waterbased guys using. And where do you get it cheap.
inkbrigade:
We use this for everything.
http://www.silkscreeningsupplies.com/product/ZP2SCREENTAPE
Screened Gear:
What makes that tape good for waterbased ink? $5 a roll sound little high. I read you need to use rubber based tape or rubber based adhesive tape. does anyone else have a source?
jsheridan:
5 bucks for THAT! :o
I buy that same tape in a 3" 110yd roll for $4.50 8)
Tape used to be a big issue because it all sucked and you used what you could deal with the easiest.
These days, this white tape seems to be everywhere I look and its doing just fine for plastisol and WB inks. I find it works best when you take it off when it's fresh. Let it sit on the screen for a few days, weeks and it's a bitch to get off.
Tape the screen, print with it, peel it out as soon as you're done, and it will never give you a problem.
It's when it sits that the adhesive is allowed to bond with the emulsion or it comes in contact with solvent (wash up and save for later kinda thing) that it turns your day to poops along with it's adhesive backing.
If you need a tape to hold up to washup or you catalog your screens, get the Natural Rubber Adhesive tape from ULINE]. Get the 3 mil, It's 5 bucks for 110 yds a roll for the 3" and the glue won't get all gooey from your normal range of press washes. Test to be sure. FYI this tape is a bear to get off sometimes and will pull emulsion and rip screens so soak in dip tank before reclaim and it will release easier.
Screened Gear:
--- Quote from: jsheridan on August 21, 2011, 05:02:01 AM ---5 bucks for THAT! :o
I buy that same tape in a 3" 110yd roll for $4.50 8)
Tape used to be a big issue because it all sucked and you used what you could deal with the easiest.
These days, this white tape seems to be everywhere I look and its doing just fine for plastisol and WB inks. I find it works best when you take it off when it's fresh. Let it sit on the screen for a few days, weeks and it's a bitch to get off.
Tape the screen, print with it, peel it out as soon as you're done, and it will never give you a problem.
It's when it sits that the adhesive is allowed to bond with the emulsion or it comes in contact with solvent (wash up and save for later kinda thing) that it turns your day to poops along with it's adhesive backing.
If you need a tape to hold up to washup or you catalog your screens, get the Natural Rubber Adhesive tape from ULINE]. Get the 3 mil, It's 5 bucks for 110 yds a roll for the 3" and the glue won't get all gooey from your normal range of press washes. Test to be sure. FYI this tape is a bear to get off sometimes and will pull emulsion and rip screens so soak in dip tank before reclaim and it will release easier.
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Where are you getting the white tape? I want to start doing some discharge test runs on company shirts in the next few weeks. I have done some waterbase stuff just the tape I used never lasted. (basic clear packing tape and masking tape).
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