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Manual Roller Squeegee Example

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lrsbranding:
I manually print with a flattening screen. I don't have the roller. I use an old squeegee on an exposed screen with no image on it and a Teflon sheet taped to the shirt side. Add a little ink for lubrication. Works excellent. The key to success is a proper flash. Just enough so the Teflon won't stick. Too much and it won't work.  I use a quartz flash so once everything is warmed up and working its no more trouble than an extra color.   So I could see the roller squeegee working good for a manual printer.

Scottiblasto:
I have a homebrew version of the roller squeegee that I made from a small offset press roller and shaped piece of 2x4. Teflon sheet crazy glued on the underside of an old screen.

I print all six stations normally, with the flash at the first station after the print (clockwise), then reverse the direction of the cycle to counterclockwise so that I am using the roller sqeegee in the print station after it comes out of the flash. Works great. Didn't work at all if I just kept everything rotating clockwise, he print was fully cooled by the time it got around, as it should be.

I saw them at ISS Long Beach, asked some questions, and the folks there didn't really have any idea how it was used in production. It would be great if Action would post a video of this product being used in a production based setting, likely add credability as well... I wasnt sold on it, so I tried out my own version with less investment, now I doubt id buy the real deal.

Doug S:
Don't take this wrong but I never see a print even as rough as the post roller using a 150 s mesh 1 stroke or 2 here.   I'm sure it happens but with the right technique it shouldn't. 

Maybe that's a garment type that I've never printed.

Colin:
There are a lot of people who struggle on a manual press with white ink.........

The roller would be helpful to them.

Doug S:
I'm definitely not trying to offend anyone so I'm hoping that no one took it that way.  I'm just saying that I would be trying to find out what to correct to avoid the rough prints whether it be mesh selection/tension, print stroke speed/pressure,  off contact, not modulating the ink enough, ink/pallet temp etc.  We've all had issues and have had to troubleshoot in the printing world.  I am by no means an expert. 

If I had tried everything possible and failed to get a smooth white print then I would add that to my shopping cart in a heartbeat.

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