Farking ink....

[Wildcard]

I'm not sure how the experienced boys do it, but I struggle to stop ink getting on my hands while printing on the auto. There just always seems to be a sneaky drip somewhere that gets me when I'm working around the screens and with the containers. I'm constantly walking to the sink to wash my hands, which is annoying. I now keep an alcohol based hand sanitiser at the press which does a fair job of dissolving most ink smears without a trip to the sink, but it still grinds my gears that i can't control the stuff.
Auto hand cleaning station: a revolutionary new accessory concept for presses?

[UnderPressureSP]

Learn to be less messy.  Gloves are also a solution but do cost.  We print water base so a little ink wipe up is no problem with a wet rag.  I would just keep a rag that is a little wet with some press wash next to the press so you can just wipe the ink off vs run to the sink.  We also tend to like to work with quart jars with ink vs gallon buckets or 5 gallon buckets.  It seems to be less messy when were on the press. 

[mk162]

the BIGGEST thing we've found is immediately wipe ink off anything it doesn't belong on. outsides of buckets, handles of ink knives, knobs, the floor, etc.

[LuckyFlyinROUSH]

Food grade disposable gloves. 10,000 for $40 bucks. Put them on, put ink in the screen/squeegees. Tear them off and trash.

[bimmridder]

Allow me to ruffle some feathers. I don't allow press operators to wear gloves. To me, that's just telling them it's OK to be messy. Clean hands, clean tools, clean equipment. (ducking)

[3Deep]

I agree with ya Dave, I don't wear glove's unless what I dealing with calls for it, plus I keep a towel in my back pocket

[cleveprint]

they are expensive but we use SCRUBS in a bucket. generic amazon link here, i forget where we order them from right now. these things work amazing though. and you can re-wet them when they dry out. usually get a pretty long life out of each one as long as you aren't too messy with them.

http://www.amazon.com/SEPTLS25342272-Dymon-SCRUBS-Cleaner-Towels/dp/B00CD92XJM

[Homer]

slow down.

we had gloves here for a week. What a mess. plus, we found It takes longer to put gloves on and off than it does to simply wipe it off.

I agree with Dave and Darryl,

[bimmridder]

I agree with Dave and Darryl,

Crap, Now I have to rethink things.

[Screen Dan]

the BIGGEST thing we've found is immediately wipe ink off anything it doesn't belong on. outsides of buckets, handles of ink knives, knobs, the floor, etc.

This is the one.  Aside from being careful to be clean the entire time this is the close runner up best practice.

[Racer Tees]

I never thought about those wipes.  We have a few buckets we were given that I've never figured out what to do with.

[Doug B]

  My first thought was... Your'e a screen printer, get over it! Everybody knows that plastisol
has a mind of it's own and will hunt you down. Just part of the business.

[ScreenFoo]

Think plastisol ink is tough to clean up?

You need to take up intaglio...   

[Underbase37]

the BIGGEST thing we've found is immediately wipe ink off anything it doesn't belong on. outsides of buckets, handles of ink knives, knobs, the floor, etc.

This^^

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[ol man]

Think plastisol ink is tough to clean up?

You need to take up intaglio...   

what this guy said