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Union Inks
3Deep:
I'll have to check with Tubelite here and get a qt of each white you talked about and try them out, Diamond white years ago just didn't cut it with me, I might have a half gal stack somewhere in the shop, I'm betting it's hard as a rock now more than it was when I first bought it.
ebscreen:
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I've been using Beckmar lately http://www.beckmar.com/
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I'd completely forgotten about them. A recent nightmare with McLogan has me gunshy with SoCal.
(they sent me the wrong particle size glitter, which, thanks to your suggestion, the IC tech suggested
I check. They then replaced it with right size wrong color.)
Rockers:
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--- Quote from: Prosperi-Tees on July 07, 2016, 05:16:40 PM ---Over the years I have not found a better white as far as opacity, smooth matte finish and very soft hand especially how cheap it is in Wilflex LB Quick White. I have never used Union Inks so I do not know what would compare.
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In a side by side test the new union eclipse white kicked the crap out of the wilflex quick white. Back in the day I found the union whites to be horrible but whatever changes they have made seem to have worked. We haven't done much printing with the new union whites but the testing we have done with them showed very promising results.
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That Eclipse white is a poly/cotton white that cures at around 284F if I remember that right. Tested it a while ago and was well impressed, as well on how well it holds up on 100% poly shirts.
JohnMageeUnionink:
--- Quote from: ebscreen on July 07, 2016, 07:06:40 PM ---
--- Quote from: JohnMageeUnionink on July 07, 2016, 05:51:10 PM ---
--- Quote from: ebscreen on July 07, 2016, 05:32:33 PM ---Was gonna say the exact same about the West Coast. Some of my favorite inks but not
well represented out here.
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We should have you pretty well covered on the West coast. I cover the bay area on up north to Vancouver. Near Oakland you have Midwest Sign and Supply in Hayward. There are also Midwest branches in Portland and Seattle. I will have to ask Javier Posada which suppliers represent us in SOCal.
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With out trying to speak for Midwest, not knowing what they would like their message to be- I feel comfortable sharing that Inventory issue are being addressed aggressively.
That's good to know that you are out here. Midwest does carry some Union inks but stock can be iffy.
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Frog:
I have to echo this sentiment. While Midwest may well be addressing their inventory issues today, it was yesterday that soured me on them.
In this business, one needs suppliers on which they can depend. eb and I are neighbors and we have seen our local, and semi local folks let us down often enough that we now often either deal directly with manufacturers like CCI or venture out of our area to folks with better grasp on keeping stock.
Bottom line, I miss Tubelite.
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