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Offline inkman996

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Re: 55/90/55 squeegee
« Reply #15 on: April 29, 2011, 01:30:33 PM »
I have some samples coming in and will try. I really want to get the best setup for whites on the new press going. Sounds like these sgeegee's might be the trick
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Re: 55/90/55 squeegee
« Reply #16 on: April 29, 2011, 04:25:11 PM »
Manual printer here but, for what it's worth, I rarely use anything but 70/90/70 and am very happy with the stuff.  A little straight 70 here and there, particularly on the larger, 16" squeegees as it seems to be a bit more forgiving for wide prints.   We have one little 10" guy with 60/90/60 and it can lay the ink down but is a bit too floppy for a push stroke and thick bodied ink.  Got rid of all the 60s when I switched to a push stroke years ago. 

What about a 55/100/55 ?  Or, what I'm getting at is some kind of super soft outer blade with the middle of the samich being really stiff to support the blade throughout the whole print stroke.

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Re: 55/90/55 squeegee
« Reply #17 on: April 29, 2011, 05:21:30 PM »
We use 70/90/70s.  Happy with that so far.
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Re: 55/90/55 squeegee
« Reply #18 on: April 30, 2011, 05:00:42 AM »
We use 70/90/70s.  Happy with that so far.
We switched from the 70/90/70s to a 60/?/60 and it made a HUGE difference on our whites. Sorry i can't remember the middle number off the top of my head ;)
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