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Offline terryei

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squeegee durometer?
« on: November 05, 2011, 01:45:51 PM »
Just curious,
What type of squeegee blade do you use?

Auto=

Manual=

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Offline Denis Kolar

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Re: squeegee durometer?
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2011, 04:56:24 PM »
Manual = 70 duro and 60/90/60 for white
Auto=  I need to buy machine first and then I will worry about durometer

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Re: squeegee durometer?
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2011, 06:03:18 PM »
Depends on what you print most as to what deurometer is best. 

60/90/60 is great for white ink both manually and auto. Auto if printing large white prints.
70/90/70 for more detail work

Really fine detail and halftones go with a really stiff deurometer - AUTO

The stiffer the deurometer the harder it is to print manually in my past expierences
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Offline Parker 1

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Re: squeegee durometer?
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2011, 07:55:22 PM »
Auto-- 60/90/60 for everything

Offline mk162

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Re: squeegee durometer?
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2011, 09:24:46 PM »
I've been running 75/90/75 for a long time, but I am moving toward 70/90/70 and 60/90/60 instead.

The 60's really dump down more ink

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Re: squeegee durometer?
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2011, 09:53:06 PM »
brad, I thought you went all beveled?

we have such a variety, I forget what we have
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Re: squeegee durometer?
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2011, 10:32:33 PM »
I like the bevels, but they are really hard to get in the holders perfectly.

I still use them, but with our press, the triples work better.  It allows for more variance with pressure.

Offline ZooCity

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Re: squeegee durometer?
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2011, 11:55:55 PM »
Manual - push stroke

60/90/60 for smaller width prints (I don't like the way blades can buckle when push stroking larger prints, but I might try it out someday just to see.)

70/90/70 for pretty much all of the rest.

straight 70 here and there.  for a wide, over the seams/collars type of print for example. 

never had good luck at all with duros over 70 and 60 and under buckles way too much with push strokes, this includes the bit of flatstock and transfer printing we do. 

have 2 newman constant force squeegees that print very well but cleaning them is like one of the worst things you can put upon yourself or your staff. 

someone has been mentioning 55/90/55, sounds kinda cool.  I would probably rather a 55/110/55 or something though.  I like the control you get with the stiffer duro in the middle of the sandwich and the coverage and forgiveness of the soft ones on the outside.

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Re: squeegee durometer?
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2011, 12:43:19 AM »
Manual - mostly 70/9070 or 70 push stroke

Auto - White 55/90/55
Auto - colors 70  ( I just got some 65/90/65 they go on tomorrow)

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Re: squeegee durometer?
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2011, 08:19:23 AM »
auto - 65/90/65 
          75/90/75
          85/90/85