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screen printing => Separations => Topic started by: Dottonedan on June 01, 2015, 08:31:04 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niv6neskiZI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niv6neskiZI)
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definitely informative.
Quick question, when you say "translucent" inks, what would an example of those be?
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definitely informative.
Quick question, when you say "translucent" inks, what would an example of those be?
In the best case scenario, you would look into inks that are designed for high mesh aka sim process halftone printing and blending. No specific brand as they all have something for this. In other cases, you might take your regular ink and add clear base extender or I think what is called Finesse. Typically, you want to add about 10% of these to thin the inks down but do not reduce them too much. You can lose the intensity and integrity of the ink. A reason to add more additive depends on what you want to do with the art. If you are going to blend heavily, then maybe thin it out to 15%.
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my thinking is buy the sim process inks. This way the manufacturer is doing the blending for you and it will be consistent from one print to another. . .
pierre
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Do you have a photo of the printed sample from this video? It would be neat to compare the colors we see on the screen with the actual print, to see if those separated blends really translate to the shirt as you are suggesting.
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I just came across the printed shirt that was in this vid today, so I'll try to remember to post up a pic of the actual print so you can see how this turned out. It's my art, My own seps and also, my sale, so I was very happy with the results. It did what I needed it to do.