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Offline Northland

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Re: Mettallic Gold Ink?
« Reply #15 on: May 01, 2012, 01:06:34 PM »
I'm doing a job on black shirts tonight. The customer wants a metallic gold (similar to New Orleans Saints gold).
I've blended about three parts silver shimmer and one part gold shimmer.... I think it's going to look good P/F/P.


Offline tonypep

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Re: Mettallic Gold Ink?
« Reply #16 on: May 01, 2012, 01:07:03 PM »
Andy you can minimize that with a top coat clear or eliminate it with a clear foil transfer overlay. I know; why not use silver foil? Same issue, tarnishing. Clear foil over silver ink is more durable.

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Re: Mettallic Gold Ink?
« Reply #17 on: May 01, 2012, 02:00:48 PM »
I use Wilflex Silver Shimmer, and also gold made with Silver and PC. We run it through a Sefar 123-55. One stroke, no PFP.  (Now my little bitch. "Thin Threads" have been around many years. I've been using then in certain mesh counts for over 15 years. Someone finally decided to promote their benefits. It's not the new miracle mesh some make it out to be. Good mesh? Yes. New? Nope)
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Re: Mettallic Gold Ink?
« Reply #18 on: May 01, 2012, 02:26:18 PM »
I use Wilflex Silver Shimmer, and also gold made with Silver and PC. We run it through a Sefar 123-55. One stroke, no PFP.  (Now my little bitch. "Thin Threads" have been around many years. I've been using then in certain mesh counts for over 15 years. Someone finally decided to promote their benefits. It's not the new miracle mesh some make it out to be. Good mesh? Yes. New? Nope)

Same here, I printed a huge job years ago with 4xx multifilament, fine threads, huge holes, great stencils. I figured out that the thin threads were the deal. In the search for something more durable, we went to Advance's Swiss yellow 60 mesh, with a 123 micron thread diameter. Then, 81SDE from Majestech, now Saati I think. Remember, there were no flash units yet...

Steve
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