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Offline Gilligan

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Re: Ink Spatulas
« Reply #15 on: August 31, 2011, 12:20:23 AM »
I thought I read somewheres or saw in a video that you should never have metal come into contact with... umm, something to do with ink somewhere in the process.

Can anyone confirm this is true or not?


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Re: Ink Spatulas
« Reply #16 on: August 31, 2011, 12:52:34 AM »
My old plastisol and waterbased both used to come in metal cans.
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Re: Ink Spatulas
« Reply #17 on: August 31, 2011, 02:02:56 AM »
I thought I read somewheres or saw in a video that you should never have metal come into contact with... umm, something to do with ink somewhere in the process.

Can anyone confirm this is true or not?

That would be when you mix your diazo into your emulsion. Something to do with oxidation as the diazo is an acid.
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Re: Ink Spatulas
« Reply #18 on: August 31, 2011, 09:36:37 AM »
But even then, stainless steel is fine, as per instructions from folks like Ulano http://www.ulano.com/TechData/FX88&SR.tds.pdf

Of course, there are varying qualities of stainless steel. I have seen pinhole leaks develop in containers where a chemical went through  a small grain of contamination rather than the SS itself.
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Re: Ink Spatulas
« Reply #19 on: August 31, 2011, 09:42:17 AM »
That makes sense.

I wish I could remember where I read that.

I thought it had something to do with putting ink in the screen.  But then again your scoop coaters are metal so it can't be that... unless it had something to do with the ink itself. *shrug*

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Re: Ink Spatulas
« Reply #20 on: September 01, 2011, 06:14:05 AM »
Now, just buy a bunch of them and relabel them "screen printing spatulas" and sell them for 8 bucks each. :)


I had that idea first  ;D

No i think ryonet did. And it's like $12 bucks a spatula.. and that's on sale!
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Re: Ink Spatulas
« Reply #21 on: September 01, 2011, 09:15:47 AM »
I found bondo applicators work great there $1.80 for a three pack.

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Re: Ink Spatulas
« Reply #22 on: September 01, 2011, 09:28:14 AM »
Now, just buy a bunch of them and relabel them "screen printing spatulas" and sell them for 8 bucks each. :)


I had that idea first  ;D

No i think ryonet did. And it's like $12 bucks a spatula.. and that's on sale!
http://www.silkscreeningsupplies.com/product/MIS-ISPF8 


But you get free $10 worth of stuff on your order  :o
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Re: Ink Spatulas
« Reply #23 on: September 01, 2011, 09:38:50 AM »
Now, just buy a bunch of them and relabel them "screen printing spatulas" and sell them for 8 bucks each. :)


I had that idea first  ;D

No i think ryonet did. And it's like $12 bucks a spatula.. and that's on sale!
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Re: Ink Spatulas
« Reply #24 on: September 01, 2011, 06:33:46 PM »
Now, just buy a bunch of them and relabel them "screen printing spatulas" and sell them for 8 bucks each. :)


I had that idea first  ;D

No i think ryonet did. And it's like $12 bucks a spatula.. and that's on sale!
http://www.silkscreeningsupplies.com/product/MIS-ISPF8


Yeah my old job sold them for like $15.00... And we did sell them from time to time, but they bought them from another supplier that had already labeled them as ink knives, so they paid like $7.00 each for a medium sized one  :o
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Re: Ink Spatulas
« Reply #25 on: September 01, 2011, 09:11:52 PM »
It is pretty lame if you add "screen printing" to an item the value increases in epic proportions.

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Re: Ink Spatulas
« Reply #26 on: September 01, 2011, 09:22:06 PM »
It is, but a good supply shop is doing more than that. They are finding all of the goodies you may need under one roof or virtual roof.

The key should be to only mark up the convenience factor marginally.
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