Our good buddy Jason Ballash over at Graphic Elephants has posted some really cool screenprinting videos on his site. Scott and I had a beer with these guys during the PrintWear show and walked away with more knowledge and insight than all the seminars I’ve ever attended. He and Lon are unstoppable when it comes to special effects printing, so do yourself a favor and check it out.
Go to www.graphicelephants.com to see what they have going on.
Kevin.
Posted: 3 years ago on September 30 2008
Bleach Pen Discharge Test…
We have these bleach pens at the shop (for random stains on white tees ect.) and I thought about trying to print with the paste that they excrete.
So with the help of my clipboard squeegee, which was made for these crude experiments, I went searching for a relatively clean screen to test it on;
Screen - 156
Image - the Foundry Bike Co logo (loose affiliation)
I applied a thin bead of the bleach, printed, then took it to another area in the shop to use the quartz flash (no other ovens or flashes were in operation at the time).
Success!!!
…then, added some florescent red (looks orange) pigment.
A couple of tiny scoops in the screen and a half-assed 10 second mix and here are the results.
Its hard to tell from the iPhotos but they look really good. I wish I would’ve added some white pigment to see how “bright white” I could have gotten it. After the flashing, the bleach smell conveniently disappeared, and left a very soft hand.
Things I’m thinking
Curious to see how it washes and wears
these little concoctions will definitely have a longer shelf life than activated discharge
Perfect for my little 1 shirt runs I always make for myself
-ojay/mmolai
Posted 3 years ago on September 27 2008
My favorite screen printing blog, Discharge Nation, reviews some cool new squeegees by Screen Technique
-ojay/mmolai
Posted 3 years ago on September 23 2008
This was the scene a month ago… little has changed
-ojay/mmolai
Posted 3 years ago on September 16 2008
Posted: 3 years ago on September 16 2008
The craziest (hard) screen ever!!! The mesh in this screen has to be some kind of world record holder. I no longer have a “newt-o-meter” so I can’t give you a precise # but it’s hard. That spotting gun isn’t flexing that screen even a little. If you close your eyes and touch it, you’d swear it was plywood. -ojay/mmolai
Posted 3 years ago on September 10 2008
Got it! A wider squeegee provided the stiffness to make the seams print squeaky clean.
Kevin.
Posted: 3 years ago on September 10 2008
It still doesn’t deposit as evenly yet.
Kevin.
Posted: 3 years ago on September 10 2008
So far plastisol can be made to act just like waterbased inks. But it’s not quite perfect yet.
Kevin.
