Coarse screens and half tones
Submitted by Steve on Thursday, 19 June 2008No Comment
It is pretty standard practice in screen printing to use very fine screens where a half tone is required, but unfortunately fine screens and water based inks do not work well together. So what do you do? Ignore everything you have been told about mesh counts and half tones! Experiment a little, good fades are achievable in water based inks without the use of retarders or even high definition bases. We experienced no drying in screens on this particular job and were amazed yet again at the detail coarse screens can achieve. We also think the job benifited from the jerzees 180M Tee.
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