the shop I moonlight at, just got one about 2 years ago, and like it. it's huge, and I think it can burn 2 of their 23x31 newman frames at a time! (what a time savings that would be)Agreed. Eventually I want a single point unit for better halftone stuff.
I am not sure the "chromaBlue" will work for the waterbased ink, but at the price etc, it is worth a look! The 925WR is what a bunch of (home)printer friends of mine use when doing flatstock. They only use housepaint so they need the water proof capabilities.Hmm..I will take a look at that. I just switched from Chromaline to Ulano 925WR water resistant and I am quite pleased with it. That's what I used years ago when I worked for a shop.
you aren't kidding... I have a black plastisol that pushes through a screen on the first hit everytime. I don't need to flood or anything, even with some of my tighter meshes (mid 200's)! that white ink though... is hell! I have a sample of some other ink that is on its way, I am hoping it is better than this Union White I have... The prints look great, but the printing gives my elbows and shoulders fits!H8R said:110 makes pushing that goop way easier too.
I haven't used their WB stuff, one of my suppliers sent me some WB Union stuff by accident, but I never really tried it, and couldn't mix it with what I had. 2 quarts of waterbased with a cabinet full of plastisols does me no good.H8R said:Another tip for Tame Ape here: get some Nazdar water based ink and some of their catalyst. You can say to hell with the laundry mat.
You have to mix the ink in small amounts though, once the catalyst is mixed in the ink has about an 8 hour shelf life before it gels. It allows you to hang the prints and air dry them. In about 72 hours the ink is washable.
As you can see there isn't anything special about the set up, but the kids do learn a lot about how most of the local shops print! I have several present and ex-students that have gotten jobs straight out of here for printing etc. I dig that! the kid in the photo's is one who can just see how the design will look on the shirt etc. before he does it! he is great, and the most polite kid on the face of the earth!