A Newsletter from Screenflex Inks Canada Ltd. & www.screenprintcatalog.com

 
 
We were chatting today with a printer who was ordering a 5 gallon pail of emulsion. The question of freezing came up because at that time outside our warehouse in Calgary the temperature was about -33 Celsius (approx -28 Fahrenheit). The local radio stations were warning us that with the wind chill effect it was […]

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Margaret and Wendy have returned from the Long Beach show where they were kept busy by a steady stream of Canadian printers passing through the PolyOne (Wilflex) booth. As usual, it was by far the busiest ink booth at the show. Many were there for the display of superb soft hand and special effects shirts as well as the seminars in the […]

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The winner of the draw for the $50.00 gift certificate is Amy Gervais of Rapscallion Clothing and Design of Medicine Hat, Alberta. Thanks for the comments on the Xpose label.

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This is the story about a naked bucket label.
 
We are in an artistic, creative industry. You would never know it though from the labels on supplies like ink, emulsions and chemicals. Why do they have to be so boooooring? Where is the art? Where is the creativity? You can find more colourful and creative […]

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Sorry, sold within a couple of minutes of going up here. But, there are still ink bargains to be had. Scroll down and view the list or find it via the “Bargains” category.
 
 
Screenflex has a Hix N840 Air Automatic heat press for sale. It has hardly been used and looks like a brand […]

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Are you going? It starts on the 18th of January. Remember, we still say that it is currently the best show in North America for textile screen printers. However, if you are unable to go this year, don’t despair, we’ll have a full report here after the show. It ends on the 20th of January […]

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Thanks mainly to Canadian snowboard racers like Freddy Ansara in our illustration, and snowboarders in general, fluorescent prints are on the way back.
 
That gave Chris Hughes, our warehouse and ink lab manager, a great idea. Chris, who has many years of experience in the industry as the former production manager in two different automated […]

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