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This is the first of a series of articles by Dave Dennings that we undertook to bring you on a weekly basis. We are not going to repeat Dave’s impressive credentials each time but we recommend that if you do not know Dave, you review our introductory blog here: http://www.insidescreenprinting.com/dave-dennings/ The Dennings article that we are bringing . . . → Read More: Dave Dennings on pinholes. We have been fortunate to obtain permission from Dave Dennings to publish some of the numerous techinical articles that he has written over the years on everything relating to screens from preparation, through coating, to reclaim. Dave is currently based in Seabrook, Texas where he is the Product/Technical Manager at Kiwo. We at Screenflex developed a healthy respect for Dave’s ability, knowledge, experience and prefessionalism . . . → Read More: Dave Dennings. Let’s be frank. Nothing really new, exciting and innovative has come out of the supply side of this industry for quite some time. And with all due respect to the ink manufacturers, we don’t mean exciting in a look!-we-are-saving-the-planet-with-our-eco-friendly-inks kind of way. We mean in a wow!-what-a-great-idea-that-works-and-costs-less kind of way. Just when we thought that emulsion is a commodity and . . . → Read More: What is not to love about this innovative emulsion that costs less? We have just had an email from a customer (who is also a big PolyWhite fan) in response to the Canada Goose / PolyWhite blog item. He points out that what we should have said was that migrating dye can cause more crap than even a Canada . . . → Read More: Screen printing wit… As most screen printers know (and have probably experienced) it is something that is more certain to migrate than even a Canada goose; it is the dye in Polyester. It is often referred to as ‘bleeding’, but whatever you choose to call it, the result is the same; a discoloured print. And, as most printers know, the best solution on . . . → Read More: It is not a Canada Goose, but it will almost always migrate. What is it? Screenflex started doing it 23 years ago and today it is still being done every day in the Cambridge ink laboratory and then being shipped to textile screen printers everywhere. We are referring of course to colour matching and mixing; everything from custom colour matches to all the PANTONE colours. Matches can be made to anything from samples of any other . . . → Read More: Any colour in any type of plastisol ink! An orange from Brooklyn, New York? Certainly! It is not the first creative concept to come out of Ulano in recent years - as far as we know they are still the only manufacturer that delivers their emulsion and chemicals in red containers instead of the industry standard containers, boring black or wish-washy white. Have you ever wondered why, in a creative and colourful industry . . . → Read More: An orange from Brooklyn, New York! The flag on this t-shirt did not start out as a distressed print; it went that way after only about a dozen washes. The t-shirt was bought at a Toronto airport store last year for Canada Day. After examining the print as it deteriorated after each wash, we concluded that the problem was bad white ink and possibly less-than-excellent printing. For anyone who cares . . . → Read More: Cheap ink and shoddy workmanship. Who printed it? PolyOne (Wilflex) recently sent out an email advising their distributors that they were going to be required to take a training program about compliance with anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws. The focus is apparently going to be the U.S Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The email also mentions “maintaining ethical business standards”, which is something we at Screenflex have been advocating for our . . . → Read More: PolyOne (Wilflex) takes aim at bribery and corruption. |
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