Printavo University 105 | Water Based Screen Printing Inks with Night Owls Print

Dec 16, 2020, 03:35 PM

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Printavo University returns for its fifth session featuring water based ink masters Night Owls Print from Texas. Specializing in music merchandising, but with a formidable and highly technical water based printing setup, Night Owls have a great perspective to share to help you print through the challenges that water based inks create.
Skip to some great moments using these shortcuts:
9:25 "If you’re going to screen print, you’re going to fail."
9:46 "There’s a lot more to water based than just putting ink on a screen…you have to be a little bit of a chemist."
13:00 Classes that Night Owls used to learn water based printing
33:00 How Night Owls Print keep their screens "open" for water based printing
36:30 Foggers and humidification systems for water based printing: do you really need it? (Yes!)
38:30 Why you should rub softener on your screen for water based printing
40:30 Squeegee sharpness and durometer for water based printing
42:00 Why Night Owls Print is a premium print shop
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