Cleaning screens

[mmangan]

How can I get all of the ink out of my screens? It is not all coming out.

[TMP_D]

Only thing i have ever used to clean "ink" from screens is screen opener

[seriwiz]

Use press wash. I use XPW-120 Presswash from Sericol

1-800-SERICOL


Bryant

[ROADSIDE]

how long are you leaving it sit in the screen after completion of the print?

[taglessthreads.com]

This is an old post but if it helps we use Greeneway. Rub it on your screen with one of those red sponges, let sit for 3 minutes and rinse away. If that doesn't take care of it I don't know what will.

[williamfrancis]

Only thing i have ever used to clean "ink" from screens is screen opener

What is screen opener? never heard of this before...

[d fleming]

http://www.dickblick.com/products/naz-d ... en-opener/

[Speghead]

My question is about oil based ink? What to use to clean it off the mesh and can I find it locally like at a home depot or something?

[geneh]

I use Easisolve 120 which is carried by Easiway systems and no your not going to find it at home depot. But you might try paint thinner then hit it with acetone. These you can find at home depot or lowes. The only issue with acetone or any ketone based cleaner is that they are fast and may have a tendancy to freeze the ink in the mesh. So always use a slow solvent to do your intial clean up and use acetone last just to remove the slower solvents residue. You can always use the inks thinner or retarder to wash your screen up with as well a little spendy but it works.
Let us know how it goes.

[d fleming]

Xylene is available at local hd, haven't seen it at lowes. It's what I use for 9700 and 7900 from nazdar. A good haze remover after removing emulsion at washout can do wonders as well.