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Acetone in silk screen printing

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:34 am
by ajax
Anyone know a good substitute for acetone use in silk screen printing?

Not really fpr textiles

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:36 pm
by madman_design
There are too many safer alternatives...

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 4:57 pm
by tsiartguy
There are too many safer alternatives...
Like what?

what kind of printing do you do?

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:28 pm
by 100thmemeber
what kind of printing do you do? flat stock or garments
what kind of ink do u use?

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:26 pm
by landofmoab
We use Laquer Thinner in our shop. I suppose it does the same as Acetone. Salespeople have tried to get us to switch to other products but nothing is less expensive or as effective.

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:28 am
by Anonymous
Both of those are nasty chemicals.

For removing my plastisol inks and Ulano QTX emulsion I use soy based products by Franmar

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:55 pm
by FuturePrint
we use thinner too. could we use something a little more eco friendly, yes, but we have not found anything that works as good.

tom

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:20 am
by ronc
I'm assuming you are using acetone as cleaning agent. Nazdar 's IM 201
does a better job and is milder

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:06 pm
by Travis_Underground
as far as on press cleaning we use an Onpress cleaner called VW Inkwash from Northwest.

Off press cleaning, we use Mineral Spirits and VW inkwash... mineral spirits to get most of ink off and then VW to finish it off and almost "dry" the screen...

the only time we use Acetone is if there is something locked in the screen we use a high pressure blowout gun, and even that we don't like to use alot... or if there is ink in the wrong place on a garment...

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:27 pm
by Gino

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:48 pm
by djphelix
plastisolv 842

Re: Acetone in silk screen printing

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:25 am
by Bradbouman
I would recommend a product called Bio-Solve. I am a distributor in Ontario, Canada. This product out performs Acetone as it is non-hazardous to the environment and safe to use. It lasts 10x longer and has 5x the cleaning power of Acetone as it has a lower evaporation rate and leaves no residue.
Simple to Apply to the screen, let it sit for a min, then wipe clean.

It is available in pails, drums, or totes.

http://greenacetone.com

Let me know if you are interested in trying a sample!
Brad