Screen Printing Ink Suppliers NY and How To Store Screen Printing Ink
If you are already in screen printing industry you have an idea about the ink types that you can use in screen printing. You buy ink in large stocks. After a period of time you may find that the ink is not in a good quality to use in printing. There may be a number of reasons for that. Have you ever paid your attention about the way you store the ink. So here are few tips to store the ink at your store rooms.
After buying ink from screen printing ink suppliers NY you can store your ink at the correct temperature. Better to store ink between 65 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit. If it is Plastisol ink you can store ink under the temperature of 65 degrees Fahrenheit – 90 degrees Fahrenheit. If your ink gets too hot, it can begin gel and if it gets too cold the result is that the ink can get freeze or lose the proper consistency. So double check the place that you are going to store the ink because it should not be top of the building or the basement of the building.
Next thing that you should concern is keeping ink out of the sun. As you read earlier the temperature is one of the most important factors that you should pay your attention about. Even though the store room temperature is highly controlled the rays of the sun can cause the ink partially cure and develop an odd texture. So please keep your ink away from the windows. And also better to not to keep the ink on the side of the walls that sun’s rays hit.
Another factor that you should think is not to leave printing equipment such as stir sticks or scoops in the ink buckets especially if you want to re use the ink. If you left printing equipment inside the bucket and they can affect the texture and function of the ink. Absorbent materials which are left in the bucket will take the plasticizer from the ink.
Another thing that you should do is taking care of the ink during the production. Always try your best to put lids back on the buckets. Never placed the ink buckets close to the conveyor dryers or top of the flash cure unit. Keeping the ink beside these printing equipment can raise the temperature of the ink. Always stir thoroughly ink before you use the ink. If you want to re use the used ink you can store them in a separate container.
So these are the factors that you should think before storing and using t screen printing ink at your press. Following these tips you can save both your money and time.
