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Timber handle & Sqeegee - reversable Rubber

Timber Handle & Sqeegee

Ideal for screen Printing of all kinds.

Please note! colour of rubber may vary

Sold as $1.00 per Centermeter / max 90cm lengh Please type in size required

in qty box

Caring For Your Squeegee

A squeegee must be sharp, and uniform. You cannot properly transfer ink uniformly or consistently through a mesh with a dull or nicked squeegee. The following conditions will assist to maintain this requirement:

Always store your squeegee on a flat, smooth surface.

If the surface has contours, the squeegee will (over time) adopt these contours.

Blades should be stored between 20-25 ° C in dry conditions, and away from inks and chemicals.

This is because squeegee?s can absorb moisture and solvents from the air.

Always store your squeegee away from direct sunlight.

Prolonged exposure to sunlight will unduly age your squeegee.

Do not use a squeegee without ink, as it will quickly destroy the fine printing edge.

Blades should not be left soaking in inks or solvents.

Directly after printing, blades should be cleaned.

Blades should be rested after approximately 3-5 hours operation,

Ideally each station should have at least 3 blades to rotate between. It will keep your squeegee living approximately 30-40% longer.

After use, blades should be cleaned and left to rest for approximately 10-24 hours before being re-used, or sharpened.

This will allow the solvents to evaporate from the squeegee and assist the blade to revert back to its near original state.

When cleaning a squeegee, ink and residue should be wiped away from the printing edge, instead of towards the printing edge.

When storing a squeegee that is still mounted in its blade holder, always store with holder side down, and squeegee side up.

The blade should not touch anything during storage.

Sharpen dry squeegees only. Never allow a squeegee with solvents to be sharpened and don?t wash a hot, freshly sharpened blade with chemicals.

General Printing Recommendations

Ideally, the squeegee blade should not overlap the stencil by more than 12-25mm at either end of the widest section of the design.

If the blade is too long, it will exert pressure on the stencil and cause pinholes.

If the blade is too long, it is increasingly difficult to maintain an even, consistent ink deposit. Typically, there will be a higher film weight in the middle of the image, and a finer film weight towards the edges of the image area, resulting in a poor quality print.

Each end of the blade should not be any closer than approximately 5cm from the edge of the frame; otherwise it could negatively affect registration.

Rounding the ends of the blade assist to create an even ink deposit, and minimise the damage to the edges of the stencil. Do not try to grind excessive material in one pass of sharpening.

Postage $3.50 First cm then 0.50c per cm

$1.40 only

Special Instructions: How Many Cm do you want ? you must also change this qty in your Cart before check out