Screens

These aluminum screens are prestretched with either 110, 156, 195 or 230 size mesh openings. Please specify. Aluminum screens are actully cheaper than wood now and are better. They will last longer, not warp, stronger and lighter. Measurements are outside dimensions. For other sizes, or purchases of 6 or more screens, please email for quote. We also help expose screens. See below for exact prices

NEW SCREENS

RE-STRETCHING NEW MESH

This is a service after your screen mesh gets too dirty or impossible to clean. We only service metal frames (no wood). We shall quote for larger sizes. Turn over time is 7-14 days usually.

Saati Chem Textile DW Emulsion

High quality, fast exposing direct diazo emulsion. Kit includes sensitizer

1.0 Quart	$35.00
1.0 Gallon	$70.00

setting up a simple exposure unit

Screen Strip - new safer liquid version

Screen strip is used to reclaim your screen so it can be used again. Our new liquid version is an 80:1 concetrate. Just pour into bottled water, shake and it's ready to use. A 30mL bottle of concentrate will make 2.0L of functional product and will stip approximately 40-50 screens of emulsion (20"x24" screens). A power washer is still recommended for best results.

Screen Fabric

Polyester screen mesh. A high quality Swiss made monofilament screen mesh. The numberdenote the fineness of the weave. Most textile printers will use 110 or 156. The 195 mesh is primarily for paper or half tone printing. Other mesh counts available. Please inquire.

Single Colour T-shirt Screen Printing Table - back in stock

This is a very handy single colour print table that allows you to lock your screen and shirt (spray adhesive) for accurate and fast production of single colour or opaque printing. Comes with a pair of Hinge Clamps (screen not included) - $225.00

Hinge Clamps

An indispensible tool that locks your screen into one place. The pivoting action allows you lift the screen to check your print and then to continue printing without losing registration. Essential for printing on dark fabrics.

Set of 2

$25.00

Squeegee

This instrument is used to force the inks through the screen and help achieve an even print. We use Urethane blades which are more durable and available in any durometer. We sell with either 50 (fabric) or 60 (paper) durameter blade hardness. We stock 5", 8", 10", 12", 15" and 18" but can custom make any size over 5".

Screen Coater

This aluminum coater has a reservoir to hold the emulsion while applying it to the screen.

Custom per inch $3.00 /inch

9" Length	$27.00
16" Length	$45.00
18" length	$54.00
19" length	$57.00
20" length	$60.00

Speedball "value" Screen Printing Kit - $55.00

A great basic starter kit for someone starting fabric screen printing. When you get more experienced printing, you can start to replace the inks and equipment with the commercial grade products we list above and below. The Kit contains;

• 10"x14" wood screen
• 9" basic squeegee
• 4oz Black, Red & Yellow Waterbased Inks
• 4oz Drawing Fluid
• 4oz Photo Emulsion
• 4oz Emulsion remover
• paint brush & mixing sticks
• basic instruction booklet

There is also an "opaque" kit for dark coloured fabrics. In this kit, you get Silver, Blue Topaz and Raspberry colours instead. These colours are pearlescent.

Auxilary Supplies

Spray Adhesive 368gm can: Good for spraying onto the printing board to lock down shirts. Extremely helpful for opaque ink printing - $9.50

Ink Cleaner (TR): Waterbased cleaner that works with waterbased inks and plastisols - 1.0L bottle $20.00

Speedball Blockout 8oz bottle: Used to cover up pin holes on screens or to mask away unwanted images or gaps on a screen. Drys quickly - $12.50

UV Black Light Bulbs (20W Fluorescent tubes): these tubes will fit most standard T12 ballasts. 48" lengths pick up at Toronto only - $23.95 each.

Velum - perfect 16lb weight velum sheets to use as film. Print from a LASER printer to produce an economical film. Available in 11x17 sheets for $0.90 each or 8.5"11" for $0.45 each sheet

Ink Jet Acetate - tested for Dye and Pigment based printers, these acetates print a very dark image, much better than overhead acetate. Available in 8.5"x11" $1.50, 11x17 $3.00. I personally use the Epson 1400 (~$350) and love the black output it gives on these acetates. Highly recommended film solution!

INKS AND COLOURS

We stock multiple lines of screening inks and colours to suit your printing needs

G&S Pigment System

This system is a very simple to use (mix your own) waterbased fabric paint system. It requires a neutral BASE and colour concentrated pigments. The pigment colours are added to the base to produce brilliant colours. This is a transparent system so the paint are for "white" or "light coloured" fabrics. Sold in small to large bulk sizes, it's a very economical system and our most popular line of printing colours. A small 30mL jar of pigment can colour approximate 1Quart of Transparent Base a medium colour. For those who just want to print "black", we not have a ready to print black Transparent along with Blue, yellow, Scarlet, Red

all colours, prices and information can be found here

Discharge Paste

This is a great product that will TAKE OUT colour in the fabric. Instead of adding a paint on top of the fabric, printing with Discharge Paste leaves your fabrics SUPER soft.

To use, mix 1/2 and 1/2 with Transparent Base from our Pigment System (above). Print as usual and iron fabrics afterwards (when dry) and it'll activate the discharge.

A very cool effect is to use the above 1/2 and 1/2 mixture and add our pigments to create a one pass coloured print on dark fabrics.

G&S Opaque Inks

We have our own series of "ready-to-use" White Opaque inks for dark coloured fabrics. These inks are economical but will require a clamp system (hinges) to allow for registration of two coats to appear fully opaque.

Speedball Opaque Pearl Inks

Economical waterbased Pearl Opaque Ink. Ready to Print and opaque in one pass. Available in: Gold, Silver, Pearl, Black Pearl, Amethyst, Sherbet, Raspberry, Emerald, Blue Topaz and Citrine

8oz jar - $10.50 each

Speedball Night Glow Inks

Transparent inks that will glow in the dark for 10 minutes. Available in White, Blue, Green and Yellow

8oz jar - $19.50 each

 

 

 

 

Permaset Supercover (Premium Waterbased Opaque Inks)

This is an exciting new line of fabric paints out of Australia. It was definitely worth the effort to bring in, as it's the only line of waterbased opaque inks that allow for one pass coverage on dark fabrics.

Permaset Supercover Inks are specially designed for use over dark fabrics. These inks provide superior opacity with high definition while retaining their stretch qualities. Permaset Supercover Inks are 100 % solvent free with an environmentally friendly formula that provides pigments that are rich and intense in coverage and produce exceptional colour yield. The resilient resin base holds fast during rub, wash or dry clean while leaving a leaving a no-feel effect on fabrics. For more on the enviromental benefits, check out this web page.

Pearl White can be tinted with our G&S Pigments to create even more colours and be used as a "opaque base". We also have Pearl Gold and Pearl Silver.

Pebeo Setacolor

Setacolor is a range of concentrated heat fixed colours for decorating fabrics. Particularly vivid and bright, Setacolor colours can be used to paint, stain or print natural or synthetic fibers. After fixing with an iron, they are perfectly resistant to washing and dry cleaning and the fabric retains all of its suppleness. Setacolor is used primarily as a hand painting product but can be screen printed. Their Pearlescent / Shimmer line is especially good with their rich "jewel" colours. They are the softest inks that I've found - opaque or transparent.

all colours and information can be found here

Rutland Plastisols (Toronto retail sales only)

This is an industrial ink - Ready for printing - Smooth consistency for trouble free printing - Shorter body for higher printing speeds - Semi-gloss finish - excellent opacity for maximum colour brightness. Available in 1 gallon sizes of Black or White

• 1 Gallon white $95.00
• 1 Gallon Black $65.00

$10/first foot + $7/feet thereafter