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  • what ink should i use for printing car stickers?

    Posted by bootyhunter on January 20, 2004 at 3:20 pm

    Just a quickie!

    What kind of ink from sericol would I use for screen printing my own stickers, signs, lighters etc.? And does this ink need to be dryed through a dryer or can it air dry?

    Also, if anyone has a one colour screen print machine for sale, i’d be interested.

    Many thanks,
    Dave

    J. Hulme replied 20 years, 3 months ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  • J. Hulme

    Member
    January 20, 2004 at 6:12 pm

    Depends what the material is you’re printing to.
    We use vinyl/plastic inks which dry naturally, you have to get the right
    stuff or it will scratch off.

    Sericol ! are you made of money?

    Try Apollo, their about a third of the price.

  • bootyhunter

    Member
    January 21, 2004 at 2:39 pm

    thanks outline!

  • J. Hulme

    Member
    January 21, 2004 at 9:06 pm

    Did you try Apollo?
    I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw sericols price list.
    I have nothing but praise for apollo colours, everything about them is just superb.

    cheers

  • Robert Lambie

    Member
    January 21, 2004 at 10:56 pm

    i never really buy inks much these days.. a can seems to lasts forever!
    i must admit, we always have used sericol for everything.
    do you have contact details for apollo outline?

  • Steve Lamb

    Member
    January 21, 2004 at 11:40 pm

    I used to be in screen print, not since 1997 though, so things may of moved on but I tried all the inks over the years and we always came back to Sericol. You get what you pay for i suppose, it was usability and actual quality of ink, opacities, coverage and adherence to substrates.

    Back to your question– Inks for plastics from Sericol, Plastijet, Polyplast, Matt Vinyl, thats from memory there may be more but its been a while.

    We still buy from Sericol, Polyplast inks for curtain siders, for those jobs were vinyl won’t work and to be honest I’d rather buy it for peace of mind and I don’t buy loads of it so its not so bad.

  • J. Hulme

    Member
    January 22, 2004 at 1:00 am

    Hi Rob

    Carl Spurling (Director)
    Unit E4
    Kingfisher Business Park
    Hawthorne Rd
    Bootle
    Liverpool
    L20 6PF
    0151 922 5665

    http://www.apollocolours.co.uk

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