Anyone have issues with Speedball Acrylic ink...

[Aaron Gein]

Black in particular seems to be leaving ridiculous ghost images in my mesh. Definitely the worst/darkest ghosting I've ever seen. The mesh is not clogged...just dyed. I even used a ghost remover and it did absolutely nothing to remove it. The stencil washed out perfectly, no problems there. Anyone else have ghosting problems with Speedball Acrylic Ink?

[ASPrintingPress]

I've had a little ghosting with the Speedball black but nothing to really worry about.

[squeegeethree]

Black and red for all inks stain screens majorly. These colors have to be strong so the pigments used tend to stain and clog when printing. No big deal.

[Aaron Gein]

Cool. I figured it was probably just an inherent attribute with the ink but figured I'd ask because if no one else had the same issue then that would mean I totally suck and did something weird. I've been printing shirts with plastisol ink for many years and never had ghosting that bad (if at all). I'm pretty much a newb when it comes to waterbased inks though. Good to know I didn't fuck something up!

[Nicholas Wilson]

We prevent most, if not all of the stains by reclaiming right after we print, and degreasing, blowing out from both sides. Red and Black, still, going to leave a little.

[erin.oconnor]

cleaning with a mr clean magic eraser right after you print with those colors, after emulsion removal, will take pretty much all the ghost image off. Really easy too, not much scrubbing involved. I rarely have a ghost image left and I use speedball inks and magic erasers.

[Aaron Gein]

We prevent most, if not all of the stains by reclaiming right after we print, and degreasing, blowing out from both sides. Red and Black, still, going to leave a little.

Yeah, that has to be partly why it ghosted so bad on my screen...I wasn't able to reclaim right after I printed and didnt end up getting around to it until yesterday (nearly two and a half months since I last printed a poster). I'll try to reclaim ASAP from now on.

[DenisMutter]

we get the ghosting, but it's never actually caused a problem.

[steve w]

what Nicholas said.

Fantastik and a green scritchy pad help a lot, too.

[mile44]

In other news, I've been having trouble with Speedball white being WAY too thick.
Like pulling putty at times. Anyone else have this issue?

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