Materials/ink on metal?

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Brian Wallis
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Materials/ink on metal?

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Does anybody know if we can use the T-shirt presses to put this ink on metal? Will any of these inks stick to metal? Thanks!
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Re: Materials/ink on metal?

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You *can* screen print onto a metal substrate, but it requires specialty inks and also often requires a strongly solvent-resistant emulsion for your stencil. Most often, I hear of people using Nazdar brand inks for specialty jobs like this.
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