Printing on Flat Glass
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 11:20 am
I have been running into some trouble with trying to print a metallic gold organic ink onto flat glass using a wet-on-wet method. I had several screens made to the specifications listed by the ink manufacturer, but still run into some issues. I am trying to print a border around the glass, so I had the screen image made to the exact glass size. The main problems that I see include:
-Ink deposit not being fully opaque even after wet/wet printing
-pinholes in the printed ink
-lines in the printed ink that are uniform to the screen mesh
I am using a 305.31 mesh but am changing to a 305.34, which is necessary for proper dispersion of the gold particles that are in the ink.
Does anyone have any experience with printing on flat glass in general and has run into similar issues who might be able to offer me some advice?
-Ink deposit not being fully opaque even after wet/wet printing
-pinholes in the printed ink
-lines in the printed ink that are uniform to the screen mesh
I am using a 305.31 mesh but am changing to a 305.34, which is necessary for proper dispersion of the gold particles that are in the ink.
Does anyone have any experience with printing on flat glass in general and has run into similar issues who might be able to offer me some advice?