if im going to use silk screen ink do i just paint it in the negative areas or is it one of those inks that will wipe off of the smooth surfaces thx


Bill



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Bill,

Although I never used silk screen ink, I would guess it to be slow drying.
You could experiment a little with the application and I'd use a Q-tip to remove it from the smooth areas, while trying to keep it in the shading cuts as much as possible.

Tim

I personally apply and remove the same as Tim with a Q-tip And I have a cheap pad of note book paper that I use to "strop" the engraving against. For instance the side plates on the AYA are curved and the pad "gives" a little for the curve and will not take any excess ink out of your cuts. Are you using this pigment for printing or filling engraving? If you are doing prints there is a kind of process to inking the engraving. I use rust-oleum flat black enamel for filling. As was showed to me by Sam Alfano
Anyway mabe this could be some help to you
Jason

Paul Holloway showed me a trick. He used playing cards wetted with acetone or alcohol, I cant remember which.

Mark

Bill
I use the edge of a very stiff piece of leather to remove the excess ink. Etchers used the heal of their hand to wipe the engraving to remove the ink off the surface of the plate. Doing so with the heal of the hand would leave the ink in the engraving.
Leather will do almost the same thing. If you have chosen silk screen ink, I would use the ink used to print metal parts or plates. It seems to be a little more indelible. Since most of us are using a microscope it's easier to see where the ink is going and it makes much easier to see and remove. I sharpen a soft pointed stick to get into the tight area and this seem to work well. I mentioned in an earlier thread about using Brownell's bake on laquer specifically designed for firearms....application is the same as above. The only difference is you bake it on....at a low temp. I have found nothing that will desolve it....really good for firearms and not expensive. I have a quart size...I think I have enough to last till the next millennium.
Thanks for joining us.......
Jim

now all i have to do is get something engraved worth inking


bill


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