Screenprinting tools/equipment/inks/mediums
Screenprinting tools/equipment/inks/mediums
Tools, equipment, inks & mediums for screenpringing:
Rubylith - Fotecmask / Ulano Ruby Masking Film - $5 per ~A4 sheet. Also available by the metre - text 0407 079 604 to order.
Scalpels for cutting rubylith - TBA.
Tweezers for cutting rubylith - bent nose, flat tip or round tip - $2.90/tweezer.
Jacquard SolarFast Film Sheets - $32/pack of 8 sheets.
Zig opaque red UV pens - individual pens - sizes rubber brush, 3.5mm (broad), 2mm (medium), 1.5mm (fine), 0.7mm (ultra fine), 0.5mm (super fine) - $7/pen.
Jacquard SolarFast Film Marker - opaque black, size 1.2mm (medium) - $6.80/pen.
Screenprinting/jiffy clamps $55/pair.
Permaset water-based screenprinting inks - text 0407 079 604 for prices to order in 300ml, 1L or 4L quantities. Colour chart here.
Screenprinting mediums - Derivan Drying Retarder, 500ml - $34.80.
Screenprinting mediums - Permaset Print Retarder, 500ml - $37.30.
Colormaker Permaset sqeegees with aluminium handles & high quality Shore A blades - 15cm $50 / 20cm $68 / 46cm $110 - text 0407 079 604 to order.
Screens, scoop coaters - see note below.
Special orders are available - including new orders of Out of Stock items and bulk orders. Please text Simone on 0407 079 604 to enquire.
Postage by Australia Post Parcel Post, small satchel, up to 5kg, bag size 35x22cm (flat bag, pre-filled), within Australia, with tracking, 2+ business days delivery. (Actual time may vary according to Australia Post’s post-Covid service delivery.)
- Postage 1-4 small items (up to 5kg in total) $15.
- Bulk purchases & paper purchases always by pre-arrangement, text 0407 079 604. (Delivery costs are dependant upon size/weight of package.)
Alternatively, collection from Adelaide (SA) inner city for no charge.
Collection times must coincide with Simone’s teaching/studio schedule - mostly Saturdays during the day (Stepney), some Sundays during the day (Hindmarsh), Monday/Tuesday evenings (Hindmarsh) and some Wednesday afternoons (Stepney).
No drop ins please.
(Artists work across many venues, so studio visits are always by appointment, thank you.)
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Note: equipment used in class (available elsewhere)
Good quality, affordable aluminium screens with welded corners (No 2 size with outer frame dimensions 50 x 60cm) are most affordably purchased from Jones Print Technologies in Melbourne.
Likewise:
Good quality, affordable squeegees in a variety of durometers with aluminium handles.
Scoop coaters.
1L and 4L tubs or Permaset Aqua and Permaset Supercover inks.
A variety of UV emulsions and strippers, including Murakami TXR UV emulsion and Franmar generic stripper concentrate.