Have you tried out Crystal Kote yet? Many people are finding a great
product for darkening up artwork. Some are even using it in their
screen printing artwork. It works so well that Wayne at Gecko Printing
and Engraving doesn’t have to make up bromides anymore for his
screen printing.
What does it do you ask? Well, you spray it onto your printed
Vellum paper. By doing this you effectively make the black laser
toner blacker which in turn blackens and densifies the image blocking
out extra light.
How does this help you ask? Well, the blacker and denser the art
the less UV light seeps through the art area and the less light
in this area the faster the wash out will be and the faster the
wash out the sharper the image.
When you use a Laser printer to print onto Vellum you do get light
through the toner which slightly exposes the wash out area making
it harder to wash out. As you know it works fine without Crystal
Kote but on some jobs, particularly with large black areas, Crystal
Kote makes the black of the art blacker and denser and much faster
to wash out.
If you haven’t tried it yet then why not order a can with
your next order. It doesn’t cost much and you’ll find
the result surprisingly good. When you are doing gang sheet washouts
you’ll find you get faster better results. When doing a lot
of wash outs you’ll get them done faster because the art area
has had less UV light hardening it so it washes out faster. A really
good product worth having in your work shop.
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