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STEP-BY-STEP: GEL INK PRINT WITH CAVIAR BEADS 2 4 6 The main design used 160 mesh screens and – to make things even simpler – standard pre-mixed colours: International Coatings’ 700 and 7600 Series Direct Print. A 110 mesh screen was used for the underbase The print sequence was white underbase (legacy white 7014), double stroke, flash, yellow (golden yellow 727), pink (7637), orange (HP burnt orange 730), flash, red (scarlet 746), blue (light blue 762), flash At this point, the print could be left with just the gel effect and cured in the dryer. But for an extra cool effect, caviar beads can be added easily. If you are planning to use the gel ink as an adhesive, add 5% of catalyst (900 Catalyst) to the gel ink to improve washfastness and bonding TIPS & TECHNIQUES www.images-magazine.com 106 images JANUARY 2020 1 3 5 International Coatings chose a vector stock image and limited the amount of colours to five (the left side of image shows half of the design). An underbase layer for printing on dark garments was added, and a layer for the gel ink was created, highlighting only some elements of the design (shown in brown on the right half of the design) A 110 mesh screen with a 400 micron capillary film (Murakami) was used for the gel screen After printing the colours, the gel was applied (FX Gel Gloss Clear 3809) using a 65 durometer squeegee, set at a 15° angle, with a quick double stroke followed by a flash then a quick double stroke. The quick stroking results in a nice dome shape.