What would you do to improve my layout?

Inkworks

Well it ain't locked up until the money is in the till. We're sticking our necks out a fair bit with the jump in rent and payments on an auto..... Ask me again in 6 months

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I agree with "icon 714" Keep your ink far away from your blank goods. We keep ours in a corner and place what inks we need for the day on carts next to the presses. Doing this we limit bringing inks back and forth.

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Prosperi-Tees

I need to get a couple job carts.

Inkworks

Yup, but being extremely tidy with your ink is all part of the job. Plastisol is about as bad as it gets for ink just because it doesn't dry....ever. If you can't keep you ink in the cans and on the screen and nowhere else, it doesn't matter how far away from your blanks it is, and if you can keep it tidy, you should be able to have blank goods reasonably close without worry.

Don't treat the symptom, treat the problem.

Prosperi-Tees

I am good about keeping a clean shop but not great. What do you guys do to keep your shop clean?

Inkworks

Clean ink pails is #1. No ink on the outside or on the lid, no wiping off ink spatulas on the rim of the pail! That and we use web adhesives, no mists!

You guys think screening with plastisol and water base is messy, try pad printing and screening solvent based epoxy inks. big-ol washout tank with lacquer thinner splashing around.... thoroughly wiping down screens with lacquer right after use so the ink doesn't set-up permanently on there....mmmm love the smell of lacquer in the morning...3 different ventilation systems going in the new shop!

Prosperi-Tees

Guilty of wiping off ink spatulas on the rim! Im thinking of getting a small parts washer.

Inkworks

I have a small 3.5gal. parts washer(varsol/solvent) for squeegees, floodbars and spatulas and I'm upgrading to a big parts washer, the small one sucks, no room to work in it.

Prosperi-Tees

I would like to get a large one but I am gonna have a hard time finding space for a small one! lol. But I found a 6.5 gallon one that may just do the trick. What do you use as a solvent?

Inkworks

Varsol, smelly stuff, but not as smelly as Lacquer thinner. You can probably find something cleaner, but the nice thing about Varsol is that the plastisol settles out of it and after a few hours of rest the solvent is clean.

You're getting an auto right? You'll want a decent sized one, think 6-10 squeegees, floodbars and spatulas, you'll also want a plastic bin to put them in to drip dry. If you're in California you may not have access to the good ol' chemicals like Varsol.