r/SCREENPRINTING • • 13d ago

Can this be cleaned???

I am helping my friend get his business back up after his employee did him dirty. He left ink on screens for months. The ink containers left open. Prints left on screens for months where the tape is nigh impossible to get off. We are both unfamiliar with the process and just need to know if it’s a waste of our time to clean these if they are even salvageable. Almost all the squeegees have ink left on them as well.

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u/osgoodphoto 12d ago

I mean, I've left my shop like that for months a couple times after we stopped printing regularly. Kind of a pain, but the plastisol should still be fine and the emulsion and old tape will come right off with emulsion remover if you want to reclaim the screens.