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- Hi, I'm Hilary Williams.

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I'm a Screen Printing Artist.

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And I'm gonna show you some great consistencies

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that you might wanna see in your inks,

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that you might wanna see in your screen printing.

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I have some inks here before me.

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A few examples,

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of ones that would work are here with this red.

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I like to keep my inks in these food containers

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and then seal the top so it keeps them from drying out.

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This is an ink with good consistency.

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Which means it kinda looks a little bit like cake batter.

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It runs off the spoon well without clumping too much,

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but it's not too runny.

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Now I'm gonna show an ink that's a little too runny.

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This black ink,

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got a little too much water mixed in there.

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So when you're stirring it, it's just really loose and wet.

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It doesn't have any kinda consistency to it.

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The reason why this is not good for screen printing is

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because it's so runny that it will drip through your screen

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and run and blob out on the backside and on your paper

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or your fabric.

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It's a little hard to fix when you've got it this runny

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but if you have a larger container of your base color,

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such as black, you can add more to it

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until it becomes a better consistency.

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This ink is far too dried out.

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This was either really old

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or there was a little hole in the seal

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and it's a little too far gone.

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If I try and mix water in here,

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it will end up making a lot of clumps in the ink

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which will alter the consistency of your color

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and make it harder for you to get a really nice print.

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Unfortunately this one's a bit too dry

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and we're gonna have to toss it.

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This one however,

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is just slightly too dried out.

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See how it doesn't really run very well,

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it kinda just balls up and falls off rather than runs?

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Now you could use it like this

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but it's a lot harder to work with.

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So I'm just gonna thin it down

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and make it a better consistency.

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We're gonna thin it down with just a little water

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cause it's water-soluble ink.

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And you wanna be careful not to add too much.

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We'll start with that.

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(stirring loudly)

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And also, you don't wanna be splashing it

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all over the place.

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(stirring loudly)
(spoon taps)

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(stirring and scraping container loudly)

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Well, it's looking better already.

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Might be all we need for this small bit of ink.

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Yeah.

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Now I'm gonna show you how to mix a color,

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using this white.

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But first of all, we're gonna thin it out a little bit

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cause it is a little thick.

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And this came right out of the container this way.

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Again, it is usable,

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but it's quite hard to work with,

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so we're gonna make it a little easier to work with.

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It may look like it's not gonna mix in at first but,

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it will.

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See, that's why it's also nice to have a little

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bigger container than as much ink as you need

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so you have plenty of room to stir it around.

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(stirring and scraping container loudly)

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M'kay, that's much better.

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When you're working with white or yellow,

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or anything light colored,

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you have to realize that the darker colors will dominate it

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so you wanna add small amounts at a time.

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We're gonna add a touch of orange,

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and mix that in.

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(stirring and scraping container loudly)

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Maybe that's looking a little too peachy

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so we'll do just a touch of this red here.

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Oh!

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(loud stirring)

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See how such a little bit goes such a long way over here.

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I do want it to be a little bit darker than that,

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so I'm gonna add a little bit more of both.

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But yeah, go in small stages.

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No need to,

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no need to rush it.

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(stirring and scraping container loudly)

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Maybe just a touch more orange

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and then I think we'll be set.

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(stirring and scraping container loudly)

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And also keep scraping the edges with your spoon

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so that you don't leave big clumps of white

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or your base color, stuck in the cracks.

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Alright, I think that's the color I was looking for

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and its got a great consistency.

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This gives you a good idea of what you're looking for

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in your ink, even if you open it straight out of the can

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and it doesn't look right.

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Don't worry, now you know how to adjust it.

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