What is a silk-screen applicator?

A silk-screen applicator is the part of a silk-screen printer which spreads the ink over the silk screen. It is hand-held. Some squeegees sold for cleaning windows work well as silk-screen applicators.

Here are some parts of a silk-screen applicator:

• A handle made of wood or plastic
• A blade made of firm straight rubber inserted into one side of the handle

A silk-screen applicator should

• have a very straight edge to make clear copies, and
• be just a little narrower than the width of the screen, so that it is only necessary to press ink over the screen one time.

Here is a diagram of a silk-screen applicator:

• Silk-screen applicator

• Concept module: silk-screen applicator
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This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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